Putting pictures in a digital format on a disc is a great way to preserve your image files. Pictures that you wish to keep should always be placed on a CD or DVD for backup in the event of computer failure. Pictures that have been put on a disc can be conveniently viewed directly from the disc.
Inserting the CD
Locate the button on your computer that opens your disc drive. Usually it is located directly on the outside of the disc drive. If you have a disc in the computer already, remove it. Place the disc that contains your pictures face up in to the disc drive.
Opening the Disc Contents
On some computers, an option menu will pop up once you have inserted the disc. It will give you choices like, "Copy files to computer" or "Open folder for viewing." You should select the viewing option. If a menu does not pop up automatically, double-click on the "My Computer" icon, which is usually shown as a small picture of a computer on your desktop. Once you have clicked on it, a window should open that shows all the drives and storage devices on your computer. Double-click on the disc drive. It usually will have a little picture of a CD as the icon and will say something like "CD" or "DVD." Once you double-click the disc drive, a window will open showing you all the contents of the disc. Sometimes pictures will be directly on the disc and other times they will be stored in a folder on the disc. Double click on the folder the pictures are in, if necessary.
Viewing the Pictures
Once you have located the pictures, there are different options for viewing them. You should see icons for each picture. If you right-click on a blank area in the picture's window (like on the space in between each picture icon) a menu will pop up which will allow you to select different options. Hover your mouse over the word "view" on the menu. You can view thumbnails, which will show you a small version of each picture. You can then double-click on the picture you want to see in a larger size and it will open in a new window. You can view pictures as a filmstrip, which shows you thumbnails of the photos, as well as a medium-sized preview when you click once on a thumbnail. Viewing as tiles will give you larger icons while viewing as a list will give you smaller icons. Viewing details will show you details such as the date of the picture and how large the file is. You can double-click on the picture file in any of these formats to open the picture in a new window for separate viewing.
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