is there any specific wiring that is needed to burn a cd in the back of the computer?
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usually the CD burners come installed on the computer when it is purchased, no additional assembly for this kind of equipment required. So, there should be no other wiring needed.
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No, it is typically very easy. I'll assume you have IDE (sometimes called PATA) disks which are most common. Newer computers have SATA and some computers have SCSI, but that is unusual in home computers.\n\nSome very old computers have BIOS limitations that will keep you from seeing a very large disk properly. However, most large disks come with software that can help overcome this.\n\nLook at the drive that is in your computer now. It has a wide flat cable connecting to the rear of the drive. There is also a 4 pin power connector. The cable goes to your motherboard. If you see this, you are set to go. Look and see if the cable has a spare connector on it. If not, it probably connects to your CDROM drive. Also, make sure you have another 4 pin power connector. If not, you can buy a cheap "Y" connector to connect to the one that goes to your hard drive now and give you an extra power connector.\n\nBack up important data before you do anything!\n\nThe drive will have a jumper on it. Some drives can be jumpered Master or Slave. Others can be Master, Slave, or Single. You'll have to read the directions that come with the drive.\n\nTurn the computer off before you hook the new drive in. There is a bump on the connector so it only goes in one way. If you look at the drive, you'll see a notch that fits the bump. \n\nCase 1) Cable has empty connector. Before you put the new drive in, jumper it as a slave. Also, you need to check the existing drive (you'll probably have to take it out) to make sure it is jumpered as a master and not a "single". Some drives have a label on them that shows the jumper settings. Otherwise search the Web site of the manufactuer. Make sure both parts of the cable are snug and plug the power in (it only goes one way because it is shaped like an arrow). \n\nCase 2) No free connectors. You need another cable (usually comes with the drive). There should be another port on the motherboard. I suggest you remove the CDROM drive, rejumper it to be a master, and put it on the 2nd port on the mother board. The proceed as in Case 1. However, you can also jumper the drive as a master and connect it to the 2nd port. Either way will work OK with only slight performance loss.\n\nRun the drive's install software. It will help you format and configure. Easy!
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Maybe you can read more about it here:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_burner\n\nAnyhow, you'll need a special software to do that. Try a google search for that and have fun.
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Connect your old hard disk to the IDE slot that your CD-ROM drive is using. You can even leave it connected together with your CD-ROM drive if you want. \n\nYou just have to plug the IDE cable into both the CD-ROM and the hard disk. Set your CD-ROM as master and the hard disk as slave.\n\nGo to BIOS and see if your hard disk has been recognised. Once it is done, reboot your PC and transfer the files from the old disk to teh new one. \nUSB to IDE cables are also available which can be made use of in case you want donot want to open up your PC and play around with the peripherals and the cables.
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Get a software to do it, like AMAZING CD & DVD  BURNER which you can find on www.downlad.com
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Yes that works fine, under your burner software there should be an option to make a data cd or a cd for files, something along those lines and you can copy whatever files you have on there up to the space available on the CD, if you have a lot of information your best bet might be to make a network between the two computer and transfers the file those ways and then theres no hassle in burning cd after cd, just drag and drop basically. just setting up the network will be the tricky part.\n\nIf you have a network do the following if not ignore the rest of this.\n\nIf you have an exising network at home make sure both computers are connected to the network and then setup a home or office network on your computer by going to my networks on the desktop of your computer or it might be on START-->MY NETWORK or START-->CONTROL PANEL--> NETWORK CONNECTIONS and then from there on the left you should see my network and then in there you should see create a home of office connection. Follow the steps and leave the part where it says MSHOME, then it will prompt you to restart.\n\nWhen you restart go back to the computer where you want to transfer files and go to my computer and then right click on your local hardrive and go to properites, then go to sharin, then click yes you do understand the meaning of it, then there you can click on share this drive and click on the let other user modify files.\n\nThen on the other computer go to my network places and you should be able to see the drive of the other computer there and then you can drag the files you want from there onto that computer.\n\n\nGood Luck
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you will need to have a cd burner... if you have one then put the cd in the computer then open the cd from my computer and click and drg the folder from it's current position to the blank cd folder that you opened in my computer, then right on the foler and select burn to cd
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u plug the usb cable  into usb port and install the program that comes with the dvd burner (for external)\n\nfor internal im not sure u could get the site of the product and they will probubly have the instructions for u
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I assume you are referring to burning files to a CD. If so, all you need is a CD drive that is capable of writing.
