<p> Using CD Writers Some Student Computer Lab systems have the ability to burn(create) audio CDs and CD-ROMs. For help finding a machine that can burn CDs, please see a lab consultant.</p><p>CDs are less convenient than magnetic media such as floppy disks, zip disks or file-server storage (SAMBA). In general you will want to reserve burning CDs for finished projects, rather than works in progress.</p><p>The program used at UMSL to burn CDs and CD-ROMs is called Easy CD Creator. You can find Easy CD Creator by going to: </p><p>Start→Faculty Software→ Easy CD Creator→Applications→ Easy CD Creator.</p><p>When you open Easy CD Creator you will be in a new audio CD project by default. If you want to make a CD-ROM instead of a CD, you will need to change the project type. Using CD Writers</p><p>To set the project type for a CD- ROM, choose File→New CD Project→ Data CD </p><p>To set the project type for an audio CD, choose File→New CD Project→ Music CD</p><p>Next you need to browse</p><p>(in the top pane of the Easy CD Creator window) to the files you are interested in storing to the CD or CD-ROM. With the file or directory you wish to record selected, press the ‘Add’ button on the center toolbar to add the file to the CD or CD-ROM project. Using CD Writers</p><p>When you have added all your files to the project, Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disk in the drive and click the ‘Record’ button on the center toolbar.</p><p>For best results, make sure the checkbox next to ‘Copy to hard drive first’ is checked and then click the ‘Start Recording’ button.</p><p>Note on choosing an appropriate disk type:</p><p>CD-R disks are ‘record-once’, which means that nothing can be erased from them and once session is closed or disk is full they can no-longer be modified, but they are much cheaper than CD-RW disks. CD-R disks are an ideal choice for archiving. Leave sessions open until you are sure you will never want to modify the files again.</p><p>CD-RW disks can be erased and re-used many times (usually between 500-1000) CD-RW disks are an ideal choice for occasional transfer of large files. Leave sessions open until you are sure you will never want to modify the files again.</p>