Compatibility Information

For example, if you insert a blank CD-RW disc, you can select any of these options:

•Open writeable CD folder using Windows Explorer.

•Create a disc using RecordNow!

•Take no action.

If this window of options does not appear, you can click Start, My Computer, right-click the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive icon, and then select one of the available options.

You can also open a program before you insert a disc. After the program is opened, select an action and follow onscreen instructions within the program.

You can choose to have a specific action occur automatically each time you insert a blank CD by selecting the Always do the selected action box.

If you later decide that you want to change the option you have set:

1Click Start.

2Click My Computer.

3Right-click the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive icon and select Properties.

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4Click the AutoPlay tab.

5Click Select an action to perform, select an action, and then click OK.

Click Prompt me each time to choose an action, and then click OK.

If you insert a blank or data disc, a window with options for blank or data discs opens.

If the option you want is not listed, you can select Take no action, and then click OK. The window closes, and you can then manually select a different option through the Start menu on the desktop.

Here are some of the other options you can choose:

•To view the files on the disc you inserted, click Start, My Computer, and then right-click the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive icon and choose Explore.

•To view the files on the disc you inserted, click Start, My Computer, and then double-click the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive icon.

•To open a particular program, click Start, choose All Programs, and then click the program

you want.

An important feature of the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive is its high level of compatibility with other optical drives and CD and DVD players.

•The CDs that you create play in most home and car stereos and in most computer DVD-ROM and CD-ROM drives.

NOTE: CD-R discs are more compatible with home and car stereos than CD-RW discs are.

•The DVDs that you create are compatible with some DVD video players and with most computer DVD-ROM drives.

Your DVD Writer/CD Writer drive is able to read from and record to almost every type of optical disc. Writing speed rates for the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive are fast, allowing quick recording times.