How to burn a CD under XP?

Found out you can't search for terms less than 3 chars. in length so I had to start a thread.

Can someone tell me in 10 words or less how to burn a CD using Windows XP? I'm assuming it's pretty easy as I've heard that the functionality is built right into the OS(?). My dad-in-law has XP and needs some advice from the family tech guru.

 

Have a look at this article.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article01-110

 

This might be a bit late.

Just treat the Cd like another hard disc, and transfer files to it. It should then burn them. However, if you try to load some software that isn't suitable for XP (eg CD creator 4) it may not work again until you buy burning software designed for XP. I learnt this the hard way.

 

Thanks for the info. Someday I've got to get XP and put it on a third HDD with my triple hard drive selector.

 

Hey Chiles4...

I got the following info from WinXP Pro's "Help and Support Center" (Start Button>Help and Support...typed CD Burn in search window).

To copy files and folders to a CD
Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder.
Open My Computer.
Click the files or folders 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. Then, under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file, Copy this folder, or Copy the selected items.
If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture Tasks, click Copy to CD or Copy all items to CD, and then skip to step 5.

In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click Copy.
In My Computer, double-click the CD recording drive. Windows displays a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.
Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Notes

To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
Do not copy more files to the CD than it will hold. Standard CDs hold up to 650 megabytes (MB). High-capacity CDs hold up to 850 MB.
Be sure that you have enough disk space on your hard disk to store the temporary files that are created during the CD writing process. For a standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 MB of the available free space. For a high-capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of the available free space.
After you copy files or folders to the CD, it is useful to view the CD to confirm that the files are copied. For more information, click Related Topics.

Nice and simple...