You can probably burn them using a dvd/rw onto a dvd-r as data files rather than mp3 files....a regular cdrw burner wouldn't be able to recognize the dvd-r format cd.
If you only have a regular cdrw, you could burn a hundred or so mp3 files to one cd but they wouldn't play in a cdplayer.
When you have replaced the harddrive, just copy the files back to your new harddrive and then burn them again as music cd's.
I'm not sure if you will have to change the properties of the files once they are back on your harddrive, but normally copying from a cd to a harddrive leaves the files in read only mode so you probably wouldn't be able to change the file name or edit any of them until this is changed. If you can change them all in one fell swoop rather than one at a time for that many files, great. I know there are ways to do this, but I'm brain dead at the moment with trying to remember how, although it's simple.
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I have about 5.5 gigs of mp3 songs saved on my hard drive, is it possible instead of using so many cd's to burn and save them to burn them to a dvd-r cd. the reason i am doing this is because i am getting an error in event viewer that hard drive failure is iminent. im running xp home.

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