How to Make a Music CD Using Windows Media Player

Being able to hear your favorite music on your PC in the order that you pick is nice; but being able to hear that same music in the same carefully selected order while in traffic is even better. Windows Media Player allows you to do just that by recording your music files to a CD that is playable in most car and individual CD players. Read on to find out how.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Place a blank CD into your CD recorder drive. Not all CD players are burners. If it is not a burner you can not record with it.

2. Launch Media Player through the "Start" menu or on the Desktop. If you only see the small condensed version of the window, press "CTRL" and "1" for the full screen.

3. Rip the songs onto the hard drive that you want to copy or burn onto a CD.

4. Click the arrow under the "Burn" tab. Select "Audio CD." Click the correct drive that you want to burn to. Change the drive by clicking "Next Drive" in the on the upper right hand area of the screen.

5. Find the songs you want, click each one and drag to the left side under "Burn List." This does not remove it from the hard drive or move it permanently to another folder or directory. Do this for each song you want. The music that you have ripped to the hard drive is organized several different ways on the right hand of the window. Double click a song to hear it if unsure that you want it on your CD.

6. Delete any mistakenly copied songs on the Burn List by right clicking it on and select "Remove From List."

7. Drag the files up and down the Burn List until they are in the order that you want to hear them. Click the button "Start Burn." When the music is done being burned to the CD, Media Player will return to the normal screen and say "Complete."