Good procedure bad advice. Doesn’t mention verification or if fmgr verifys discs it burns. Without verification a CD burn program is worse than useless.
I’m using a DVD-R disc and selected the ‘use with CD/DVD player’ option. Then added my files and burn to disc. But now I want to finalise it so I can’t add any additional files to the disc. How do I do that?
George, you can’t. That’s the one problem with the free burn function built in to Windows. If you have the need to finalize the disk so more files cannot be added, you will need to look for some other software to do this (like Roxio, Nero, etc.).
In the file explorer on my Windows 10, I followed your steps and got the message that said “you have files ready to be burned to the disc.” There is no button to finish burning the disc under the Manage tab. I am unable to actually burn the disc.
I formatted CD-RW disc to use as a flash drive on Windows 7. I created a folder on the disc to save files to. I opened the drive D: in windows explorer and was able to drag and drop a few small files into the D:folder from the desktop. Suddenly this 650 mb disc was full with 0 empty space. I tried this procedure with a new disc using separate folders for my files. The same thing happened again. Any info on shy this is happening would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot. I am not familiar with some of these esoteric computer terms, like burn, rip, sync, but I do understand that they were invented to shorten the descriptions.
Thank you. What do I do when windows 7 never finishes with a “formatting” a cd? It can be 4 hours formatting and still in process. This started about 10 days ago
Great writeup! I came across this in Windows 10 Preview, with no help popup.
I’d add that all the options for the second choice, – ‘With a CD/DVD Player’, are just as I used with a burner program in XP. That allows the user to “finalize” the disc, no changes permitted.
Hi,
I want to burn my data in a cd, and want to protect the data so people who will borrow my CD can’t copy it. But I couldn’t find the way, can we use this built-in tools to do such things? Plese help me.
I burnt to a CD/DVD using the select ‘with a CD/DVD player’ but my DVD players won’t accept/read them. Please let me know what I am doing wrong. They play on the computer ok.
This is my first time burning a CD to backup some files from my computer. Just so I understand correctly. Burning them does not remove or delete them from my computer does it? If my computer were to crash I want to be able to restore from the CD. Will backing up this way make that possible?
I am using windows8 with DVD RW Drive. When i try to use a DVD-R disk “like a usb flash drive”, it says windows was unable to complete the format and then i just couldn’t use it to store the data. What should i do?
when i insert the disk in my DVD room after burning process done. There was no data which i had burned. why ???? there was a empty disk
please guide me?
After recording mp3 files using data method does Explorer make a log or list of the files copied? The files copied are arranged alphabetically. Is there a way to list them randomly as I record a mixed CD and I don’t want to listen to the same artist over and over again Thanks
thank you for sharing this ‘hidden’ feature 🙂 i had the problem of locating that ‘burn to disc’ button. your article is very detailed and understandable.
Please read the tutorial carefully. You will notice that the “Close Session” option is found in the burning wizard, at the very beginning, not in the toolbar of Windows/File Explorer.
Its amazing, looking at the time and effort you put into your blog and detailed information you provide. I’ll bookmark your blog and visit it weekly for your new posts.
Dude, i am so thankful. This helped me a lot of time and effort. Many thanks, by the way i always wanted to stay away from installing NERO and other animals. This thing was easier than using the Power2go that i already have.
I also have power2go 9 and have never been able to get it to work on my windows 8 system, even after numerous consultation with them. Thank you so much for the simplicity that you gave me. I am on a deadline and now I can make it without sweat!!
33 Responses to “How to burn discs in Windows, using File Explorer or Windows Explorer”
Good procedure bad advice. Doesn’t mention verification or if fmgr verifys discs it burns. Without verification a CD burn program is worse than useless.
I’m using a DVD-R disc and selected the ‘use with CD/DVD player’ option. Then added my files and burn to disc. But now I want to finalise it so I can’t add any additional files to the disc. How do I do that?
George, you can’t. That’s the one problem with the free burn function built in to Windows. If you have the need to finalize the disk so more files cannot be added, you will need to look for some other software to do this (like Roxio, Nero, etc.).
