I started with Windows 3.1, and have upgraded to Windows XP.īecause of all of these changes over the years, the programs on my hard drive have become more than a little unstable.
As I would upgrade my computer, I would ghost over the old hard drive to the new one, and upgrade my OS as new ones came out.
Plus this hard drive is a repository for programs I've been collecting for the past 20 years, and a lot of the install disks have been misplaced or lent out to others and never returned.
A lot of them came from sites like where you could legally download full working programs for one day only. The computer I am now using has a ton of programs that I do not have the installation discs for. This was incredibly handy when I was working in computer repair, customers always wanted their programs put onto their new PC's, and as long as they had the CD's to prove that they owned the program, we just used Cleansweep to move everything over. You could then install Cleansweep onto another computer, and reverse the process, in effect using the compressed file and installing the program completely onto a new computer. dll's, registry entries, etc, and compress is down into a single file. Once the tracks have been convertedĪnd copied to your hard drive, insert the blank CD.Years ago, back in the Windows 95 days, there was a program I used to use called "Cleansweep", that would take any installed program and uninstall it, including all. Check the boxes beside the tracks you are copying.Open Windows Media Player, and, on the left, click Copy.Put the source CD (the one you're copying from) into the CD.Select the titles to copy to the CD, and then click Copy.
To bring up a list of all audio files currently on the hard From the Music to copy drop-down box, select the playlist orĪlbum with the desired songs.Open Windows Media Player, and, on the left, click Copy to.After the files have been ripped to your computer, follow theĬreate an audio CD from files on the hard drive.Insert the source CD (the one you're copying from) into the disk.Note: Windows Media Player 11 requires thatĬontent intended to be burned to discs be first stored on the When your list is complete, click Start Burn.Drag and drop items from your library into the Burn List.Open Windows Media Player, and click the Burn tab.The CD Writing Wizard will appear.Ĭreating an audio CD in Windows 8, 7, or VistaĬreating an audio CD from files on the hard drive On the left, under "CD Writing Tasks", click Write these files.Open My Computer (if it's not open from the step above),Īnd double-click your CD-R or CD-RW drive.Select Send To, and then CD-RW Drive orĪlternatively, you can drag the file to the CD-R Drive orĬD-RW Drive icon in the My Computer window or Find, highlight, and right-click the file(s) you want toĬopy.Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW into the disk drive.On theīlue bar at the top of Windows Explorer, click Burn.
Navigate to and select the files you want to put on the CD.The files will begin to write to the disc. At the top of this window, select the Manage tab, and A window showing all the files waiting to be burned to disc willĪppear.Name the disc, and then choose to use the disc With a CD/DVD.At the top of the window, click the Share tab, and then.Navigate to and select the files you want to put on the disc. In the column on the left, click Libraries, and then.Insert a blank CD or DVD into the disk drive.įor help navigating, see ARCHIVED: Get around in Windows.Creating an audio CD from files on the hard drive.Creating an audio CD in Windows 8, 7, or Vista.
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