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. Like a USB flash drive: This allows you to write and erase files to the disc on-the-fly using a live file system without ever having to finalize or “master” the disc.This dialog asks you how you want Windows to handle writing the disc. As soon as you insert it, a window titled “Burn a Disc” will appear. Log into your Windows machine and insert a blank recordable CD or DVD into your optical drive.
