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Inside this Article
  1. Introduction to How CD Burners Work
  2. CD Basics: The Bumps
  3. CD Basics: The Path
  1. Reading CDs
  2. Writing CDs
  3. Burning CDs: Laser Assembly
  4. See more »
    1. Burning CDs: Write Laser
    2. Erasing CDs
    3. Phase-change Compounds
    4. The Erase Laser
    5. CD Formats
    6. Encoding Data
    7. Creating Your Own CDs: Software
    8. Creating Your Own CDs: Music
    9. Creating Your Own CDs: Burning
    10. Lots More Information
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Inside this Article
  1. Introduction to How CD Burners Work
  2. CD Basics: The Bumps
  3. CD Basics: The Path
  4. Reading CDs
  5. Writing CDs
  6. Burning CDs: Laser Assembly
  7. Burning CDs: Write Laser
  8. Erasing CDs
  9. Phase-change Compounds
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  3. Encoding Data
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