Roxio Compact Disc Creation

Creating a CD

The CD burner drives found on many computers on campus can be used to create CDs to archive information and share information with others. Computers equipped with a CD burner (recorder) have a type of drive called a CD-RW (Compact Disc, Rewritable) drive. To determine which General Access labs have CD burners, please see Lab Management's Lab Location Map & Detailed Lab Descriptions page.

It takes about 9 minutes to burn 100 megabytes (MB) of information to the CD. Since a blank CD can hold about 650 MB of information, it will take approximately one hour to burn the CD if you have 650 MB of files. By contrast, students' H: drives are limited to a maximum of 50 MB. This makes CDs an ideal media to use for backing up important documents or even an entire H: drive.

WARNING: The use of CD burners to make copies of music or software is illegal without permission from the copyright owner. Persons engaged in such activity could be prosecuted if caught. For more information, see the UW-Eau Claire Copyright Office's web site.

This document contains information on the following:

Considerations
Opening the Easy CD Creator
Adding Files and Folders to the CD Layout
Removing Files and Folders from the CD Layout
Creating the CD

Considerations

All campus computers equipped with CD burners have a type of drive called CD-RW, for Compact Disc, Rewritable. These drives can burn data to both CD-R and CD-RW discs. Both discs will function the same way and can hold about the same amount of information. While CD-RW discs are more expensive, they do have a significant advantage in that they allow you to erase a disc with data on it and start over. CD-R discs cannot be erased.

NOTES:
Once you record a CD you cannot delete, rename, rearrange, or otherwise alter the files or file structure of the CD. The CD is a permanent copy of the files you recorded. If you are using a CD-RW disc, you may erase it and start over. Files recorded onto CD-Rs are permanent and cannot be erased.

The number of people logged on to a shared drive at any given time impacts the speed of data transmission. When burning a CD, data must record at a constant rate or the burn may fail. For that reason, you will achieve more reliable results if the file you are recording is located on your C: drive. We recommend that before you begin recording a CD, you copy the file you want to record from its current location (e.g., H: drive) to your C: drive. For more information on copying files, see File Management within Office 2000 Programs.

The CD burner drives have the ability to write to a CD in increments, which means you can start creating a CD in one sitting and add more data to it later.

For more information, see CD Creation FAQs.

Opening the Easy CD Creator

The Easy CD Creator is part of the CD burning software installed on campus computers with a CD burner. True to is name, it is a user-friendly program that helps make burning CDs easy.

Logon to a computer
Insert your CD-R or CD-RW disc into the CD burner
On computers with two CD drives, this is the drive bearing this logo:

NOTE: The logo on some computers may read Compact Disc Recordable/Rewriteable.
Open Easy CD Creator
General Access labs: From the Start menu, select Programs » CD Creation » Create CD
CITI lab: From the Start menu, select Programs » MultiMedia » Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 » Applications » Easy CD Creator
The Easy CD Creator License Agreement dialog box appears.
NOTE: The first time you use Roxio Easy CD Creation you must accept the License agreement to use the program.
From the dialog box, select I accept the terms in the license agreement
Click OK
The Easy CD Creator page appears.

Adding Files and Folders to the CD Layout

The Easy CD Creator software program is split into two parts:

The top half of the program is the Explorer, which functions much like Windows Explorer. It allows you to navigate to the drive and folder that contain the files you wish to record onto the CD and also select these files.

The bottom half of the program is the CD Layout. The CD Layout allows you to quickly see all of the folders or individual files that will be recorded onto the CD. It also allows you to make changes to the folders or individual files you have selected to be recorded onto the CD (e.g., you may add to or remove from your selection or rename the files as they will appear on the disc).

Open the Easy CD Creator
The Easy CD Creator page appears with the Music CD selected by default.
From the File menu, select New CD Project » Data CD or Music CD as appropriate
The CD Layout page appears with the Music CD selected by default.
From the Explorer menu at the top half of the screen, select the drive that contains the files or folders you wish to record
The contents of the drive appear in the upper right window of Explorer.
NOTE: To view the contents of folders, double click the folder name.
From the right window of Explorer, to select the files or folders you want to record onto the CD, click each file or folder once
The file or folder name will appear highlighted.
HINT:
To select multiple non-contiguous files, press and hold [Ctrl] as you select the files
To select multiple contiguous files, press and hold [Shift] while using the up or down arrow key to select the files
On the toolbar at the middle of the screen, click ADD
OR
Click and drag the selected files or folders to the CD Layout
The selected file or folder appears in the CD Layout. A file in the CD Layout will be recorded onto the CD when the recording process begins.
OPTIONAL: Rename the files in the CD Layout
When you rename files in the CD Layout, the files on the CD will have a new name, but the original files (e.g., files on your H: drive) will not be renamed.
1. In the CD Layout, right click the file name you wish to rename
2. From the Quick menu that appears, select Rename
3. Type the new name
4. Press [Enter]
Repeat steps 3-5 until the CD Layout contains all of the files you want to burn onto the CD

Removing Files and Folders from the CD Layout

These instructions assume you have already added files and/or folders to the CD Layout. For information on how to do this, see Adding Files and Folders to the CD Layout. If you determine you do not want to burn a particular file onto the CD, you may easily remove the file. You can remove files from the CD Layout as long as you have not started the recording process.

From the CD Layout, select the files or folders you do not wish to burn onto the CD by clicking the file or folder name
The file or folder name will appear highlighted.
HINT:
To select multiple non-contiguous files, press and hold [Ctrl] as you select the files
To select multiple contiguous files, press and hold [Shift] while using the up or down arrow key to select the files
On the toolbar at the middle of the screen, click REMOVE
A confirmation dialog box appears.
Click YES
The file or folder is removed from the CD Layout.

Creating the CD

These instructions assume you have already added files and/or folders to the CD Layout. For information on how to do this, see Adding Files and Folders to the CD Layout.

On the toolbar at the middle of the screen, click RECORD
The CD Creation Setup dialog box appears.
In the dialog box, click START RECORDING
NOTE: The default settings are appropriate for most recordings. For more information on the options available, see CD Creation Setup Options.
The Record CD Process dialog box appears and the CD begins recording.
When the CD is finished recording, a dialog box appears informing you the recording process is complete.
Click OK
The Easy CD Creator dialog box reappears.
To create a new CD Layout so you can record a different set of files on the same CD, click the NEW button
OR
Continue working with the files currently in the CD Layout (e.g., leave them as-is to record a second copy on a different CD)
OR
If you are finished, close the Easy CD Creator and eject your disc