To make a back-up CD of your files:

1.                  Insert a blank CD-R in your drive.

2.                  A window will appear in a few seconds on your screen.  Select “Create a CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator.”

3.                  Click the “Make a Data CD” button and then select “Direct CD.”

4.                  A new screen will appear.  Pick the blue “format CD” button.

5.                  Next a window will ask you for a label for the CD.  Your name, the month, and the year would be a wise choice.  Then, press “Start Format” to set-up the CD.

6.                  Once the formatting is complete, you will see a window with the CD contents.  It will be blank.  You can drag or copy any files you wish to back-up to this empty window.  (If this window does not appear, go to "My Computer" on the desktop, open it, look for the CD icon, right click on it, and select open.)

7.                  When you are done, you can eject the CD.  Before the computer allows you to eject the CD, it will ask you to make a choice about organizing the contents of the CD.  It is recommended that you “Close [the CD] to Read on Any Computer.”  This way almost any CD on almost any computer will be able to read this CD.

8.        After approximately one minute, the CD will eject.  (Suggestion:  Once you get the CD out of the machine, label the top of the CD with your name and date.)