How to Burn DVDs with Free Resources
DVDs offer a great storage and backup medium. A DVD can store more than five times the storage of a CD. You can find free resources to burn DVDs online that can help you store your important information and backup sensitive files in case something happens to your computer.
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- Moderate
Instructions
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Make sure you have a DVD burner on your computer. This is obviously essential, and they range from affordable to very expensive. You can find cheap used and new DVD burners on sites like NewEgg.
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Check to see if you already have free DVD burning software. If your computer had a DVD burner built in when you bought it, there is a good chance that you already have software. If you added a DVD burner or do not like the DVD burning software on your computer, there is free software that will allow you to burn DVDs.
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Download DeepBurner from deepburner.com. DeepBurner is a free application that allows you to burn CDs and DVDs. After you download the file, open it to install DeepBurner.
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Open DeepBurner, select "Create data CD/DVD" and click on the "Next>>" button. Next decide what kind of session you want to create.
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Drag files that you want to burn to your DVD from the "Explorer" window to your new session's window. The bottom bar in the lower left corner of the session window will tell you how much space you have left on the DVD.
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Click on "Burn Disk" on the left side of the session window when you are ready to burn your disk. Make sure the correct drive is selected and the speed is set. You have the option to save an image of your DVD session so you can come back and burn it later. Click on "Burn" when you have everything set.
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Verify that the data burned correctly on your DVD. The burning process may take a while, so you will have to be patient. When it is done, open the DVD on your computer and try to open a file to make sure it works.
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Tips & Warnings
DeepBurner will allow you to make bootable disks, print labels and set autorun settings for your DVD.
