In this lesson, we will learn how to write files and folders from a computer to empty disk. We will also talk about what discs are, and how they differ from each other.
In the previous lessons, we learned how to copy files and folders. Using copying, you can write files to a computer, to a USB flash drive, rewrite from a phone or camera. But not on disk. If we try to write something to an empty disk in this way, it will still remain empty.
For proper recording of discs, you need to use special programs. The most famous of them is called Nero, but, unfortunately, it is paid. There are also free options - CDBurnerXP, BurnAware and others. They are no worse, but you need to find such a program on the Internet, download it to your computer, then install it correctly and learn how to use it.
All these gestures make sense if the user needs to write information to disks frequently. But there is another, simpler way - without any programs.
It's good because it's versatile. That is, in this way you can write files and folders with files to an empty disk without additional programs and settings, on almost any computer.
Of the shortcomings, it should be noted that on computers with Windows system XP, in this way you can only write to a CD - not to a DVD.
What are discs
Discs come in CDs and DVDs. Many people think that only movies are recorded on DVD, and everything else is on CD - music, documents, photos. Actually, it is not. They differ only in size.
On the DVD disc fits four or even eight times more information than on a CD. That is, if one film fits on a CD, and even then not in a very good quality, four movies or even more can be recorded on a DVD disc. Music, photos, documents, and other files and folders can be burned to either CD or DVD.
There are also R and RW discs. The difference between them is that information can be written to R only once, while RW can be written many times. Recorded, used, and then erased and recorded something else.
Well, and, to everything else, disks can be conditionally divided into "full" and "empty". That is, those on which something is already recorded (movies, music, etc.) and those on which there is nothing.
Burning discs
First you need to know which Windows version installed on the computer. To do this, open "Start", right-click on the inscription "Computer" (My Computer) and in the list that opens, click on the item "Properties".
A window will open in which it will be written which system is installed.
Burning discs in Windows XP
Select the files and folders you want to burn to a blank CD:
Open the drive on your computer. To do this, open "My Computer":
Right-click on an empty space and click on Paste.
The files and folders you copied will be pasted onto the disc. But that doesn't mean they signed up for it. To do this, you need to right-click on an empty space and select "Burn files to CD" from the list.
The CD Burner window will open. You can type a name for the disc in the CD Name field, but this is optional. Click the "Next" button and wait.
When the disc is written (the green bar fills up and disappears), a new window will open in which you need to click the "Finish" button.
Even if such a window does not appear, the disc is still written.
Most likely, he will move out of the computer. Thus, the computer reports that the recording was successful, and the disc can already be used.
How to clean up a disk in Windows XP
You can only clean a disk if it is reusable. To do this, it must be written RW. If the letter R is written on the disk, then it cannot be erased from it, it is disposable.
Insert the RW disk into the drive.
Open it on your computer. To do this, open "My Computer":
And open the CD / DVD drive in it:
Then right-click on an empty space (on a white field) and select "Erase this CD-RW" from the list.
A new window will open. Click on the "Next" button and wait until all information is erased. When this happens, a Done button will appear. Click on it. Everything, the disk is clean and you can write something to it again.
Burning Windows 7 discs
Select the files and folders you want to burn to disk:
Copy them, that is, right-click on any of the selected files (folders) and in the list that appears, click on the "Copy" item.
Insert a blank disc into the drive.
Open "Computer" (Start - Computer).
Open the CD/DVD drive. To do this, double-click on it with the left mouse button.
A small window will appear. You need to select the type of disc you are going to burn. Two types are offered - "Like USB flash drive" and "With CD/DVD player".
The first option is more convenient and modern: you will get a disk that is very similar to a USB flash drive - you can write files and folders by ordinary copying, and erase from it simple removal. But such discs may not open on some computers.
The second option - "With a CD / DVD player" - is classic, that is, the same as in Windows XP. It is suitable if you want to record music and plan to listen to it not only on a computer, but also on players (for example, in a car). This option is less convenient, but more reliable - a disc recorded in this mode will open on any computer.
Click on the type that suits you. Then click on the "Next" button.
If you have chosen Like a USB flash drive, you will be warned that you will have to wait while the disc is ready to be burned. By the way, sometimes you have to wait a long time - more than ten minutes. Click the "Yes" button.
When everything is ready, the window will disappear and a new small window will appear, in which the computer will "offer" to open a folder to view files.
But even if such a window does not appear, it's okay, just open "Computer" again and open the "CD / DVD drive".
