Select More Programs.
Select Media Archive.

Archiving files using Media Center

To archive your hard disk drive files:

1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, or, with your mouse, click

Start on the taskbar, and then click Media Center.

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4 Select the drive where your files are located by selecting (+) or (–).

5 Select the type of files to archive, by placing

acheck next to Music, Pictures, Video, and Recorded TV.

6 Select the drive where you want to archive your files by selecting (+) or (–).

7 Select Archive. Follow any onscreen instructions.

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Your DVD Writer or CD Writer drive will not copy commercially available DVD movies. Most commercial DVDs are encoded to prevent unauthorized duplication.

Working with Image Files

The Sonic recording programs can convert all the files from a CD or DVD into a single image file (.iso), or a series of Global-Image files (.gi), (none exceeding 2 GB). You can use the image file to

reproduce the original disc. Image files are typically used when you need to make multiple copies of the same disc.

Creating an image file

To make an image file using Sonic DigitalMedia Plus:

1 Open the Sonic DigitalMedia Plus program by clicking Start, All Programs, Sonic, and then DigitalMedia Home.

2 Click Copy, select .iso or .gif (if prompted for file type), and then click Save Image.

3 Insert the CD or DVD from which you want to make a image file.

4 Click Browse to select the location where the image file will be created.

5 Click the Save Image icon to create the image file.

Burning from an image file

The image file remains on your hard disk drive until you delete it. Since an image file is typically large, it

is recommended that you delete it if you do not intend to burn additional discs.

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