Lenovo 41N5647 Using Multimedia Center for Think Offerings application, Copying and imaging discs

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2.If the ″use with DLA″ menu item is not selected in Windows XP, Windows XP CD recording will be used.

Using Multimedia Center for Think Offerings application

You can use the Multimedia Center for Think Offerings application to burn data, audio, video, CD and DVDs. You can also access tools and utilities for working with rewritable media. The Multimedia Center for Think Offerings application also has projects to manage disk images and create file backups.

To start the Multimedia Center for Think Offerings application in Windows XP, click Start -> All Programs -> Multimedia Center for Think Offerings -> Multimedia Center Home.

When the Multimedia Center first starts, you are taken to a Quick Links page. This page shows the four most used tasks for your convenience. To make an Audio or Data disc, select the appropriate tab and select the task you want to perform. To copy a disc, make a disc image, or burn a previously saved image, select the Copy tab. To use Drag-to-disc (DLA), select the Data tab. To erase a rewritable disc, select the Tools tab.

You can access the Data, Audio, and Copy tabs directly from the Start menu as RecordNow Copy, RecordNow Data, and RecordNow Audio by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Multimedia Center for Think Offerings.

To make a bootable CD or DVD, begin a data project and click the bootable CD button in the upper right corner of the project window. You will be prompted to select a boot image from your hard disc or make a boot image from a floppy disc.

For detailed instructions on using the Multimedia Center, consult the on-line helps.

Copying and imaging discs

You can use the Multimedia Center for Think Offerings application to make copies and save images of your CDs. You can also create CDs from images that you have previously saved on your hard disc. The Multimedia Center can only save images in ISO and GI formats. ISO formats can only be used for data CDs. All other disc formats require GI images.

Saved CD images can be as large as 730 MB, and saved DVD images can be as large as 8.6 GB. Ensure that you have adequate hard drive disk space before proceeding.

To make a CD image, complete these steps:

1.Start the Multimedia Center for Think Offerings application.

2.Click the Copy page.

3.Click the task Save Image to Hard disk.

4.The application creates a random name for you. Rename the image file.

5.Insert the disc that you are imaging.

6.Click the Record button.

Notes:

1.DLA CDs cannot be saved as image files.

2.Copy protected commercial CDs cannot be imaged.

To burn a previously saved image, complete these steps:

1.Start the Multimedia Center for Think Offerings application.

2.Click the Copy page.

3.Click the task Burn Image to CD or DVD.

4.Use the Browse button to navigate to the image that you want to burn.

5.Insert a blank or erasable disc.

6.Click the Record button.

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