In the file explorer on my Windows 10, I followed your steps and got the message that said “you have files ready to be burned to the disc.” There is no button to finish burning the disc under the Manage tab. I am unable to actually burn the disc.
thanks for the tutorial is very helpful I love that
I’m glad that you found it useful. 😉
Thanks for the complete tutorial, it really helps
I formatted CD-RW disc to use as a flash drive on Windows 7. I created a folder on the disc to save files to. I opened the drive D: in windows explorer and was able to drag and drop a few small files into the D:folder from the desktop. Suddenly this 650 mb disc was full with 0 empty space. I tried this procedure with a new disc using separate folders for my files. The same thing happened again. Any info on shy this is happening would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot. I am not familiar with some of these esoteric computer terms, like burn, rip, sync, but I do understand that they were invented to shorten the descriptions.
Hi Ciprian,
This works with blu ray discs?
Multumesc:)
Thanks for the site. It’s clear and concise.
Thank, Good Explanation, It Helped.
Thank you. What do I do when windows 7 never finishes with a “formatting” a cd? It can be 4 hours formatting and still in process. This started about 10 days ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZFicYx9J-E Watch this FOks its Asome and Easy how to intall windows 7 in usb drive
This works with blu ray discs?
Great writeup! I came across this in Windows 10 Preview, with no help popup.
I’d add that all the options for the second choice, – ‘With a CD/DVD Player’, are just as I used with a burner program in XP. That allows the user to “finalize” the disc, no changes permitted.
Hi,
I want to burn my data in a cd, and want to protect the data so people who will borrow my CD can’t copy it. But I couldn’t find the way, can we use this built-in tools to do such things? Plese help me.
Hi
Thanks a lot for the info
I have burn 2 4gb dvd and once finished I noticed I had lost 8 gb on my C drive (window 8). How can i get it back?
I burnt to a CD/DVD using the select ‘with a CD/DVD player’ but my DVD players won’t accept/read them. Please let me know what I am doing wrong. They play on the computer ok.
This is my first time burning a CD to backup some files from my computer. Just so I understand correctly. Burning them does not remove or delete them from my computer does it? If my computer were to crash I want to be able to restore from the CD. Will backing up this way make that possible?
I am using windows8 with DVD RW Drive. When i try to use a DVD-R disk “like a usb flash drive”, it says windows was unable to complete the format and then i just couldn’t use it to store the data. What should i do?
Thank you so much ! It was very helpful !!
First time tried burning a CD and in one shot was able to burn it !!
Thank you once again !!!
when i insert the disk in my DVD room after burning process done. There was no data which i had burned. why ???? there was a empty disk
please guide me?
After recording mp3 files using data method does Explorer make a log or list of the files copied? The files copied are arranged alphabetically. Is there a way to list them randomly as I record a mixed CD and I don’t want to listen to the same artist over and over again Thanks
thank you for sharing this ‘hidden’ feature 🙂 i had the problem of locating that ‘burn to disc’ button. your article is very detailed and understandable.
have burned using win explorer. Cannot close as “close Session” is not on my toolbar?
Please read the tutorial carefully. You will notice that the “Close Session” option is found in the burning wizard, at the very beginning, not in the toolbar of Windows/File Explorer.
Its amazing, looking at the time and effort you put into your blog and detailed information you provide. I’ll bookmark your blog and visit it weekly for your new posts.
Dude, i am so thankful. This helped me a lot of time and effort. Many thanks, by the way i always wanted to stay away from installing NERO and other animals. This thing was easier than using the Power2go that i already have.
I’m glad this guide helped you. Thanks for your appreciation.
I also have power2go 9 and have never been able to get it to work on my windows 8 system, even after numerous consultation with them. Thank you so much for the simplicity that you gave me. I am on a deadline and now I can make it without sweat!!
This is a great help for a newbie
Thanks again,
But is it possible to add or update the CD later on once it is created?
Read this section: How to Add Files and Folders to Completed Discs and you will find the answer to your question.