Copy Music Files to CD

[JD]

I know how to burn playable CDs, but I would like to simply copy the .wma
files to a CD (as a backup).
What is the procedure in this case?

 

[Merlin]

"JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message
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>I know how to burn playable CDs, but I would like to simply copy the .wma
>files to a CD (as a backup).
> What is the procedure in this case?
>
You simply create a data cd with the .wma file on it.

 

[JD]

When I selected a folder full of .wma files and clicked "copy to CD,"
Windows Media Player opened with a "burn" list.
Inserting a blank CD also opens WMP.
Should I just do a "drag and drop" to merely copy the files, without
"converting" them?
"Merlin" <Merlin@noway.com> wrote in message
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>
> "JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message
> news:%23ElO2xpTIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I know how to burn playable CDs, but I would like to simply copy the .wma
>>files to a CD (as a backup).
>> What is the procedure in this case?
>>
> You simply create a data cd with the .wma file on it.
>

 

[Swifty]

JD wrote:
> When I selected a folder full of .wma files and clicked "copy to CD,"
> Windows Media Player opened with a "burn" list.
> Inserting a blank CD also opens WMP.
> Should I just do a "drag and drop" to merely copy the files, without
> "converting" them?

Yes, but beware that dopping files in your CD writer just puts them in a
queue of sorts. There's something else you have to do to start the burn
process; I suspect it's "Write these files to disc" in the drive's
context menu.

I use Nero for stuff like this, which is why I don't know what I'm
talking about.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Select the files you want, right-click on them and choose "Send To", and click the CD/DVD-RW drive.

See also:

Windows Vista Help: Burn a CD or DVD:
http://www.windowshelp.microsoft.co...b47eb51a-ea6d-4d97-97b0-2d07a59316981033.mspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message news:%23ElO2xpTIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
I know how to burn playable CDs, but I would like to simply copy the ..wma
files to a CD (as a backup).
What is the procedure in this case?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Here is the link for Windows XP:

How to copy information to a CD in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306524

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:%239LmC6sTIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Select the files you want, right-click on them and choose "Send To", and click the CD/DVD-RW drive.

See also:

Windows Vista Help: Burn a CD or DVD:
http://www.windowshelp.microsoft.co...b47eb51a-ea6d-4d97-97b0-2d07a59316981033.mspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message news:%23ElO2xpTIHA.4696@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
I know how to burn playable CDs, but I would like to simply copy the ..wma
files to a CD (as a backup).
What is the procedure in this case?