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Gotta have the software CD and a cable
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You may also check the power cable also. Burning device should have the suply cord for power. if not your pc won't detect any not powered device
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Try CDBurnerXPPro - CD burning software  Download from http://www.cdburnerxp.se/downloadsetup.zip
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You have a CD burner in your computer, but have no idea how to burn a CD, well here's how.\n\nIt's usually pretty easy. Most CD writers come with some kind of CD writing software. Since this varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, this is going to be a VERY basic lesson. It should help get you started though.\n\nNot sure where your CD burning program is? It should be lurking somewhere under the Start menu, Programs (it's not necessarily on your desktop or quick launch toolbar\nOK, assuming that you've discovered the location of your CD burning program, here's how it typically works:\n\n1. First, if you get an option for either writing manually or via a wizard, pick the wizard (you can get fancier later on).\n\n2. OK, now you are probably going to be asked what kind of CD you want to write, either audio or data. If you're saving files, choose data. If you're pirating music, oops, I mean making a music CD for your own use from your own CDs, choose music.\n\nNote that for music CDs and for stuff you want to archive, a CD-R is your best choice. If you have a CD-RW, use that for data that you may or may not want to save (they don't always work so hot for music, at least from the standpoint that many CD players refuse to play CD-RWs).\n\n3. OK, the next step is probably choosing files. Most of the time you'll get a "Windows Explorer" type interface that lets you either choose files manually or just drag & drop.\n\n4. That should be about it. At this point, you should have an option for writing the CD.\n\nNote that most programs will let you "test" before you write the CD. The first couple times you use the CD burner, this may not be a bad idea. If you find you have no problems, this is probably a step you can safely skip from then on.\n\nDuring the actual CD writing process, it's best not to mess with your computer. Just stand 4-6 feet away and let it write the CD.\n\nWhy?\n\nMost CD recorders record on the fly. If the computer is busy and can't get the info to the CD burner fast enough, you'll get a buffer underrun error - and your CD will be useless (well, you could make a modernistic coaster out of it I suppose).\n\nBurning with Windows XP\nThe next method is to open My Computer, then your CD-R or CD-RW drive. It's probably best not to have any CD in the drive at this point, since all the files on that CD will show up and make things a little confusing (OK, I guess a blank CD is alright).\n\nAnyhow, just drag and drop (or copy / paste) the files you need to copy to the open window. \nClick the Write these files to CD link and it will start Windows CD burning wizard. From there, just follow the prompts.
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you have to get a burning  cd/dvd drive
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Introduction:\n\nThere are thee different parts to a hard disk installation. You need to physically install the disk, tell the computer it has a new hard disk and finally configure the disk to work with your operating system. All of these points will be covered in detail. \n\nSetting the jumpers:\n\nOkay, so you need to get inside your PC, unscrew the screws that are holding the thing together. These are normally found around the edges of the back of the case. The number of screws can range from 2 to 6 screws, and all of them need to be out to gain access to your base unit. \n\nOnce inside, you will see a heap of cables and a lot of circuit boards, now don’t be scared, you can do this!\n\nRight, we need to prepare the hard disk. Take it out of any packaging it may have, and look carefully at the label on top. There should be a section on this label concerning jumper settings, these are very important. If you are installing the new hard disk and removing the old one, you can ignore this setting. However, if you are adding the new hard disk to the existing one, you need to change the jumper settings to slave. The jumper is a small piece of plastic with 2 metal contacts inside to connect two pins together. It is usually located next to the IDE and power cable connectors on one side of the hard disk. It will be set to Master as default, you need to look at the label on the top side of the hard disk and find out where you need to place the jumper to set it to slave mode.\n\nIDE Channels:\n\nOkay, lets talk IDE channels. This is where it can get a little complicated. There is a ribbon cable plugged into the back of your original hard disk. There should be one other connector on the cable, this may already be connected to your CD Rom drive/DVD drive or CD Writer. If not, just plug in the spare ide connector and away we go. Move onto section 2.\n\nOkay, so, if you’ve got a CD Rom drive/DVD drive or CD Writer, we need to utilise the other IDE connector on the motherboard. You should have had another IDE cable supplied with your CD rom drive. This will plug in on the motherboard directly above/below where your first IDE cable is located. It will only go in one way, so be careful as there are pins involved that if broken will render your computer useless. Once connected, we need to decide where we want to put things. \n\nFor CD rom drives, I would place the CD rom drive on the second IDE channel (set as master) and the extra hard disk set as slave (see above) on the first IDE channel. I will write another guide about choosing the best IDE channels for your peripherals later.\n\nBios Settings:\nOkay, so now you’ve physically connected your drive, its time to tell the bios that we have a new hard disk. You need to enter the bios (basic input output setup) when you boot up your computer, this is usually done by pressing del, F1 or F2 when prompted, around the time when the system is checking RAM. \n\nOnce in, you will be greeted with the familiar blue screen. Most motherboards have an IDE autodetection option, you need to select this by using the arrow keys and selecting with the enter key. \n\nThen you need to select autodetect and select your drive as and when it finds it. \n\nThen, save settings and exit the bios.\n\nPreparing the disk for use:\n\nOkay, now to configure the hard disk. The easiest way to do this is to use FDISK (fixed disk utility) You need to drop into dos mode for this, once there, type FDISK and press enter. \n\nYou will have a menu. At the top of the menu, it will say current fixed disk 1 or something, you need to change to fixed disk 2 – just select change disk and select your new drive (should be fixed disk 2). Now, just to double check, we need to select display partition information, there should be nothing there. If there are partitions defined, you have selected the wrong hard disk. \n\nNow, you need to make a new primary dos partition, select this option from the menu, it will ask if you want to make it
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You can do it through (Dell) MusicMatch CD burner.  avi's, mpeg's, etc.  But you have to "upgrade" to be able to burn a data disk.  It's about $20, and they just send you a code.  See if you can just get someone else's code.\n\nIf you don't have MusicMatch, see if your CD-burner program has that feature available.
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First: ensure that the media you are using is compatible with the in-car equipment.  CD+R / CD-R / CD+RW / CD-RW\nI have found it is likely to be pluses or minuses but not both\nIt may be that the bundled Dell CD burning software is configured to burn data discs, or not to finalise them.  Whilst a computer might recognise a non-finalised CDRW, it's unlikely that audio equipment would...\nI use Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator - it's not cheap (but older CD only versions might be) so I'm not able to recommend any CD burning shareware/freeware - sorry.\n\nAddition:  Contact Dell customer service - tell them you wish to make a complaint <-Keyword.  Their internal process might escalate the issue across the desk of someone who recognises an opportunity for turning potentially bad PR around...  I've heard of this kind of thing happenning - but it could be an urban myth!\n\nGood Luck!