Yes, they can. Just select the files one at a time or all at once using your control button, and using the right click "send to" command in Windows, send them to your cdrw drive (usually drive D). When you see the balloon saying you have files to write, click the balloon, insert a blank cd and then click "write to cd". Do not use the media player to write with. If it fails to write, right click on the properties section of the cdrw drive and go the recording section and click in the block "enable cd recording" and try again.