How to Backup Pictures to DVD

In this tutorial I'll be teaching you how to backup (some of) your pictures to DVD using the built-in DVD burning software in Windows Vista. The only thing you'll need for this tutorial is a blank DVD. A blank DVD can hold about 4,500 Megabytes of data. Each of your pictures is probably about 1.6 megabytes. Based on those two sizes you should be able to backup about 2,812 pictures per DVD. Ok, lets get started.

1. Put a blank DVD into your DVD Burner and close the drive.

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2. Right click a folder containing some pictures and then click "send to" the select "DVD RW Drive".

3. A Window will appear asking you to give the disc a name. Enter whatever name you'd like.

4. Windows Vista will begin formating the DVD. After the format is completed Windows will then start to burn your pictures to the disc. This process can take approx. 1 to 30 minutes.

5. After the disc has completed the burning process a window will pop open showing you the contents of the burned disc.

6. Click the eject button. The disc will not eject right away because windows needs to finalize the disc. This process can take about 5 minutes. When that's completed the disc will pop out.

At this point the those pictures have been backed up DVD. They are still on your computer and you should leave them there because it's always good to have your data in two places.

How to Backup Pictures to DVD