Q I understand that I can add files to my CD-R or CD-RW simply by opening two Explorer windows - one for my files and one for my CD - and dragging items from one to the other. But how do I do this?
Leonard Palmer

A Explorer (also known as Windows Explorer) is a file manager built into Windows. Using it, you can see all the files on your computer, and move, copy and delete them, as well as making other changes.

To use it, find the My Computer icon, which will be on the Desktop (the icon is a computer with a monitor) or on the Start menu (click the Start button in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen). If it’s on the Desktop, double-click it, or if it’s in the Start menu, click it once. The window that opens is an Explorer window.

To follow the instructions to which you refer, double-click the CD icon in the window we opened above. If you have inserted a blank CD, you will see a window with nothing in it. Now open the My Documents folder, using the method above - this time, instead of selecting the My Computer icon, select the My Documents icon.

This will open your My Documents folder, which is where all your files should be stored. To copy a file to the CD, click it in the My Documents folder and without letting go of the mouse button, drag it over to the blank CD window.

You should see a ghostly image of the document icon move along with the mouse pointer. Let go once it’s over a blank space in the CD window. Repeat the process with any other documents.

You can then continue with the rest of the instructions from the magazine.
This process is the same any time you want to copy a file - click it in one window, then pick it up by not letting go of the mouse button, and drag it to another window, then let go. That’s what’s meant by ‘drag and drop’.