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Preferences

The Preferences feature allows you to customize settings that control how HP DLA

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Caution Use care when writing compressed files to write-once media

such as CD-R and DVD-R. HP DLA is not able to determine in advance if a

works.

To customize your settings

 

compressed file will fit on your disc. If the disc fills up before HP DLA

 

finishes writing the file, you’ll have to start over with a new disc.

 

 

 

1.

Open HP DLA and click the Preferences button.

Explore Button

 

 

 

2.

Set all appropriate option boxes:

 

 

 

Clicking the Explore button allows you to view the contents of your optical disc via

Add Media Icon to the Taskbar

the typical Windows Explorer screen. From there you can open, move, rename, and

 

● Placing a check mark in the option box will place an icon in the Windows

delete files just as you would from any other drive. HP DLA will automatically write

 

taskbar when you start up your computer.

the new information to your disc.

 

 

 

 

● Removing the check mark will remove the icon from the taskbar.

NOTE: For users of Windows NT 4.0, 2000 Professional and XP: If you change the

 

 

Eject Button

 

drive letter of your optical disc recorder after installing HP DLA, you will

Once a disc is inserted into the optical recorder, clicking the Eject button will open

 

need to restart your computer before HP DLA will be able to recognize

 

discs in your optical drive.

 

 

 

the tray so you can remove the disc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

Tips

 

 

 

 

 

● The Eject button does not open the tray when there is no disc in the drive.

The Taskbar Icon

 

 

 

 

Manually open the recorder to insert the disc.

If you right click on the media icon displayed in the taskbar, HP DLA will display a

 

● HP DLA is enabled for one optical recorder at a time. Use the Change button

 

menu that lets you select a drive to access the following shortcuts:

 

to switch between drives, if you have more than one.

 

Explore -- Open a Windows Explorer screen displaying the contents of the disc (see

Properties Button

Explore Button)

 

 

 

The Properties feature shows you the following information about your optical disc:

Format -- Format the disc (see Format on page 68)

 

 

 

■ Label: The name given to the disc.

Eject -- Eject the disc (see Eject Button on page 70)

 

 

 

■ Type: The type of optical device being used to read the disc.

 

 

 

Make Compatible -- Open the Make Compatible feature (see Make Compatible on

■ Compression: The type of compression used to create the disc (i.e., None or

page 69)

 

 

 

 

Software).

 

 

 

 

Properties -- View disc Properties (see Properties Button on page 70)

■ Used Space: The amount of information stored on your disc.

Preferences -- Open the Preferences feature (see Preferences on page 70)

■ Free Space: The amount of unused space still available on your disc.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Information about Used Space and Free Space is displayed both

Drag and Drop Files

 

 

 

 

numerically (in KB or MB) and visually (blue shows used space, magenta

You can drag files and folders directly from Windows Explorer to your disc.

 

shows free space).

1. Open Windows Explorer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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980c (US/CAN) specifications

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