How to Burn a DVD With Protection

Finalize your burned DVD to avoid accidental erase

With the wide availability of recordable DVD-R discs and computers equipped with DVD burning drives, it is easy to record your favorite videos onto a DVD. Without properly finalizing the DVD, however, you leave the disc unprotected. A burned DVD that has not been closed can be erased or recorded over. Protect your DVD and avoid losing your videos.

Things You'll Need

• DVD-R

Instructions

1. Insert a blank DVD-R into the computer's DVD burner.

2. Select "Open a Writable DVD Folder" when prompted, then click "OK."

3. Find the folder containing the files that you plan to burn to the DVD and open it. If the files are saved in multiple locations, open those folders as well.

4. Drag and drop the files from their saved folders into the writable folder you created in Step 2. Your computer will immediately transfer a copy from the saved location into this folder.

5. Look to the left side menu of the open DVD folder and select "Write These Files To DVD." Your computer will open a DVD burning wizard. Name the disc and follow any on-screen prompts. You must click the "Close Disc" option at the end of the wizard in order to protect the disc.

6. Click the "Finish" button at the end of the wizard to compete the burning process.

References

• "Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics (5th Edition)"; Michael Miller; 2009