Creating and Copying CDs and DVDs

CD and DVD Software

This section provides procedures for creating and copying CDs and DVDs with Easy CD Creator. If Easy CD Creator is included with your notebook, the Easy CD Creator software is provided on the Easy CD Creator Basic CD.

Using Optional or Windows Software

Easy CD Creator and similar software is available from most software retailers. To use the optical disc copying features within the operating system, refer to the operating system Help file. To access the Help file, select Start > Help.

Understanding Easy CD Creator Features

Easy CD Creator is a transfer utility that enables you to create or duplicate optical drive media.

Easy CD Creator includes 2 applications: DirectCD and Easy CD Creator. The Easy CD Creator application includes CD Copier.

■Use DirectCD with Windows Explorer to drag-and-drop data files between your hard drive and a media or between your hard drive and a network drive. DirectCD is often used to back up data files or to share them with other people. Although DirectCD can be used with most application data files, including Microsoft Office data files, it cannot be used with audio files such as MP3 files.

■Use Easy CD Creator, which includes CD Copier, to copy either data files such as Microsoft Office files, or audio files such as MP3 files, to an optical drive medium.

❏Use Easy CD Creator to copy individual audio files to a medium; for example, to create a CD containing only your favorites.

❏Use CD Copier to duplicate an optical drive medium.

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2818FR, 2807AP1, 2801TC, 2804TC, 2871AP specifications

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