Setting Up and Using Your Computer 19
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To copy the CD or DVD:
•
If you have one optical drive
, ensure that the settings are correct and click
Copy
. The
computer reads your source CD or DVD disc and copies it to a temporary folder on your
computer hard drive.
When prompted, insert a blank CD or DVD disc into the optical drive and click
OK
.
•
If you have two optical drives
, select the drive into which you have inserted your source
CD or DVD disc and click
Copy
. The computer copies the data on the CD or DVD to the
blank CD or DVD.
After you finish copying the source CD or DVD, the CD or DVD that you created
automatically ejects.
Using Blank CDs and DVDs
Use blank CD-Rs to record music or permanently store data files. After creating a CD-R disc, you
cannot write to that CD-R again (see the Sonic documentation for more information). Use blank
CD-RWs to write to CD or to erase, rewrite, or update data onCDs.
Your DVD-writable drive can write to six different types of recording media—CD-Rs, CD-RWs
(including high-speed CD-RWs), DVD+/-Rs, and DVD+/-RWs. Blank DVD+/-Rs can be used to
permanently store large amounts of information; however, you may not be able to write to the disc
again if the disc is "finalized" or "closed" during the final stage of the disc creation process. Use
blank DVD+/-RWs if you plan to erase, rewrite, or update information on the disc later.
Helpful Tips
• Use Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW disc only
after you start Sonic RecordNow! and open a RecordNow! project.
• You must use CD-R discs to burn music CDs that you want to play in regular stereos.
CD-RWs do not play in most home or car stereos.
• You cannot create audio DVDs with Sonic RecordNow!.
• Music MP3 files can be played only on MP3 players or on computers that have MP3 software
installed.
• Do not burn a blank CD-R or CD-RW to its maximum capacity; for example, do not copy a
650-MB file to a 650-MB blank CD. The optical drive needs 1 or 2 MB of the blank CD to
finalize the recording.
• Use a blank CD-RW to practice CD recording until you are familiar with CD recording
techniques. If you make a mistake, you can erase the data on the CD-RWs and try again. You
can also use blank CD-RWs to test music file projects before you record the project
permanently to a blank CD-R.
• See the Sonic support website at
support.sonic.com
for additional information.