If you chose to use your disc “Like a USB flash drive” in the last menu, then writing to your CD or DVD media requires no extra steps.
How to Burn a CD or DVD with a Live File System (“Like a USB flash drive”) What happens next depends on which option you chose. Then enter a disc title, and click “Next.” When you’ve decided on the write method, select it. On the plus side, discs created this way are more compatible with older versions of Windows. When you copy files to the drive, they are temporarily copied to a staging area on your hard disk first, then they are written to the disc all at once when you select “Burn” in File Explorer. With a CD/DVD player: This is a more traditional method of “mastering” discs.A drawback is discs created this way are typically not compatible with machines older than Windows XP. But if you use a rewritable disc, you can erase files as you go without having to wipe the entire disc at once. If you’re using a write-only CD-R or DVD-R disc and you erase a file, the file will no longer appear in Windows, but space will still be taken up on the disc.
And 4.7 GB DVDs (or 8.5 GB dual-layer DVDs) hold dramatically more data than CDs, which can typically only hold about 700 MB.
You’ll also need some blank CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, or DVD-RW discs that work with your drive.
Luckily, Windows 10 works with most CD-R/W and DVD-R/W drives automatically through Plug and Play, so you might not even need to install a driver.
We’ll also assume that you have any necessary drivers installed. It could be an internal drive or one that plugs in to your PC via USB. It allows you to physically connect two PCs using a supplied cable, and most of the transition work is done for you.Before we begin, we’ll assume that you have an optical media drive capable of writing to the disc type you choose.
Read on for more information about USB flash drives, external hard drives and other backup devices.ģ) Get file transfer software like IntelliMover. If you're transferring lots of data, you may need to get an external USB hard drive instead. Use the flash drive as a "temporary drive": Insert in PC 1 (it will show up on your PC as an additional drive), copy files to flash drive, remove and insert drive in PC 2, and copy your files to PC 2. (This assumes both PCs have USB ports.) They're very affordable and easy to use. But if CD burning isn't an option, read on.Ģ) Get a USB flash drive.
This assumes that your data will fit on one CD, and that computer A has a CD burner. But in the interests of keeping things simple, let's go with easier solutions:ġ) You could burn a CD from computer A and load that CD on computer B. If you were a super-geeky or tech-savvy type, I'd tell you to do something like "get a crossover cable and create a two-PC network, and copy the files from one machine to another". There are two ways to approach this question. How do I connect the one PC to another and direct transfer the files?" "What's the best method to get the info from an old laptop (A) to a new laptop (B), where laptop (B) has no floppy drive, only a CD drive.