Blank write-protected CDs are identified as CD-R discs. Using the default options in Windows, once you copy files to a CD-R and eject the CD, the disc is finalized and is automatically write ...

Windows XP will copy the contents to a temporary area of your hard drive that it uses to store data waiting to be written to the CD-RW. Now for my least favorite feature of XP: copying music CDs.

The latest improvement to Sony’s CD “copy protection” technology can still be defeated with sticky tape or marker pens, New Scientist has found.