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rip, burn, play Create a custom music CD with MP3s you rip yourself, or create a video DVD of home movies or special videos. If your computer came with a DVD burner,, you can do it all with easy-to-use software already installed on your Gateway computer. Create an MP3 music file To create an MP3, click the Windows Media Player icon on your Windows desktop. Put a music CD in the CD drive on your computer. Make sure the song or songs you want to create MP3s of are checked, then click Rip. Windows Media Player will create MP3s and save them to the My Music folder in My Documents. Create a DVD To save content such as data or movies to DVD, open Nero Express from the Start menu. Put a blank, writable DVD into the DVD burner on your computer. Select your DVD burner and the type of disc you are creating. Click Add, then select the files or folders you want to burn to the DVD. Click Add. When you have added all of your files, click Finished. Click Next, then click Burn. Note: you must have a DVD burner to create a DVD 8511111_GW GSG.indd 11 For more information about using media, see "Using Multimedia" in your online user guide. 11 11/3/2005 2:19:35 PM

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Create a custom music CD with MP3s you
rip
yourself, or create a video DVD of home movies
or special videos. If your computer came with a DVD burner,, you can do it all with easy-to-use
software already installed on your Gateway computer.
Create an MP3 music file
To create an MP3, click the Windows Media Player
icon on your Windows desktop.
Put a music CD in
the CD drive on your computer. Make sure the song
or songs you want to create MP3s of are checked,
then click
Rip
.
Windows Media Player will create
MP3s and save them to the My Music folder in My
Documents.
Create a DVD
To save content such as data or movies to DVD,
open Nero Express from the Start menu. Put a
blank, writable DVD into the DVD burner on your
computer. Select your DVD burner and the type of
disc you are creating. Click
Add
, then select the files
or folders you want to burn to the DVD. Click
Add
.
When you have added all of your files, click
Finished
.
Click
Next
, then click
Burn
.
For more information about using media, see “Using Multimedia” in your online user guide.
rip, burn, play
Note:
you
must have a
DVD burner to
create a DVD
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