Will open empty folder. Right-click on an empty space and click on "Paste".
After some time, the previously copied files and folders will be added. That's it, the disc burning was successful!
If you have chosen the type With CD/DVD player, then it will open blank disk. Right-click on an empty space and click on Paste.
The files and folders you copied will be pasted onto the disc. But this does not mean that they have already signed up for it. In order for this to happen, you need to right-click on an empty space and select "Burn to disk" from the list.
A new window will appear. You can type a name for the disc in it, but this is optional. Click "Next".
Now we have to wait. When the disc is written (the green bar fills up and disappears), a new window will open in which you need to click the "Finish" button.
But even if such a window does not appear, the disc is still recorded.
It will most likely pop up on its own. Thus, the computer "tells" us that the recording was successful, and the disk can already be used.
How to erase a Windows 7 drive
We can erase from a disk only if it is reusable and is called RW. If the letter R is written on it, then the disk is disposable and cannot be erased from it.
Insert the disc into the drive and open it on your computer (Start - Computer - CD / DVD drive).
Try deleting the file or folder. To do this, right-click on the file (folder). A list will open. See if there is a "Delete" item in it. If there is, then delete the information through this item.
And if there is no such inscription, then right-click on an empty space (white field) and select "Erase disk" (or an item with a similar name) from the list.
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Recently, I had a need to write certain files to disk, literally in half an hour everything was done. After that, without thinking twice, I decided to write an article how to burn music to disc. Last time we talked about that.
You can record not only music, but also other video files, photos, documents, images, and so on. Today I will tell you and show you four ways to burn music to a disc and other information, we will also talk a little about three popular audio recording formats and what discs are. Also, especially for you, I recorded 4 video lessons for each program, which we will analyze today.
Music on round media
Basic moments:
- Audio formats
- Disc formats
- Recording music in the car
- We write music - Nero program
Audio formats
Music is usually recorded in the three formats Audio CD, Mp3 and Flac. There are of course other formats, but in this issue we will consider only these three. So, how do these musical formats differ from each other.
Audio CD - its history began in the last century, back in 1969. The first Audio CD (compact disc) was released in 1980 by Philips and Sony. And two years later, the first CD player appeared.
It holds from 15 to 20 songs in good quality (stereo), the recording time is up to 80 minutes. Most often, such discs are listened to in cars, stereos and other players. They were also often used in discos and recording studios.
Mp3 - the format itself appeared in 1994, it was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute. Literally a year later, the first MP3 player appeared. This format can store up to 10 times more songs than an Audio CD, depending on the sound quality and the codec being compressed.
An ordinary person probably does not distinguish the sound of Mp3 and Audio CD. The Mp3 format is widespread almost everywhere, it is supported by most players. It is divided into three versions: Mpeg-1, Mpeg2 and Mpeg-2.5. The Mp3 patent is owned by Alcatel-Lucent and expires in 2017.
Flac - appeared quite recently, not many people have heard and know about it. Personally, I stumbled upon it by accident about a year ago. For true connoisseurs of music, I can recommend listening to audio recordings in Flac format, also called Lossless. There is almost no loss and the sound quality is much higher than in Audio CD and Mp3. The average size of one such file is several times larger than Mp3.
Sound quality ranges from 700 to 1500 kbps on average. In the same Mp3, a maximum of 320 Kbps, most often 192 Kbps. Listen to the song in the first two regular formats, then in Flac format. I'm sure the difference will be obvious. If you like calm music, then check out my second Chillout music blog.
Something I got a little carried away with these audio formats. If you want to learn more about formats, you can always turn to the Internet or Wikipedia for help. Let's proceed directly to the process of burning music to disc.
To do this, you must have several CDs or DVDs ready, depending on the amount of information you want to burn on the disc. And a few so that if one disk goes bad (burning fails), you can use the second one - a spare.
Disc formats
I completely forgot to tell you what discs are. AT this moment The most commonly used disk formats are:
- CD-R, CD-RW - the amount of information contained 700 MB
- DVD-R/+R, DVD-RW/+RW, DVD-R DL/ DVD+R DL - information volume 4.7 - 8.5 GB
- DVD-RAM - can be rewritten up to 100,000 times, unlike its counterpart DVD-RW / + RW, whose resource is up to 1000 rewrites. In most cases, it has a protective casing and holds 2.6 - 9.4 GB
- BD-R/-RE/-RE DL — blu ray discs, information volume 25 — 500 GB
- Also, all of the above discs have smaller brothers Mini-CD, Mini-DVD and Mini-BD, which contain a little less information than their older counterparts.
