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How to Back Up Data to a CD using Windows XP
- Insert a blank CD into the drive
- Open My Computer.
- Click the files or folders that you want to copy to the CD. (To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want.)
- In dialog box labeled File and Folder Tasks, click Copy the selected items.
- In the Copy Items dialog box, click the drive into CD.
- Click Copy. You will see a copy progression window.
- In right corner of the window, a pop-up balloon, will read You have files waiting to be written to the CD. To see the files now, click this balloon.
- In the top-left dialog box labeled CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD.
- type a name for the CD.
- Click Next. You will see the copy progression window.
- After the files or folders have been copied, the CD will be ejected from the drive automatically.
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