Compaq Presario 5BW474 - Manual (Page 38)

M Y P RESARIO —G ETTING S TARTED U SING Y OUR C OMPUTER 3-17
Creating Your Own CDs
CDs are created using the Adaptec Easy CD Creator (available
on select models). Various uses of the CD-RW drive are shown
below:
Note: Confirm that the Easy CD Creator software has been installed before
you begin creating CDs.
Note: There is an extensive online Help built into the software. To view
online Help you must load Adobe Acrobat Reader from the My Presario—
Learning More CD.
Media Uses
Audio Create personal music CDs with your favorite music tracks
and MP3/WMA files.
Data Create a data CD to store data, such as files or folders
from the hard drive. This feature is useful for backing up
important files or sharing data with other people.
Direct CD Write files directly to a CD-R/CD-RW just like you copy files
to a diskette or to your hard drive. Drag and drop files from
one drive to another in Microsoft Explorer without
accessing Easy CD Creator.
CD Copier Create an entire copy of a CD or a back-up of data files.
Jewel Case
Creator Make custom jewel case inserts and CD labels to indicate
the title and contents of a CD (labels are sold separately).
The CD-RW drive allows
you to create your own
CDs. You can buy two types
of media: CD-R and CD-
RW.
CD-R media can be played
on most of the newer CD
players, CD-ROM, and
DVD-ROM drives. CD-R
media can be written to only
once. However, you can
write to CD-RW media
using multiple recording
sessions until you Close out
the disc.
CD-RW media can be used
to make backups of your
personal CDs or hard disk.
These discs are reusable and
can be erased and rewritten
to numerous times.
The Adaptec Easy CD
Creator software is
intuitive. When you place
the cursor over any of the
functions, a description of
the function is displayed.
For more information about
using the CD-ROM, CD-RW, or
DVD-ROM drives, refer to the
My Presario—Learning More
guide CD.
See also ...