The abbreviation -R- means one-time use, -RW- reusable, and -DL- layered disc.
Burning music to disk in the car
In order to burn music to a disc in a car, you need to decide on the supported formats of your radio. Usually they are written on the car radio itself. If they are not there, then look at the instructions for the radio itself, if it remains.
If not, then write down the brand, name of the radio and look for information on the Internet for supported media and audio formats.
Old radios support CD - Audio and WMA. It is necessary to record music in these formats, others will not be played.
Old radios with CD support - MP3, Audio and WMA. Here you can already write melodies on disks in empetri format.
Radios supported by CD and DVD - it is possible to record songs on both CD and DVD media, see supported formats.
The latest radios support CD, DVD, USB-Flesh (flash drives), bluetooth, phone support and directly from the Internet.
There are car radios on Android and with FLAC (lossless) support - the sound quality is much better than MP3, but to evaluate it, a good audio system must be installed, preferably with a sound amplifier.
Recording music using Windows
In the first way, we will learn how to burn music to a disc with standard Windows tools.
We turn on our computer, insert a blank disk into the drive, it should be 100% free and go to my computer.
We go to this blank disk.
The How do you plan to burn this disc window appears.
We come up with a name for our disc (for example, My Music).
Choose how you plan to use this disk.
Personally, I rarely use this method and always choose With a CD / DVD player.
You can also click on the blue text What format should I use?
If you have any questions or difficulties, you can use this hint and click Next.
Paste or drag on it required files music, photo, video and so on.
The files we added will be transparent, which means that they are ready for recording, but not yet recorded.
We move the mouse to the free unallocated space and right-click on it, in the menu that appears, select Write to disk.
Here you can name our disk, if you have not given it any name before, or you can leave it unchanged.
There is an option to Close the wizard when files are written.
This function can be used if you want to close the burning wizard after the disc has been burned.
After the burning is completed, click the Finish button.
In the end, I got it the way you get it, I don’t know, everyone will have different files.
After finishing the recording, you can enjoy the new music. If the recording ended in failure, then you need to perform all the same steps, only with a new disk.
How to burn music to disc using Windows 7 | website
Recording Music with Windows Media
The second way I will demonstrate how to burn music to a disc is on Windows Media Player. It is present (built-in) in the standard, embedded software package operating systems Microsoft.
The first step is to enable our Windows Media Player.
After it opens, you need to go to the Recording tab, which is located in the upper right corner between Playback and Synchronization.
The Audio CD should appear. I had 702 MB left out of 702 MB.
In order to add the necessary elements, they must be transferred to the Record List.
After that, you can go to Recording Options.
Additional recording options ... set all the necessary settings, if, of course, you consider it necessary to do so.
I almost never go there, although no, you need to select the recording speed - the lower the better. You can set it to medium or low.
After all the settings are set, click Start recording and wait for the final result, but while you are waiting, expand your knowledge and read the article.
There is also the option to copy music from a CD. Enough handy tool if you need to rip music from Audio CD. Most programs will not be able to do this. I saw and used this option only in two programs - these are Windows Media and Winamp (my favorite music player).
How to Burn Music to Disc - Windows Media Player | website
We write music - Nero program
In most cases, when I need to burn any disc, I most often use a burning program discs Nero. Surely most of you are familiar with this program, if not, I recommend that you get acquainted with it. She has extensive opportunities for how to burn music to disk and a lot of additional chips (settings and bells and whistles).
With it, you can rip discs, create images, record your own clips and movies, make presentations, make your own slide shows, and much more. You can download this program on the Internet, on the official website of the program, different versions cost differently, but not for free, so look on the Internet.
Let's start recording music on a disc in the third way, using the Nero program.
We launch the Nero program, I use version 7, it is proven and the most reliable, at least for me. Perhaps someone has a different version, the interface will be slightly different, but the essence of the program does not change - burning discs and everything connected with it.
We go to Nero StartSmart, you may have a slightly different name. At the top center, you can immediately select the type of recording media CD, DVD, Blu-ray or two in one CD / DVD.
Go to the note - Sound tab.
We select the project we need and click on it Make Audio CD, Create JukeBox CD (Mp3, Mp4, WMA) and so on.
