Burn Files to a CD in Windows XP

Windows XP provides the option for you to easily copy files to a CD without having to use any additional CD Creating software.

Steps

Insert the writable CD into the drive.
Now when the CD Dialog box opens up, select "Open writable CD folder using Windows Explorer." A Windows Explorer window will open up showing your blank CD.
Open another new Explorer window containing the files you want to copy to the CD.
Select the folders or files you want to copy to the CD. You can also select multiple files, to do so hold down the CTRL key, and click each file. Once you are done with your selection, press CTRL+C or Right-click the selected files and then click Copy.
Next, switch back to the explorer window of the blank CD and press CTRL+V or Right-click and then click Paste. Alternately, you can also Click the Edit menu, and then click Paste.
Once you have added all the files you want to copy, click the File menu, and then click "Write these files to the CD." Windows XP will now open up its CD Writing Wizard for burning the files to your CD.
When the wizard is through with burning the file to your CD, you will get a message "You have successfully written your files to the CD." Here, you also have an option of creating another CD using the same files. If you are done, click Finish and your CD should automatically eject.