Erasing the Contents on a DirectCD Disc - Using CD-RW media in your CD-RW drive, you may erase the contents on the disc so that you can rewrite new information to the same CD-RW media. To erase contents on a DirectCD CD-RW disc, select the files you want to erase in your file management system (i.e. Windows Explorer). Select Delete from the file menu. Click Yes to confirm that you want to erase the files from your CD-RW disc. DirectCD will then erase your selected file(s).

Important Note: The Delete command will not actually erase files on CD-R discs. Instead, the files will become invisible to the file management system.

7.2.2. Making a Data CD using Easy CD Creator

Please follow the instructions below to create your first Data CD using Adaptec’s Easy-CD Creator:

1.Click the Start button located in the lower left side of your Windows 95/98 screen.

2.Select Programs and click on the Adaptec Easy CD Creator, select Create CD and then click on it. The Easy CD Creator Wizard window is now displayed.

3.Click on Data and then click on Data CD button.

4.A CD layout is now available for creation.

Important Note: To record data from an existing CD or your hard disc, a CD layout should first be created. A CD layout is a file that contains the list of data and the order in which they will be recorded. After the CD layout is created, you can then record that layout to a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc. Please follow the steps below to record your CD.

5. It is now time to select data files from your source CD or hard disc.

5.If you are recording data files from your hard disc, please proceed to step 6 now.

5.If you have removed your old CD-ROM drive or never had a CD-ROM drive installed in your system, insert the source CD (from which you would like to select a data file)

in your new CD-RW drive.

5.If you have kept your CD-ROM drive in the system, you can use it to facilitate recording by inserting the source CD is the CD-ROM drive and placing a CD-R or CD-RW media in the your new CD-RW (destination) drive.

6.Select the drive letter (where your source of data files is located) on the left hand window displayed inside the Easy CD Creator window.

7.On the upper right hand window, select the data files you would like to place on your new CD by highlighting them and dragging them to the lower window.

Important Note: If there are folders in the directory you are sourcing data files from, you need to click these folders open before selecting and dragging any of the files you want to duplicate.

8.Repeat the steps above for each existing data file you want to copy to your destination disc. Please note that a status bar at the bottom of the window will provide the captured capacity versus free capacity of the CD-R or CD-RW disc you are planning to record the files to.

9.Select Create CD from the tool bar after you have placed all of the data files you plan to save on to Data CD Layout window. The CD Creation Setup box is now displayed.

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