Part 2: User’s guide

Before you begin

Using CD-R and CD-RW discs

This guide contains information on

using

your drive with CDs after

installation.

If

you have

not

already

installed

your CD-ReWritable

drive, go

to

“Installing

the

drive”

on page

1-4.

Protecting

the

drive

after

 

installation

To protect your CD-ReWritable

drive during

operation,

observe

the

following

precautions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remove any CD

from

the

drive

before

moving

the

drive.

Do

not

insert

foreign

objects

into

the

drive.

 

 

Do

not

stack

objects

on

the

drive.

 

 

 

 

Do

not

remove

the

drive

cover

or

attempt

to

service the drive.

Do

not

operate

the

 

drive

under

any

 

of

the

following

conditions:

High

temperature,

high

humidity,

or

direct

sunlight

 

Excessive

vibration,

sudden

shock,

or

inclined

surface

Excessive dust

The

CD-ReWritable

drive

can

write

to

both

CD-R

and

CD-RW discs.

 

CD-R discs cannot

be

erased,

but

can

 

be

used

with

standard CD-ROM

drives

and

CD

players.

You

 

can

use

CD-R

 

discs

to

 

record

audio

 

tracks,

store

data,

archive

 

files,

and

copy

files

from

another

CD.

CD-RW discs can

be

erased

and

 

re-written,

but

can

be

used

only

with

newer

 

Multi-Read

and

CD-RW

compatible

CD-ROM

and

DVD-ROM

 

 

 

 

drives. You

can

use

CD-RW

discs

to

 

back

 

up,

store

and

update

files,

or

to

copy

files

from

 

another

 

CD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

CD-R

discs

are

 

playable

on

audio

CD

 

players.

CD-RW

discs

 

 

 

are

not

playable

on

most

audio

CD

 

players.

 

 

 

 

Copyright IBM Corp. 1999

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