IBM 09N4076 manual Ejecting, Easy, Start -- Programs

Manually

ejecting

a

CD

If

you

press

the

Eject/Load

button

and

the

tray

does

not

slide

out,

turn

off

the

computer

and

straighten

a

large

paper

clip

to

form

a

tool,

as

shown

in

the

illustration.

The

straightened

end

must

extend

at

least

45

mm

(1.8

in.).

Insert

the

extended

end

into

the

manual-eject

hole

on

the

front

of

the

drive

(see

“Front

view

of

the

drive” on

page

1-4). Push

the

paper

clip

into

the

hole

until

the

tray

opens.

Gently

pull out

the

tray

until

you

can

remove

the

CD.

45mm

1.8in

Using

the

Easy

CD

Creator/DirectCD

programs

To

use

the

Easy

CD

Creator/DirectCD

software,

insert a

blank

or

partially-recorded

CD-R or CD-RW

disc

(this

option

kit

includes

a

blank

CD-R

disc

and

a

blank

CD-RW

disc)

into

your CD-RW drive. The Easy CD Creator menu

window

opens

automatically.

To

open

DirectCD:

1.

Click

Start --> Programs -->

Adaptec

DirectCD

.

2.

Click

DirectCD

Wizard

.

Formatting CDs

You

must

format

a

blank

CD-RW

disc

using

DirectCD

before

you

can

copy

files

to

the

disc.

To

format

a

CD-RW

disc

5

with the

DirectCD

program:

1.

Insert

a

blank

disc

(included)

in

the drive. The

DirectCD

Wizard

Welcome

window

opens.

2.

Click

Next

twice.

The Format Disc window opens.

Attention:

Formatting

completes

in

about

30

minutes

.

The

DirectCD

program

configures

the

disc

to

receive

data,

verifies

the

integrity

of

the

disc

surface,

and

writes

DirectCD

file

system

structures

to

the

disc.

You

can

do

other

tasks

on

your

computer

while

the disc

is

being

formatted.

3.

Click

Next

to

continue.

The

Name

Your

Disc

window

opens.

5 Some CDs, such as multisession CDs, do not require formatting. For more information, see the Adaptec software online user’s guide.

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