Owner's Manual

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Creating and copying data discs

You can burn two types of data discs:

• Live File System writes files immediately to the recordable disc, making it a one-step

process like copying files to a flash drive. The resulting disc is compatible with WindowsXP

and later versions of Windows.

• Mastered copies files to a temporary folder before you tell your notebook to burn the files

to the disc. Although this is a slower process than Live File System, the resulting disc is

compatible with all operating systems.

The following instructions show you how to burn a disc using the Mastered format, which can be

read by all computers, regardless of the operating system installed.

Creating a data disc

To create a data disc:

1 Insert a blank, writable optical disc into your optical disc drive. The Autoplay dialog box

opens.

2 Click Burn files to disc. The Prepare this blank disc dialog box opens.

3 Type the title of the disc, then click Show formatting options.

4 Click Mastered, then click Next. An empty folder opens.

5 Open the folder that contains the files you want to burn to disc, then click and drag the files

to the empty disc folder.

6 Click Burn to disc. The files are burned to the disc.

Using Windows Media Center

If your notebook has Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, you can

use Windows Media Center to watch videos and movies, listen to music, and view photos. Media

Center is a simplified, streamlined interface that is ideally suited for playing and managing media

files.

Help

For information about burning a disc using the Live File System format, click Start,

then click Help and Support. Type live file system in the Search Help box, then

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