A little explanation may help. a file, any file, is nothing but a string of ones and zeros. The cd doesn't care what they represent. But a new cd is entirely blank. It can't/won't copy anything until a framework has been laid down so that the os can tell where to look for the file. It's exactly (in principle) like formatting a floppy, back in the days when they weren't pre formatted. It divides the disk into areas and makes an index of where the files are stored. For this you need special software. You must already have it. It comes iree with every cd burner.