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How to burn a CD or DVD in Windows 10

(step-by-step)
This tutorial will show you step by step how to burn a CD or DVD in
Windows 10 in two different ways without using third-party CD/DVD
burning software.

You can use the Windows 10 built-in CD/DVD burning feature or Windows
Media Player to burn movies, videos, music, photos, documents, and other
data to a CD or DVD.

With Windows Media Player you can also burn MP3, WMA or WAV files to
an Audio CD that will play on any CD player or car stereo.

Contents

Burning a CD or DVD in Windows 10 using:

Windows 10 (built-in CD/DVD burning feature)

Windows Media Player

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How to burn an MP3 CD in Windows

How to burn photos to CD or DVD

How to erase a rewritable CD or DVD in Windows 10

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Windows 10 default built-in CD/DVD burning

function
Microsoft Windows 10 has just like the previous versions of Windows a
built-in disc burning feature that allows you to burn all kinds of files and
folders to a CD or DVD without using third-party CD/DVD burning software.

A few examples of supported file types are:

Audio: MP3, WMA, and WAV

Videos: AVI, MP4 (MPEG-4), MKV, WMV, MPG, FLV, VIDEO_TS, etc.

Photos: JPG (JPEG), PNG, GIF, etc.

Documents: PDF, TXT, DOC, DOCX, ODT, XLS, etc.

Notes:

If you want to burn video files to DVD using the built-in disc burning
feature, then you should know that this DVD will only play on computers
and DVD players that support the video formats you burn to DVD.

Related: How to burn video files to a DVD that will play on any DVD player

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If you want to burn MP3 files to CD using the built-in disc burning feature,
then you should know that this CD will only play on computers and CD
players, DVD players and car stereos that support the MP3 audio format.

If you want the CD to play on any player, then you will have to use
Windows Media Player to burn the MP3 files to an audio CD.

Related: How to burn MP3 files to an Audio CD that will play on any CD
player

Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player is a media player for playing videos and music and
also for viewing photos on PCs running Microsoft Windows.

And:

Windows Media Player can also be used for burning videos, music and
photos to a CD or DVD.

Burning a CD or DVD in Windows 10

This method works for all file types like audio (music), videos (movies),
images (photos), documents, and other file types.

Tips for burning an MP3 CD:

If you want to have an organized MP3 CD then you should create

folders on your computer and copy the MP3 files into these folders
before you start the burning process.

It's recommended to burn your music to a CD-R instead of a CD-RW

(rewritable), because not all CD players can play rewritable CDs
properly.

Place all MP3 files or folders in one folder and make sure that the total
file size of that folder does not exceed the capacity of your CD
(usually 650 MB or 700 MB). To view the file size of a folder, right-click
on the folder and choose "Properties".

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Note: The CD or DVD you will burn using the built-in disc burning feature
of Windows 10 can only be played on computers and on CD/DVD players
that support the file types/formats you burn onto your disc – except when
you burn VIDEO_TS files and folders to DVD, because then it will create a
Video DVD that will play on any DVD player. However, most modern CD
and DVD players support various file formats.

1. Insert a blank (empty) CD or DVD into the CD/DVD burner drive of your
PC.

2. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer).

3. Go to the location on your computer where the files/folders are stored

you want to burn to a CD or DVD.

4. Select all the files/folders.

5. Right-click on the selected files/folders, go to Send to and then choose

your CD/DVD burner drive (e.g., DVD RW Drive (D:) or CD RW Drive (E:) ).

Note: if you want to burn VIDEO_TS to DVD, then copy the complete
VIDEO_TS folder to the CD/DVD burner drive.

A small Burn a Disc window will appear.

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6. At Disc title you enter a name for your disc.

7. Select With a CD/DVD player.

8. Click on Next.

Your files/folders will now be copied to the CD/DVD burner drive of your PC
and when it's done copying, it will open the CD/DVD burner drive in a new
window.

If it doesn't open the drive in a new window, then open File Explorer and
click on the drive in the left-sidebar.

9. When you're done copying files/folders to your CD/DVD burner drive,

you click on Drive Tools.

10. Click on Finish burning.

Windows 10 will now burn your CD or DVD.

Burning a CD or DVD in Windows 10 using

Windows Media Player
This tutorial will show you how to burn video(s), MP3, and WMA audio files
and pictures to a Data CD or DVD.

And:

This tutorial will also show you how to burn MP3, WMA, and WAV files to
an Audio CD that will play on any CD player and car stereo.

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Tip: If you want to burn MP3, WMA or WAV to a CD, then use a CD-R, not
a CD-RW, because not all CD players or car stereos can play rewritable
CDs properly.

Note: If you burn files to a Data CD or DVD, then that disc will only play on
computers and CD or DVD players that support the file types you burn to
your CD or DVD. Most modern CD and DVD players support various file
formats.

1. Insert a blank (empty) CD or DVD into the CD/DVD burner drive of your
PC.

2. Open Windows Media Player.

Two ways to open Windows Media Player in Windows 10:

Click on the start menu button, click on Windows Accessories and

then click on Windows Media Player.

Type wmp into the Windows search bar and click on Windows Media
Player when it appears.

3. Click on the Burn tab at the top right (between the Play and Sync tab).

4. Click on the Burn options icon and choose one of the following options:

Data CD or DVD: if you want to burn video file(s) (e.g., MP4, MKV,
and AVI), audio files (e.g., MP3 and WMA) or pictures to a CD or
DVD. Note: this disc will only play on computers and on CD and DVD
players that support these video, audio or image file formats.

Audio CD: if you want to burn MP3, WMA or WAV files to a CD that
can be played on any CD player and car stereo.

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5. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer).

6. Go to the location on your computer where the files are stored you want
to burn to a CD or DVD.

7. Make sure that File Explorer and Windows Media Player are both visible
and standing next to each other.

8. Drag your video(s), songs or photos from File Explorer into the burn list
in Windows Media Player.

Note: The total time or file size (MB or GB) can not exceed the capacity of
your CD (usually 74 or 80 minutes or 650 MB or 700 MB) or DVD (usually
4.3 GB).

Tip: You can view the time in minutes or file size in MB or GB you have left
on your CD or DVD at ..:.. free of .. mins (e.g., 79:57 free of 80 mins) or ...
GB free of ... GB (e.g., 4.3 GB free of 4.3 GB) located just above the Burn
list.

9. If you want you can arrange the videos, songs or photos in the order you
want them to appear on your disc.

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10. Click on Start Burn located above the Burn list.

Windows Media Player will now burn your CD or DVD.

Maybe you're also interested in:

How to burn MP3 music files and folders to CD

How to burn VIDEO_TS files and folders to DVD

How to erase a rewritable CD or DVD in Windows 10

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