Copying a CD

Creating a Data CD


Data encompasses all formats of information stored in your computer. These formats include pictures that you saved to your hard drive, documents and files that you created with programs such as Word, Photoshop. These formats also include mp3’s, mpg’s, and programs downloaded off the internet. Data CD’s can be made in multi- session meaning that you can write some files today and some more files tomorrow so on and so on until the disk is full. Copying and pasting the file to your desktop or a file folder on your hard drive is an easy way to access data that is written to the CD. The file can only be viewed in this manner. To make changes to the file, you will need to change the attributes by right clicking on the file that you pasted and selecting Properties. In the attribute section of the file properties, check off Archive. To write a data CD please follow these instructions.

Go to, Start. 
Select, Programs. 
Select, Ahead Nero. 
Go to, Nero Burning Rom. 
If New Compilation comes up instead of Nero Wizard please select the Wizard button to the right of the pop-up screen. This will better aid you in the creation of CD’s. 
Select, Compile a new CD and Next. 
Select, Data CD and Next. 
If this is your fist time writing to the CD-R then select Next If this is an additional session to the CD then Continue an existing data-CD (multi-session) will highlight, and you will need to select it. 
Select, Finish. 
File Browser will appear to the right. Here the entire contents of your computer can be seen and browsed through using the explorer menu. 
Insert a blank CD. 
Drag and drop files that you wish to burn to CD to the window on the left. Once all the files have been selected then go to File at the top of the screen and select Write CD. 

Creating an Audio CD from MP3’s.

Audio CD’s must be created in one sitting. The ability that your CD-ROM has over your Discman or home stereo is that CD-ROM’s are capable of playing multi-session discs. Mp3’s are rated in quality. Quality is rated in bit rate or Kb/sec. CD quality mp3’s are 128kb/sec or higher. Downloading mp3’s of lower quality can cause distortion in the playback of the CD in your car or home stereo. The quality of the mp3 is located in the software interface that you are using to download the song. 

Go to, Start. 
Select, Programs. 
Select, Ahead Nero. 
Go to, Nero Burning Rom. 
If New Compilation comes up instead of Nero Wizard please select the Wizard button to the right of the pop-up screen. This will better aid you in the creation of CD’s. 
Select, Compile a new CD and Next. 
Select, Audio CD and Next. 
Locate the file that contains your mp3’s and open it using the explorer menu or file browser on the right. 
Insert a blank CD. 
Drag and drop the files that you wish to burn to the left hand side. Be aware of the minutes consumed indicated in blue on the bottom graph. Once all the files have been selected then go to File at the top of the screen and select Write CD.

Creating a Compilation CD

A compilation CD is a CD that is created from various tracks of different CD’s. These CD’s can also include mp3’s as well. 



Go to, Start.
Select, Programs.
Select, Ahead Nero.
Go to, Nero Burning Rom.
If New Compilation comes up instead of Nero Wizard please select the Wizard button to the right of the pop-up screen. This will better aid you in the creation of CD’s.
Select Compile a new CD and Next.
Select Audio CD and Next
Insert the original audio CD that you wish to grab tracks off of into the CD-RW.
Click on File Browser so that highlights in blue.
Hit F5 on your keyboard.
Select Audio CD in file browser. The tracks on the CD will appear to the right side of the file browser.
Drag and drop the song that you wish to write and Nero’s title and CD Database window will appear.
Select Cancel.
Enter the name of the CD.
Continue adding songs that you wish to write by repeating steps. Once all songs added remove this CD and insert another CD and repeat steps until you have all the desired songs on the left hand side.
Go to File at the top of the screen and select Write CD

Copying a CD

The process that CD-ROM’s go through in copying an audio CD is called digital audio extraction. Very few CD-ROM’s have this capability; this requires a CD-RW. If your find that you are unable to successfully copy an audio CD then try copying from your CD-RW back to your CD-RW. This process saves the CD to your hard drive in a temporary format. After the save to your hard drive completes, the original CD will pop out, and the computer ask you to insert a blank CD. Insert the blank CD and continue the write process. 

Below is a walk through with Nero Wizard to copy a CD

	Go to, Start.  Select, Programs.  Select ,Ahead Nero.  Go to, Nero Burning Rom.
	If New Compilation comes up instead of Nero Wizard please select the Wizard button to the right of the pop-up screen. This will better aid you in the creation of CD’s. 6. Select Copy a CD and Next.
	Here is where you will be able to select either CD-ROM or your CD-RW as the source drive. Please try copying your CD with the CD-ROM first. If errors persist then please change the source drive to the CD-RW.  Once then source drive has been selected please select Next .
	And then Burn.  The process is automated from here.