Recording with DLA

Important: Format a blank CD or DVD before copying files directly to a CD or DVD. If you don’t, a message appears telling you to format the disc or telling you that your drive is not accessible.

1Press the Eject button on the drive and insert the blank disc.

2Click Start, and then click My Computer.

3Right-click the drive icon and select Format.

4Under Volume Label, type in the title of the disc.

5Under Format type, select Full or Quick (erase). You must select the quick format for all CD-R or DVD+R discs. You must select the full format for a CD-RW or a DVD+RW disc the first time you format it.

Note: Full format can take up to 45 minutes. Quick format usually takes less than a minute.

6Click Start to format the disc.

7Click Yes to the message that all files on the disc will be erased.

8Click OK.

When the disc formatting is complete, you can copy your files directly to the disc in My Computer by:

Dragging a file from a Windows Explorer window to your drive icon.

Selecting Save As from within some programs, and then saving the file to your drive.

Right-clicking a file, selecting Send To, and then selecting your drive.

After you record your files, if you want to read the DLA-formatted disc on most other CD-ROM drives, you must make the disc compatible: Insert your disc into your drive, right-click the DVD Writer/ CD Writer drive icon, and then select Make Compatible.

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