You can also go to the data tab and write normal disk with data. If you need an Audio CD, then select Make Audio CD. Mp3 is needed - select Create JukeBox CD, or Create CD with data.
If you have a lot of information, you can burn discs to DVD, everything is the same.
After selecting a project, the Nero Express window appears in which we need to add our files.
You can click on the "green plus" Add button, or drag data into an empty window. You can also use the clipboard and hot buttons Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V.
The Add File(s) window will appear with two green bars.
After the information is added to the disk, you can double-check everything and click Next.
A Compatibility Warning appears (may not appear). We are being asked Disable multisession? If we don’t record anything on it anymore, then click yes. If you want to add data to it in the future, then click no, the Final Record Settings window appears in front of us.
Here you can write the name of the disk.
Select the current recording recorder (if you have multiple drives).
Set the number of copies to be written.
It is possible to check the Check data after writing to disk checkbox - this function is useful if you are writing important information and want to make sure that it signed up without any errors. It is also sometimes called Data Verification, that is, comparing a copy with the original.
You can also set Allow adding files (multi-session).
Then we press Record (a burning match near the disk) and wait. You can go smoke, drink tea or coffee, or do something else for 20 minutes, sometimes more, for example
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Upon completion of the burning process, the following window should appear. Burning completed successfully, click OK. The Save Project window will then appear. We will be asked - Do you want to save the project? I always click No, if you want to save the project, then click Yes.
You can also check the Don't show this message again checkbox if you don't want it to always appear after each disc burn. If the burn fails - it happens, you need to insert new disk and try again.
You can enjoy music or your other recorded data.
How to Burn Music to Disc - Nero 7 | website
Recording music - Ashampoo software
Ashampoo is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation, which was created in Germany specifically to develop software with closed source code in 1999.
I rarely use Ashampoo, Nero is enough. Here is a calm dark blue interface with white waves, everything is in Russian, a convenient menu. You can download the Ashampoo program on the official website.
By downloading it from the official site, you can use it for free for 10 days without registration and 30 days if you request an activation code for a month.
If this does not suit you, then at any time you can go online and download the full version for yourself. I found one link of the program, I post it for someone who does not know how to search.
Download Ashampoo Burning Studio
In order to download it, you must have 176 MB of free disk space.
Here we quietly come to the fourth and final method of how to burn music to disc in this article.
We find our program Ashampoo.
Turn on Ashamp.
Go to the Create + Record submenu.
Go to the Music tab.
From the pop-up menu, you can select Create Audio CD and Create Mp3 or WMA Disc.
There are also many functions here, in the same submenu you can select Copy music files to disc.
Click the add button and select the desired music or other files. You can also transfer data with a simple mouse movement to a clean area or use the magic keys Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V.
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After the recording is completed, you can listen to your music or view other files that have been burned to the disc. If errors occur and some files do not open, then you need to take a new disk and repeat the burning process.
How to burn music to disc - Ashampoo burning studio 12 | website
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Results
In this article, how to burn music to disc, we learned what audio formats are, how they differ, we talked a little about disc formats.
We also recorded music on CDs with four different ways: using Windows tools, using Windows Media Player, using the Nero program and resorting to the help of Ashampoo. We consolidated all our knowledge by watching 4 video lessons for each of the programs.
If you want to use my article and publish it somewhere, I do not mind, you can do it, but for this you must put an active open link to my blog with the article! If you don't, I will punish you! I hope for your understanding.
Perhaps you still have or have any questions related to recording discs, you can ask them below in the comments to this article, as well as use the form with me.
Thank you for reading me
Hello dear friends, I have long wanted to replenish my site with this topic and tell you how it is better and more correct to burn a disc.
How to burn files from a computer to a disc
So, disc recording can be done in the standard way in Windows and using special program. And now we'll take a look at everything.
Method 1: How to burn a disc in Windows
1. We start autorun.
When you insert the disc, a window should pop up asking you to do the following:
- If there is no such window, then go to my computer and double-click the left mouse button on this disk.
2. You must select a recording method this moment is very important :
You should now have a menu like this:
Now attention!
| Recording format | Recommended discs |
| BUT). Like a USB flash drive this format is intended for rewritable discs (CD-DVD-RW), do not use this format for regular discs, as your disc may not be readable on other devices after burning, especially if you want to record for audio or video players. And if you choose this format can't go back!The only advantage is that you can use the disk as a USB flash drive, that is, you can delete at least one file at a time and you can also write at least one file per disk. But attention, this is only for RW discs (rewritable discs). | CD-DVD-RW (R) |
| B). With CD-DVD player this format is intended for all drives, and if you are not going to use the disk as a flash drive and you want your disk to be read everywhere, select this item. | CD-DVD-R |
If you nevertheless chose the first option, then a window will appear in which you will be asked for confirmation to format the disk for this type of recording. You will not be able to change back!
