Help with vista coping a dvd?

Question

hello

i am trying to burn a dvd on my computer. i have vista,so please help me.

Answer 1

what are you trying to put on it? if you're putting music on it, open up windows media player or itunes or whatever you have, put the CD in the CD drive and click burn after dragging the tracks you want into the burn column.

if your putting a video use windows movie maker.

Answer 2

I have Vista, too.  I haven't tried to burn one yet, but I do need to make a recovery disk in case I need it later, because it didn't come with one!  I'm not really sure how to.

Answer 3

Open DVD Maker

Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Windows DVD Maker.

Add items to the DVD

On the Add pictures and video to the DVD page, click Add items.

Locate and select the video files, pictures, and Windows Movie Maker project files that you want to include on your DVD, and then click Add.

To arrange items and specify the order that the different items will play from the DVD, click the video, picture, or slide show that you want to move, and then click Move up or Move down. You can also move items by dragging them up or down in the list.

To remove an item from the DVD, select the item you want to remove, and then click Remove items.

Choose DVD Burner and provide DVD title

If you have more than one DVD burner installed on your computer, on the Add pictures and video to the DVD page, select the DVD burner that you want to use from the DVD burner list.

If you want to set different options for your DVD, you can set them by clicking Options.

Click the Disc title box, and then type a title for the DVD.

Change Menu Text for the DVD

Once you’ve added all of your files and chosen the burner and title, click Next.

To customize the text for the DVD menu, click Menu text, and then do one or more of the following:

Click the Font box, and then select the font for the menu text.

Click the Font Color, Bold, or Italics buttons to select the font color and formatting.

In the Disc title box, type the title you want to use for your DVD.

In the Play button box, type a label for the button that plays your DVD.

In the Scenes button box, type a label for the button that will display the different scenes on the DVD.

In the Notes button box, type a label for the button that will display any notes you enter for the DVD.

In the Notes box, type any notes that you want to appear on your DVD.

The Notes button and Notes page only appear on the DVD if you include information in these fields.

Click Change Text.

Change Menu Style of the DVD

To customize the menu style for your DVD, click one of the DVD menu styles along the right side of the screen, or click Customize menu and then do one or more of the following:

Click the Font box, and then select a font.

Click the Font Color, Bold, or Italic buttons to select the font color and formatting.

If you’ve chosen a menu style with both foreground and background video options, near Foreground video, click Browse, locate the video that you want to appear in the foreground, and then click Open.

To have a picture or video appear as the background for the main DVD menu, near Background video, click Browse, locate the video that you want to appear in the background, and then click Open.

To add a digital media audio file to play as background music while the menu is displayed for your DVD, near Menu audio, click Browse, locate the audio file that you want to use, and then click Open.

Click the Scenes button styles box, and then select the shape for the scenes buttons on your DVD.

If you want to see the menu as it will appear when you play your DVD, click Preview.

If you want to save the customized DVD menu settings as a new DVD menu style, click Save as new style. In the Style name name box, type a name for the customized menu style, and then click OK. You can then choose to use this customized DVD menu style for the current DVD and for other DVDs you create using Windows DVD Maker.

If you did not save the style as a new style, click Change Style to save the changes you made for this DVD and to return to the previous page.

Burn the DVD

When you’ve finished adding files and customizing your DVD menus, click Burn.

After the DVD disc has been successfully burned, you can do one or more of the following on the Your disc is ready page:

To make another copy of the current DVD, remove the completed DVD, insert a new recordable DVD, and then click Make another copy of this disc.

To close Windows DVD Maker, click Close.