Compaq 4103TH manual Creating Your Own CDs

The CD-RW drive allows you to create your own CDs. You can buy two types of media: CD-R and CD-RW.

CD-R media can be played on most of the newer CD players, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM drives. CD-R media can be written to only once. However, you can write to CD-RW media using multiple recording sessions until you Close out the disc.

CD-RW media can be used to make backups of your personal CDs or hard disk. These discs are reusable and can be erased and rewritten to numerous times.

The Adaptec Easy CD Creator software is intuitive. When you place the cursor over any of the functions, a description of the function is displayed.

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For more information about using the CD-ROM, CD-RW, or DVD-ROM drives, refer to the My Presario—Learning More CD.

Creating Your Own CDs

CDs are created using the Adaptec Easy CD Creator (available on select models). Various uses of the CD-RW drive are shown below:

Note: Confirm that the Easy CD Creator software has been installed before you begin creating CDs.

Media	Uses
Audio	Create personal music CDs with your favourite music
	tracks and MP3/WMA files.
Data	Create a data CD to store data, such as files or folders
	from the hard disk. This feature is useful for backing up
	important files or sharing data with other people.
Direct CD	Write files directly to a CD-R/CD-RW just like you copy files
	to a disk drive. Drag-and-drop files from one drive to
	another in Microsoft Explorer without accessing Easy CD
	Creator.
CD Copier	Create entire copy of a CD or a back up of data files.
Jewel Case	Make custom jewel case inserts and CD labels to indicate
Creator	the title and contents of a CD (labels are sold separately).

Note: There is an extensive online Help built into the software. To view online Help you must load Adobe Acrobat Reader from the My Presario—Learning More CD.

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