If you still agree, confirm, click yes.
3. Now we choose what to write down.
First way:
You can simply copy the file you want to burn and paste it onto a disc.
Second way:
Right-click on the selected file or folder and select send and select the drive.
4. And finally the record!
We go to our disk and press write to CD (burn a disc).
A window will appear in which you need to choose:
1. Disc name
2. Speed (the lower - the better)
3. Checking the box will automatically close the recording wizard.
All disc recorded!
Method 2: How to burn a disc using Nero micro
As you probably know standard methods it’s not always good, although the Windows Disc Burn Wizard does its job well, it still has few advantages. Now let's extend the write experience with free program for burning Nero micro discs.
You can download nero micro for free, and most importantly, this is a micro version of nero, with free distribution.
1. Record any data.
2. Record music in various formats
3. Video recording in various formats.
4. A useful feature is to burn a disk image to a USB flash drive.
Here I will show an example of how to burn a regular CD disc. For this:
Select CD with data. A window will open.
And here we add files.
You can add using the add button or drag the required file into the window with the mouse.
Here we choose:
1. Disc name
2. Recording speed (the lower the better).
3. Allow adding files (it will be possible to add a disk if there is free place), but the disc may not be readable on some devices.
We press record.
After burning, a window will appear with a successful recording of the disc.
And in the end I will say that everyone has their own opinion on how to record a disc. But these methods have never let me down and disks were successfully recorded all the time.
That's why I recommend them!
Listening to music exclusively on a computer is not always convenient. Much more pleasant to sit back and enjoy your favorite songs that are pouring from good speakers connected to a CD player, or listen to music on the go using the player. However, in order to afford this small luxury, you first need to burn music to CD-R in audio format. how burn audio cd correctly, you can find out from our article.
Burn music to CD-R can be in different formats. The easiest way is to burn MP3 files, which burn in much the same way as any other documents. However burn audio cd correctly, and not a disc with MP3 tracks, since in this case we will get better uncompressed sound.
To burn music to CD-R, you will need the free non-commercial use Astroburn Audio. In addition, we need music in audio format, because you cannot get an audio CD by burning MP3 files to it. We will try burn CD-Audio from FLAC-format.
So how do you burn an audio CD with Astroburn Audio?
1. Download the Astroburn Audio program from the official website of the developers and install it on your computer.
2. Run the program.
3. Add music files that we will record. To do this, go to context menu area with a list of future files and select "Add Files...". You can also call the add dialog by clicking on the corresponding icon in the toolbar in the upper left corner of the program window. In the dialog that opens, find the files that we want to write. In this example, we will try burn CD-Audio from FLAC. However, please note that we are adding a *.cue file to the program, not *.flac. If you directly add a FLAC file to the program, then the contents of the future disc will not be divided into tracks, and may not be read on some players.
4. Beyond function burn CD, program Astroburn Audio also lets you listen to files you plan to burn to disc. A small ergonomic player is located at the top of the application window and consists of three elements: the "Play", "Stop" buttons and the player's slider. To play one of the tracks, select it in the table of added music files and click the corresponding button. Also at this stage, you can sort the list of music files by swapping some tracks or deleting individual files. You can also add more music tracks to the disc at any time, but you must remember not to exceed the total capacity of the disc. The size of audio discs is "counted" not in megabytes, but in minutes. On average, a CD can contain about 74 minutes of quality uncompressed music.
5. Paste in CD-R drive and select this drive in the program. On the left side of the application window, we will see a table with disk information. Here you can determine whether there is free space on the CD and whether there is already recorded data, how much you plan to burn, and whether the planned amount exceeds the available free space.
6. The last step is to select the disc burning speed. The higher the speed, the faster the data will be written to the CD. However, at high speeds, the possibility of burning errors also increases, so if recording time is not critical for you, choose a speed close to the minimum. This option depends on the type of disk you put in the drive and is selected at the bottom of the program window. If all parameters are configured, click the "Start Recording" button. In a few minutes your Audio CD will be ready.
