1. Insert a blank disc. The DirectCD Wizard Welcome window opens.
2. Click Next twice. The Format Disc window opens.
Attention:
about 15 minutes for high speed media.The DirectCD program configures
the disc to receive data, verifies the integrity of the disc surface, and writes
DirectCD file system structures to the disc. You can do other tasks on your
computer while the disc is being formatted.
3. Click Next to continue. The Name Your Disc window opens.
4. Type the title of your disc in the Name Your Disc window. The disc name
can be up to 11 characters.
5. If you plan to use data compression software with this disc, click the check
box next to the message Enable compression on this disc.
6. Click Finishin order to start disc formatting. When the disc is finished
formatting, the Disc Ready window opens.
7. Click OKin the Disc Ready window.
You can now write information to the disc.
Note: If you have a problem formatting a CD-RW disc, see "You cannot format
a CD-RW disc" on page B-2.
If you want to read a DirectCD-formatted disc in another computer that has a
multi-read drive, you might have to install the UDF Reader program on the
other computer. The UDF Reader is installed along with CD Creator, or is on
the Adaptec CD, named UDFRINST.EXE.
Creating data CDs or backing up data files
To create data CDs do as follows:
1. Click Start -->Programs -->Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 -->Features-->CD
Creator 4.
2. The window that opens is similar to the Windows Explorer. In the top
section, click to select the files or directories you want to add to the CD.
3. Click the Add button at the top the window to add the files to your CD.
4. For information on advanced features such as making a multi-session CD,
or creating a CD using g the File menu instead of the Easy CD Creator
Wizard, see the Adaptec software online user's guide.
Creating audio CDs
To create audio CDs:
1. Click Start --> Programs --> Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 --> Create CD.
2. When the Easy CD Creator window opens, click Audio.
3. Click Audio.
Formatting completes in about 30 minutes for standard and
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