CD and DVD Recording For Dummies

Most new PCs and Macs today are equipped with the latest inrecording and storage equipment: CD-RW and DVD-R/RW drives. Even ifyour computer is a little older, you can still join the revolutionwith add-on hardware and software. You can record music and movies,store photos and data, and organize things you want to preserve forposterity, safely and easily.

CD and DVD Recording For Dummies®, Second Edition,takes the frustration out of choosing and using these coolrecording systems. This easy-to-follow guide will help you findwhat you need and use it efficiently, and it covers all the newestequipment. You’ll discover how to

• Choose and install a CD or DVD recorder
• Pick the best software for your needs
• Store large data files safely on CD
• Use EasyCD and DVD Creator and Toast
• Record mixed media disks
• Create electronic photo albums, baby books, genealogies, andmore

Once upon a time, videotape, vinyl record albums, and floppydisks were state of the art for preserving movies, music, and data.The superior durability and capacity of CDs and DVDs have madethese tools as obsolete as the washboard, but never fear. CD andDVD Recording For Dummies®, Second Edition, makes it easyto

• Transfer your favorite VHS movies to DVD
• Preserve those classic LPs on CD
• Archive records and data files, and safely store treasuredfamily photos
• Ask the right questions when shopping for CD or DVD recordinghardware and software
• Record original material, copy and erase rewriteable disks, andmake backups of important data
• Add menus to your disks, label them, and care for themproperly
• Record a bootable CD-ROM

Today’s CD and DVD recorders can produce everything fromsuperb sound quality to original movies you can play on your DVDplayer. CD and DVD Recording For Dummies® will get yourrecording career going in a jiffy.