HP C4380-90100 manual Adding Data to a DirectCD Disc, Ejecting a DirectCD Disc

Starting DirectCD 5-3

The DirectCD Disc Ready window appears when the formatting is complete.

8.Click OK.

The DirectCD disc is ready for you to write information directly to the CD.

Adding Data to a DirectCD Disc

Once your CD is formatted as a DirectCD disc, there are a number of ways to add data to it:

■Drag and drop files from Windows Explorer onto the CD-RW drive icon.

■Select Save As from a Windows 95/NT application File menu and select the drive letter of your CD-RW drive.

■Use the Send To command.

■Use MS-DOS command prompts from a DOS window in Windows 95/NT.

Ejecting a DirectCD Disc

When you eject a DirectCD disc from your CD-RW drive and you want to continue reading the CD on your computer using your CD-RW drive or another CD-R system that supports DirectCD, the disc must be formatted so you can continue using DirectCD. When you eject a disc, DirectCD automatically formats it for you. To eject a DirectCD disc, follow these steps:

1.Right-click the CD-RW drive icon on the taskbar.

2.Select Eject from the drop-down list box.

DirectCD ejects your CD from the CD-RW drive.

Writing More Data to a DirectCD Disc

To add more data to your DirectCD disc—meaning that you have previously formatted a blank CD for DirectCD use—you can add more information to it until the disc is full. To do so, follow these steps:

Chapter 5: Making Data CDs