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Sharing CDs across Different Formats

■Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0. Your CD-R organized to be read in most standard CD-ROMs is now ready to be shared with Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 users.

There may be some CD-ROMs that can’t read the CD-R. If you have problems try turning off the “Read Ahead” on your CD-ROM. Refer to your operating system documentation on how to do this. Another option is to use CD Copier to create a disc copy of your original CD-R disc. A description of how to do this can be found in the section “Making a Copy of a CD” on page 8-3.

■Windows 3.x and DOS. Your CD-R organized to be read in most standard CD-ROMs under Windows 95 and Windows NT cannot automatically be read in Windows 3.x or DOS. Some additional steps are required if you want to share this disc with Windows 3.x or DOS users. You will need to create a copy of your original CD-R disc on another piece of CD-R media using the CD Copier application. This will write a disc in the proper format for Windows 3.x and DOS users. Follow the instructions given in the section “Making a Copy of a CD” on page 8-3 to accomplish this task.

NOTE: CDs created with CD Copier will display long filenames when viewed in Windows 95, 98, and NT. When viewed in Windows 3.x and DOS, file names are shortened to the DOS standard of eight characters with a three-character extension. Files and executables that expect a specific file name may not function as anticipated in Windows 3.x and DOS.

CD-R discs created with Easy-CD Creator (Audio).

This application automatically writes the audio format understood by millions of car and home CD players in existence today. You will be able to share this disc with virtually any user.

CD-R discs created with Easy-CD Creator (Data).

Use Easy-CD Creator (Data) when you want to create data CDs you can share with other users, for example if you want to send the CD to your co-workers. For instructions on how to use Easy-CD Creator (Data) go to “Making Data CDs to Use on Different Types of Computers” on page 5-6.

Easy-CD Creator is called a mastering application since, when used with CD-R media, it is capable of directly writing discs using a format that can be read by virtually all CD-ROM drives and operating systems (Windows95, Windows NT, Windows 3.x, and DOS).