Recording to a CD

[Mel Culbreath]

I have a new computer with Windows XP.

I wanted to copy a music file from my hard drive to a CD-R. I went to Windows Explorer, found the file (mp3 format), and successfully copied it to the CD-R using Windows Media Player. Somehow in the process the file was converted to a .cda extension. I was able to play it on my boom-box with no problems.

Happy with my success, I then tried to copy another mp3 music file in the same way, to the same CD-R, but got this message instead:

"The CD in the CD Drive is not blank and cannot be overwritten. Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW in the drive and then click retry"

Is there some way to copy another song to the same CD-R at this point, or must I make a playlist first and copy all the songs at once?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mel

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Mel Culbreath on 02 August 2002 at 02:57 PM.]</p></FONT>

[Jim Smith]

Uncheck the box that says something like "close session after recording". I think that will let you copy additional tracks.

[Dave Alfstad]

You can create a multi-session disc but most home and car stereos won't play it. You really need to burn all the songs at one time and finalize (close) the cd.



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Dave Alfstad
Indianola, Iowa

[Herb Steiner]

Things work best when you create a full CD in one session and then close. I prefer using CD Creator 4 by Adaptec, but there are other CD burning programs available that are just as good.

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