How to copy a CD to make another CD (if you have Nero CD-Burning software – NOTE:  it is legal to burn your own CDs but it is NOT legal to sell or distribute these CDs)

 

  1. Click on ‘start’, ‘programs’, ‘Ahead Nero’, ‘Nero – Burning ROM’ or on the NERO BURNING ROM icon if there is one on your desktop
  2. make sure COPY CD is selected
  3. click on NEXT
  4. make sure source drive is “D” (or whatever letter that your computer has assigned to your CD-ROM drive) & that an original CD is in that drive (this really only applies to people who have two CD-ROM drives on their computer)
  5. click on NEXT
  6. make sure BURN is selected
  7. click on BURN, wait
  8. when the computer is ready it will ask for a blank recordable CD
  9. put the blank recordable CD in the drive
  10. wait until it’s finished (either click the ‘X’ at the top right to close the Nero window or go to ‘file’ and choose ‘exit’ or ‘close’
  11.  if you are asked if you want to ‘save’, choose ‘no’
  12.  if you are asked if you want to ‘discard’ say ‘yes’

 

How to find programs and music on the Internet using Kazaa (Kazaa is a file sharing program where you can search for music or programs off of other people’s computers – be sure to use a virus scan before installing any program or music file to your computer)

 

First download Kazaa to your computer (this only needs to be done ONCE)

  1. go to http://www.kazaa.com
  2. click on ‘download now’ (big white letters at the top, towards the right)
  3. click on ‘Download V2.1’ (on the right side)
  4. wait
  5. click on ‘download now’ free – left hand side
  6. click on ‘open’
  7. wait
  8. click on ‘next’
  9. wait
  10. takes anywhere from 5 to 25 minutes, depending on connection speed and how busy the site may be

 

when it’s finished downloading you will need to install the Kazaa download (this only needs to be done ONCE)

  1. to install click on ‘next’, click on the white box where it says ‘I agree’, click on ‘next’
  2. click on ‘I agree…’ again and ‘next’ again
  3. click on ‘next’, click on ‘Add an icon to the desktop’ and make sure there are no check marks in the other boxes
  4. click on ‘next’ and ‘next’
  5. wait
  6. click on ‘finish’

 

when it’s finished installing you will need to setup Kazaa (this only needs to be done ONCE)

  1. close out all windows and get down to your desktop
  2. there are several icons on there relating to Kazaa – delete Kazaa Shop and Kazaa Promotions – leave Kazaa Media Desktop and My Shared Folder alone
  3. double click the Kazaa Media Desktop icon that’s on your desktop
  4. enter a user name, enter your email address, select your country, make a choice if you want to subscribe to their newsletter, uncheck Launch Kazaa Media Desktop Automatically
  5. click apply and then OK
  6. click on ‘cancel’ when you see the window that asks if you want Kazaa to search for files on your computer

 

now you’re ready to begin using Kazaa to search for music on the Internet

  1. double click the Kazaa Media Desktop icon that’s on your desktop again to open Kazaa
  2. look at the top menu bar – you’ll be using two items more than any others
    1. the magnifying glass that has the word ‘search’ at the right
    2. the green and blue arrow icon that has the word ‘traffic’ at the right
  3. click on the magnifying glass
  4. click in the white box and enter either an artist, a software program that you’re looking for, or the title of a song or album
  5. click on one of the circles beneath this box – audio and software will the two you’ll use most often
  6. if you’ve chosen audio you’ll be automatically forced to make another choice - artist or title
  7. click on ‘search now’ (anytime you want to make a different choice click on the ‘back’ link right below the ‘search now’ box
  8. wait while Kazaa is searching through other computers for what you’ve asked for
  9. when the list pops up on the right side of the screen, double click on any of the ones that you want
  10. next click on the ‘traffic’ icon (blue and green arrows) to see the progress of the download – this will show that other sources are needed or that you’re in a line (or qued), or waiting for a connection – words are listed at the top of this window i.e. title, User, Progress, Status, etc. - move the black lines between each word to see the entire line of print below each category – i.e. you may only be able to see the words ‘More s…’
  11. when you see the word complete next to any item that means it’s finished and on your computer
  12. TIPS:
    1. go to the word ‘action’ in the menu bar and choose ‘clear downloaded and erroneous’ to clear your list of choices at anytime
    2. you can click on the ‘search’ (magnifying glass) to go back and double click on other choices to begin a new download or to search for something new
    3. when downloads begin sometimes they take too long - right click on the words beneath the status bar and choose ‘find more sources’
  13. when you see ‘complete’ it’s finished and you’ll find it on your desktop in the My Shared Folder file folder - and you need to close your Kazaa window and double click on this folder to see it’s contents
  14. Find the song you’ve downloaded in this file folder and double click on it and it should play automatically – maybe on RealPlayer, but there are other music programs that will take over and play songs on your computer

 

How to copy music from the computer to make a music CD only use blank CDR (CD recordable) not CDRW (cd recordable-writable)

  1. Click on ‘start’, ‘programs’, ‘Ahead Nero’, ‘Nero – Burning ROM’ or on the NERO BURNING ROM icon if there is one on your desktop
  2. make sure Compile a new CD is selected
  3. click on NEXT, click on Audio CD, click on NEXT
  4. click on FINISH
  5. a window pops up – on the left is Audio1 on the left and File Browser on the right (file browser is divided into two windows)
    1. File Browser are files that are on your computer
    2. you will move files that are on your computer into the Audio1 window so you can make (burn) a CD
  6. click once on the ‘desktop’ icon in the left window of the File Browser – we are going to expand these file folders to find the music files that were downloaded to the computer:
    1. click once on the + (plus sign) in front of ‘My Computer’
    2. click once on the plus sign in front of ‘C Drive’
    3. click once on the plus sign in front of ‘Program Files’
    4. click once on the plus sign in front of ‘Kazaa’
    5. click once on ‘My Shared Folder’ – the song(s) you’ve downloaded will appear in the right window
    6. drag these song(s) one by one into the Audio1 window on the left – you will have a slight delay as they’re copied into this window
  7. when it’s finished - click on the 8th icon from the right at the top – it’s the “Opens the Write-CD -Dialog’ icon
  8. insert a blank recordable CD - make sure the circle in front of ‘BURN’ is selected, click on ‘Burn’
  9. wait
  10. when it’s finished, click OK, then discard, go to file and click on exit and say no to save changes