IBM 22P6975 manual Formatting CDs

CD-R discs are playable on audio CD players. CD-RW discs are not playable on most audio CD players.

Note: CD-RW media is rated by write speed. This drive can write high-speed and low-speed CD-RW media.

Drive	Media	Write	Read
Low speed	Low speed	Yes	Yes
Low speed	High speed	No	Yes
High speed	Low or High	Yes	Yes

Formatting CDs

You must format a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc using DLA before you can drag and drop files to the disc.

To format a CD-R or CD-RW disc with the DLA program:

1.Insert a blank disc.

2.Double-click My Computer.

3.Right-click on the CD-RWicon.

4.Click Format.

5.Type the title of your disc in the Volume Label window. The disc name can be up to 11 characters.

6.If you plan to use data compression with this disc, select the Enable compression on this disc check box.

7.If you want to use EasyWrite for background format, select the EasyWrite check box.

8.Click Start to start disc formatting, and click OK when formatting is completed.

9.Click OK when the format finished box appears. You can now write information to the disc.

Note: Normal formatting will take from 4 to 45 minutes, depending on the speed of the media. EasyWrite formatting will take under 2 minutes, but will require an additional minute when the CD is ejected or the computer turned off.

Note: You can do other tasks on your computer while the disc is being formatted.

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