Burning A Folder Of Photos Onto A CD

Remember all those heartwarming family photos you took over the holidays? Where are they now? If they're stored in a file on your computer and if your computer is equipped with a CD burner, make sure you also burn a CD as a backup in case of hard drive failure. (Note: If you have a DVD burner, the procedures are the same.) Here's how to do it:

Burning Images From Your PC To A CD Using Windows XP

1. Open the "My Photos" folder or whatever folder your pictures are in.
2. On the folder window's sidebar, look for the "Picture Tasks" area.
3. Click your cursor arrow on the link "Copy all items to CD." You'll see a progress bar.
4. A bubble will appear at the bottom of your screen that says, "You have files waiting to be written to the CD. To see the files now, click this balloon." Go ahead and click on the balloon. The CD Drive window will appear.
5. Under the "CD Writing Tasks" area on the right side of the window, click on the link called "Write these files to a CD." The "CD Writing Wizard" will start.
6. Type a name for your CD and click the "Next" button.
7. Insert a CD into your burner and click "Next."
8. You'll see a progress bar as pictures are burned onto your CD.
9. When the project is completed, the CD will be ejected. Click "Finish" to close out of the wizard.

Burning Images From Your Mac To A CD Using iPhoto 6 And Mac OS 10.4

1. Open the iPhoto application.
2. Select the album or albums you'd like to back up to a CD.
3. Click your cursor arrow on the "Share" menu and drop down to "Burn."
4. You'll see a little disk icon that acts as a gauge showing you the amount of disk space that you've used. Right next to the right side of that disk is a name field. Give your disk a name.
5. Press the "Burn" button. When your photos have been burned to the CD, it will appear on the desktop.