IBM 22P7035 manual Software description, Installation requirements, Before you begin

Software description

The User’s Guide and Software CD contains the following software:

vIBM RecordNow: With RecordNow, you can record your own CDs in a variety of ways. You can use the CD copier function to make backup copies of your CDs, or you can make data CDs from files on your hard disk drive. You can also create audio CDs from MP3 files or from other audio CDs. RecordNow also enables you to save disc images to your hard drive, and burn those images to a CD later.

vWinDVD: With WinDVD, you can play DVDs on your computer or play video files from your hard disk drive.

vIBM Drive Letter Access (DLA): You can use DLA to access your CD-RW drive using a drive letter. You can copy files to recordable media using the Windows command line or by using the drag-and-drop method.

vUDF Reader: You can use the UDF Reader to read CDs you wrote with DLA in other computers.

Installation requirements

Be sure that your computer meets the following system requirements before installing the drive:

vMinimum microprocessor:

–Intel® Pentium® 133 MHz

–Intel Pentium II 233 MHz for DVD playback

vMinimum RAM: 32 MB

vWindows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP Home, or Windows XP Professional operating system

vAn available half high drive bay

vAn available IDE connection

v40 MB available hard drive space

v700 MB available hard drive space for CD copy function

vAudio solution supporting 44.1 or 48 kHz sampling rate

vOptional stereo speakers

v2X AGP video with overlay support for DVD playback

Before you begin

Before you install the CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combination Drive, read the information in this section on handling precautions and on using the drive controls and connectors.

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