Using blank cds and dvds, Helpful tips – Dell Precision 470 User Manual

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Advanced Features: Dell Precision Workstation 470 and 670 Computers User's Guide

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When prompted, insert a blank CD or DVD into the drive and click OK.

If you have two CD or DVD drives, select the drive into which you have inserted your source CD or DVD and click

the Disc Copy button. The computer copies the data from the source CD or DVD to the blank CD or DVD.

Once you have finished copying the source CD or DVD, the CD or DVD that you have created automatically ejects.

Using Blank CDs and DVDs

CD-RW drives can write to CD recording media only (including high-speed CD-RW) while DVD-writable drives can write to

both CD and DVD recording media.

Use blank CD-Rs to record music or permanently store data files. After creating a CD-R, you cannot write to that CD-R again

(see the Sonic documentation for more information). Use blank CD-RWs to write to CDs or to erase, rewrite, or update data

on CDs.

Blank DVD+/-Rs can be used to permanently store large amounts of information. After you create a DVD+/-R disc, you may

not be able to write to that disc again if the disc is "finalized" or "closed" during the final stage of the disc creation process.

Use blank DVD+/-RWs if you plan to erase, rewrite, or update information on that disc later.

CD-Writable Drives

Media Type Read Write Rewritable

CD-R

Yes

Yes

No

CD-RW

Yes

Yes

Yes

DVD-Writable Drives

Media Type Read

Write Rewritable

CD-R

Yes

Yes

No

CD-RW

Yes

Yes

Yes

DVD+R

Yes

Yes

No

DVD-R

Yes

Yes

No

DVD+RW

Yes

Yes

Yes

DVD-RW

Yes

Yes

Yes

DVD+R DL

Yes

Yes

No

DVD-R DL

Maybe No

No

DVD-RAM

Maybe No

No

Helpful Tips

Use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW only after you start Sonic DigitalMedia

and open a DigitalMedia project.

Use CD-Rs to burn music CDs that you want to play in regular stereos. CD-RWs do not play in most home or car

stereos.

You cannot create audio DVDs with Sonic DigitalMedia.

Music MP3 files can be played only on MP3 players or on computers that have MP3 software installed.

Commercially available DVD players used in home theater systems may not support all available DVD formats. For a list

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