Precautions on Use

Operating system

Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP.

CD writing software

The CRW3200IX drive requires CD writing software to write onto a CD-R/RW disc. Use the CD writing software that supports the CRW3200IX drive.

For details about installing and using the CD writing software, refer to the documentation that comes with the CD writing software.

For Macintosh

Computer (Macintosh with a FireWire port)

•CPU: PowerPC G3, 300 MHz or faster

•RAM: 64 MB or more

•CD-ROM drive

Note

The CRW3200IX drive cannot be used to boot the computer or to set up an operating system.

•Hard drive space

Writing data on a CD-R/RW disc requires 50 MB to 100 MB of free space as a working area on the hard drive. When writing data on a CD-R/RW disc after creating image file, there must be enough free space on the hard drive to store the image file in addition to the working area (a total of up to 900 MB).

However, hard drive space for image file is not required when directly writing onto a CD-R/RW disc from hard drive or CD-ROM using the CRW3200IX drive (on-the-fly writing).

Image file

You can collect the data files to be written on a CD-R/RW disc into a single image file. The image file is useful for writing the same data onto multiple discs. For details, refer to the documentation that comes with the CD writing software.

Operating system

Mac OS 8.6 and 9 to 9.2 (Classic API with Mac OS X is not supported.)

CD writing software

The CRW3200IX drive requires CD writing software to write onto a CD-R/RW disc. Use the CD writing software that supports the CRW3200IX drive.

For details about installing and using the CD writing software, refer to the documentation that comes with the CD writing software.

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