BURNING FILES TO BLANK DVD

How to put your pictures on a blank DVD

INSERT A BLANK DVD IN YOUR DVD

WRITE DRIVE (A DVD READ-ONLY DRIVE WILL NOT WORK)

When you insert

the blank DVD,

this window will

appear.Choose the “Burn files

to disc – using

Windows method.

NAME YOUR DISK AND FORMAT IT (MAKE

THE DISC READY TO BURN FILES ONTO IT)

Type the name of the

disc under “Disc

title:” You are limited

in how many

characters you can

use. Then click

“Next.” and

formatting will begin.

FORMATTING PROCESS

The disc might take

some time to format,

based on your

computer and DVD

drive. Be patient. It will

tell you how much time

is left.

YOUR DISC IS READY TO DRAG FILES INTO

THIS WINDOW.

This is the

window for the

disc you

formatted. You

can drag your

picture files into

it to add to the

disc.

OPEN THE MY COMPUTER WINDOW ON YOUR

COMPUTER TO FIND YOUR PICTURES YOU WANT

TO ADD.

The disc you

are going to

burn pictures

on.

My pictures

are on the

“N” Drive, so

I’ll double-

click to open

it and look

for them.

THIS IS THE “N” DRIVE WHERE MY PICTURES

ARE LOCATED. NOW, WE NEED TO SELECT AND

DRAG AND DROP TO THE BLANK DVD.

Click

“Organize”

then choose

“Select all”

from the drop-

down menu

OR use the

mouse and

cover all of the

pictures/folders

you want to

drag onto the

blank DVD.

ONCE YOU “SELECT ALL,” ALL FILES WILL

BE HIGHLIGHTED.

DRAG THE SELECTED FILES TO THE BLANK

DVD WINDOW

Drag

THE “COPYING” WINDOW APPEARS AND SHOWS

THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE FILES ONTO THE

DVD.

It might take some time to

transfer the picture files.

Be patient. It will tell you

how much time you have

left.

YOU SHOULD SEE ALL OF THE FILES YOU

SELECTED IN THE DVD WINDOW.

THEN EJECT THE DISC FROM THE DISK DRIVE –

IT WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO PREPARE. ONCE

THIS PROCESS FINISHES, IT WILL EJECT FROM

THE DRIVE.

This small window appears

in Windows Vista to show

the progress of making the

disc ready for use in all

computers.

The End