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Some time ago if you wanted to have your favorite band's new CD, you had to buy it at a record store or buy it online. With the cost averaging around $10 it could end up costing you if you wanted more than just a few CD's. If you couldn't afford to buy all those CD's you just waited for the radio to play it.

Then came those file sharing sites like Napster that could get you all those songs you wanted and it didn't cost you a thing. You just downloaded it to your hard drive and transferred the songs to an MP3 player.

Since most cars have a CD player, you may have wanted to transfer your downloaded files to a CD. This is when a CD burner came in handy. Just about every computer has one now.

A CD burner can come in two forms, external and internal. The external ones don?t even need to be connected to your CPU and you only need a USB port to connect it to your computer. The internal CD burner that most people may be familiar with is connected to you CPU and lives inside your computer tower.

You may think you can only burn songs from your hard drive to your CD but this isn't true. Your CD burner will copy another CD also. If your friend has a CD you've been wanting, just borrow it and copy their CD to yours. What a great technology!

Now you'll need software to run your CD burner which in most cases comes with your computer in the form of Windows Media Player. If you want something that works better and offers you more options, your best bet is to purchase Nero or Roxio.

If you just can't afford to spend money on software for your burner, you still have a few good options when it comes to the free software. Two better free options to look for are Deep Burner or ISO Recorder.

Some might think a CD burner can only copy songs or audio recordings but this isn't the case. You can also copy different files, programs, pictures, games, etc. You can burn all kinds of files. How did we ever live without a CD burner?

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