Burning a Mastered Disc

If you want to use the optical disc in a CD or DVD player, or on an older computer, you should burn a mastered disc. Here are the steps to follow:

1. Insert a blank optical disc into your optical drive. Windows 8 reads the disc and then displays a notification asking what you want to do with blank discs.

2. Click the notification, and then click Burn Files to Disc. Windows 8 displays the Burn a Disc dialog box, shown in Figure 11.9.

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Figure 11.9. Use the Burn a Disc dialog box to initialize the optical disc.

3. Type a disc title.

4. Select the With a CD/DVD Player option.

5. Click Next. Windows opens the drive.

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