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Back up files with Roxio Easy CD Creator

This is part of the "10 Easy Steps to Keep Your Computer Safe, Clean and Healthy" presentation created by Matthew McDonell and Olusegun Yayi.


EasyCD Creator is software used to burn CDs on PCs.

*Please note that it is illegal to make a CD of commercially produced material or material otherwise protected by copyright. This includes MP3 files, videos, TV shows, etc. Small portions may be copied for academic purposes.*



To burn a CD you will need:

  1. A PC with Roxio EasyCD Creator installed
  2. A built in CD-R or CD-RW drive or an external CD Burner
  3. A blank, writable or rewritable CD to store all your information (each CD will hold about 650 MB).

    Note: If the data you want to store on a CD is more than the CD's capacity, you will need to divide it into smaller chunks and store it on several CDs.


Creating a Data CD using EasyCD Creator on a PC

Benefits and use of a Data CD:


Steps for burning a Data CD:

  1. From the Start Menu, go to All Programs > Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 > Applications > Easy CD Creator.
  2. Click OK if a license agreement window appears on the screen.
  3. Insert a blank, writable or rewritable CD in the recordable/rewritable CD drive.
  4. Select File > New CD Project > Data CD.
  5. Save copies of any files you would like to put on the CD in a folder on the Desktop, especially if they are on floppy or zip disks.
  6. The field under Select source files shows the current folder. Choose the Desktop from the drop-down menu. A list of your files should appear in the upper half of the screen. When found, click on the files to select them, then click on Add on the toolbar. The files will be added to the Data CD Project in the bottom window.
  7. In the EasyCD Creator window, click on the red Record button. The Record CD Setup box will appear, where you can choose the speed for burning the CD. It is recommended that you burn the CD at 4x (600kb/sec).
  8. Click on Options, it will give you more options for the burning process. Select Test and Record CD. Then click Start Recording. The testing phase will run prior to burning the CD and then the burning of the CD will follow.


Creating an Audio CD using EasyCD Creator on a PC:

  1. From the Start Menu, go to All Programs > Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 > Applications > Easy CD Creator.
  2. From the File menu choose New CD Project > Music CD.
  3. Insert a blank, writable or rewritable CD in the recordable/rewritable CD drive.
  4. If the files you would like to put on the CD are on CDs, save the files you would like to burn in a folder on the Desktop. To copy a whole CD, use the instructions in the Copying a CD using EasyCD Creator section.
  5. The field under Select source files shows the current folder. Choose the Desktop from the drop-down menu. A list of your audio files should appear in the upper half of the screen. When found, click on the files to select them. Then click on Add on the toolbar. The files will be added to the Music CD Project in the bottom window.
  6. After you have added all the files you would like on the CD, you can reorder the files to fix track order. To do this, click on the file and drag it to the position you would like it to be in. Then, click on the red Record button. The CD Creation Setup box will appear, where you can choose the speed for burning the CD. It is recommended that you burn the CD at 4x (600kb/sec).
  7. Click on Options, it will give you more options for the burning process. Select Test and Record CD. Then click Start Recording. The testing phase will run prior to burning the CD and then the burning of the CD will follow.
  8. The Audio CD you just burned can be played on your home or car stereo CD player. In addition, an Audio CD can also be played on any computer that has a CD-ROM and software installed for playing audio files.


Copying a CD using EasyCD Creator on a PC:

  1. Insert the CD containing the information you would like to burn, in the recordable/rewritable CD drive.
  2. From the Start Menu, go to All Programs > Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 > Applications > Disc Copier.
  3. Read the license agreement and click OK only if you own the copyright for the CD or have permission to copy from the copyright owner.
  4. In the Disc Copier window, click on the Advanced tab.
  5. Make sure Buffer Underrun Prevention is checked.
  6. Make sure the Copy source Disc to the hard drive first is checked, and select a location for the temporary files to be saved.
  7. Press Copy to start. The system will scan the disk and start copying.
  8. You will see a message that CD-Writing is in Process. This is actually only a test run. After the test run is complete, click Yes to proceed with writing.
  9. When the Disc Copier has finished copying from the CD, it will ask for a blank CD. Insert a blank, writable or rewritable CD in the recordable/rewritable CD drive and click OK.
  10. The files from the original CD will be copied on the blank CD.


Rewriting on a CD-RW using EasyCD Creator on a PC:

  1. Insert the CD-RW in the recordable/rewritable CD drive.
  2. From the Start Menu, go to All Programs > Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 > Applications > Easy CD Creator.
  3. Click on the Disc menu in the menu bar and click on Erase Disc.
  4. A dialog box will pop up. Choose Quick Erase and click on Start.
  5. After the erase, you may create another CD using the same CD-RW.


Troubleshooting:

If you get a Buffer Underrun error - There are two ways you can fix it:

If Testing and Recording Fails - There are a number of ways you can try to fix it:


View a Flash demonstration of these instructions



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