Yes, Shannon. That is a way to copy data files to a CD for backup purposes, however the originator wanted to create a music CD that can play in a standard audio CD player. That requires a different approach. Dave Created in the Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California ----- Original Message ----- From: Hamid Hamraz To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 06:44 Subject: Re: help creating Cd Hi, Maybe I am getting it wrong, but if you want to write files to a CD using XP, you don't need any extra software. do this: 1- browse to the files you want to burn to CD, using "my Computer" (I mean the explorer by pressing windows + E) 2- select and copy them. 3- browse the CD folder using again the "my computer" 4- paste them there. 5- after the copy finishes you are ready to burn them to CD; again go back to "my computer" top directory, where you can see your local disks and CD drives, etc. 6- go to the CD and press the application key; there should be an item named "write these files to CD", press enter on it and windows XP built-in CD writing wizard starts. follow the few simple steps. That's it. HTH Hamid ----- Original Message ----- From: Sugar To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 11:14 PM Subject: help creating Cd Hi this is my first post, but I have jaws 11, windows office 2007, and both roxio and windows media player I wanted to know the steps to create a Cd. UI have alot of music saved on my computer, and don't know how to transfer them to a cd. I can copy cd to cd, but not sure how to place music to a cd from the computer. thanks for any help sugar Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. Helen Keller