Windows 10: Burn a Disc: How do you want to use this disc? Like a USB flash drive or With a CD/DVD player?

When saving files to a disc, I was presented with the question: "How do you want to use this disk?


Options were:
- Like a USB flash drive

- With a CD/DVD player


Below was a link: Which one should I chose?


I clicked the link which connected me to:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hub/4338813/windows-help?os=windows-10which is a general Windows Help screen.

Am I foolish to expect that the link would lead me to the answer to a question that Windows 10 itself asked?

I wasted 15 minutes trying to search for an answer, with no luck.

Does Windows/Microsoft provide no support or service at all, even for their own questions?

:)

 

Burning photos to a CD Disc

Hi Jimmy,

We suggest that you use Windows Media Player to burn the images. Please follow the steps below:

• Open Windows Media Player.
• In the Player Library > Burn tab > select
  Burn options.
• Choose Audio CD or Data CD or DVD.
• Insert a blank disc into your CD or DVD burner. (Select the drive you want to use if your PC has more than one CD or DVD drive)
• Search for the items in your Player Library that you want to burn to the disc, and then drag them to the list pane (on the right side of the Player Library) to create a burn list.
• When you're finished with the list, select Start burn.

Note: If necessary, click the Clear list button to remove all items from the previous burn list.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Cd/dvd burner

Hi James,

Yes, Windows 10 is still capable of burning files into a CD/DVD. To burn files into a CD-RW or DVD-RW, follow these steps below:

• Open File Explorer > Click This PC > Right-click the name of the disk drive and select
  Eject.
• Insert a black disc into the drive and close the drive > Double-click the drive icon to open the
  Burn a Disc windows.
• Type a title for your disc > Select between Like a USB flash drive or
  With a CD/DVD player.

If you select, Like a USB flash drive:

• Click Next in the Burn a Disc window.
• Select the files/folders to be copied on the disc > Drag the file/folders to the CD drive icon on the left panel.
• After copying, you can eject the disc.

If you select, With a CD/DVD player:

• Click Next in the Burn a disc window.
• Select the files/folders to be copied on the disc > Drag the file/folders to the CD drive icon on the left panel.
• Right-click on the empty area, the select Burn to Disc.
• Type the disc title in the Prepare the disc window > Select the
  recording speed > Next.
• You'll get a You have successfully burned your files to the disc message >
  Finish.

Get back to us and let us know what happens after.

 

Move a saved folder to DVD disc

Hi Dwayne,

When you copy music, pictures, and videos from your PC to a blank CD or DVD, it's called "burning." Burning files to a disc in Windows is a method that allows end-users to have a replica of their important files. To assist you with
your concern, we recommend that you follow these steps on how to save files to a disc or DVD. To do this, follow the steps below:

• Insert a blank DVD into the optical drive and close the drive.
  
• Open File Explorer, then double-click the drive icon to open the
  Burn a Disc window.
• Type a title for your disc, then select Like a USB flash drive or
  With a CD/DVD player, depending on how you want to use the disc.
  
  
  
  
  
• If you select Like a USB flash drive, the files copy to the disc.
  
  Note: You can save, edit and delete files on the disc many times, but the disc might not work in other computers and devices.
  
• Click Next in the Burn a disc
  window.
• Drag files to this folder to add them to the disc message displays.
• When all files are copied, you can eject the disc.
• If you select With a CD/DVD player, the files are burned to the disc.
  
  Note: These files cannot be edited or removed from the disc, but the disc can be used on most computers
• Click Next in the Burn a disc window. The disc formatting process begins.
• Drag files to this folder to add them to the disc message displays.
• Navigate to the files, select them, then drag them to the drive icon.
• The files display in a Files Ready to Be Written to the disc window.
• Right-click the empty area, then select Burn a disc.
• In the Prepare the disc window, type the disc title, select the recording speed, then click
  Next.
• When the burn process is complete, a You have successfully burned your files to the disc windows opens. Click
  Finish to close the window.

Let us know if the solution above works for you.