If you have plenty of old CDs or DVDs that you'd like to copy so as not to lose the data (audiobooks, movies, recordings etc), the Nero program will be very useful to you. You can both copy and burn ...
The latest version of Windows Media Player can burn your photos, music and videos on a CD or DVD on the fly. You simply have to drag and drop files from your Windows Media Library to the burn list.
In my first and only build, I have a Samsung 40x12x48. To copy CD's I copy all the files from the original onto my HD and then write them onto a CD from there. I was copying from a ~500mb disc and it ...