CD BACKUP INSTRUCTIONS

        < Windows XP>

Note: We are using D: Drive here to represent your CD-RW Drive. Your computer could have a different drive letter, such as E: or M:  instead. Please make the appropriate changes to these instructions as needed.

1) Close all open programs and files, if possible.

2) Insert a CD-R disk into the CD-RW Drive with the shiny-side down and the label-side up. 

3) Wait a few moments for the Windows XP “What would you like to do?” window to pop up on the screen with the following options:

Open writable folder using Windows Explorer

Play CD with Windows Media Player

Open files with Windows Explorer

Take no action

  etc.

4) Click on Open writable folder using Windows Explorer.

Note: If the Windows XP “What would you like to do?” window doesn’t pop up on the screen, then double-click on the My Documents folder.

5) Click on the Folders button at the top of the window.

6) Scroll down and click on the Plus sign [+] next to the My Computer icon. This will expose the  D: Drive or the E: Drive (whichever is your CD-RW Drive; we will use D: Drive in these instructions).

7) Scroll up to the My Documents folder and click & drag  (with the left mouse button held down) the My Documents folder to the  D: Drive icon below. (If you cannot see the  D: Drive icon, click on the tiny Plus sign [+] next to the My Computer icon on the left.)

Note: You may have to open the My Documents folder, then click on Edit, then on Select All first, then click & drag the files to the D: Drive icon; clicking & dragging the My Documents folder icon may not always work.

8) Click on the  D: Drive icon, then click on File, then on Write these files to CD.

9) Click on Next > .

10) Wait a few minutes for the files to be “burned” to the CD.

11)  Click on Finish. 

12) Eject the CD and write the file names and the date on the label-side of the CD with a Sharpie® felt-tip pen.

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TO VIEW THE FILES ON THE CD:

1) To view the files on the CD, insert the CD back into the tray and gently push the tray back in.

2) Double-click on the  D: Drive icon if the D: Drive window doesn’t automatically come up on the screen. You should see the file(s) you  just backed up on the right.