HP SureStore CD-Writer Plus User’s Guide for your internal drive Hewlett-Packard Company, 800 S. Taft Ave., Loveland, CO 80537 C4392-90100 Copyright 1998. Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved. Hewlett-Packard is a registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Company. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corp.
ii Table of Contents Chapter 1: Installing CD-Writer Plus and Software What’s in the Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Tools You’ll Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iii Chapter 6: Making Music CDs Starting Easy CD Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Making a Music CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Modifying Your CD Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Playing Music CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iv Appendix A: Technical Information Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 What Affects System Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 Drive Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 Appendix B: Customer Support Before You Call HP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 HP Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
v Product Certifications UL, cUL, TÜV, CE, C-Tick, meets or exceeds FCC Class B Requirements Laser: CDRH Laser Safety This unit employs a laser. Do not remove the cover or attempt to service this device when connected due to the possibility of eye damage. Laser-Sicherheit In das Gerät ist ein Laser eingebaut. Nehmen Sie die Abdeckung nicht ab und versuchen Sie nicht, das Gerät zu reparieren, solange es angeschlossen ist. Es besteht die Gefahr einer Augenverletzung.
vi Federal Communications Commission R.F. Interference Statement WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
vii FCC Declaration of Conformity According to 47CFR, Parts 2 and 15, Class B Computer Peripherals: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference (2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operations. This applies to all product options. Hewlett-Packard Company Colorado Memory Systems Division 800 S. Taft Ave.
viii Hewlett-Packard Limited Warranty Statement HP SureStore CD-Writer Plus Drive DURATION OF LIMITED WARRANTY Hardware - 1 year Software - 90 days 1. HP warrants to you, the end-user customer, that HP hardware, accessories and supplies will be free from defects in materials and workmanship after the date of purchase, for the period specified above. If HP receives notice of such defects during the warranty period, HP will, at its option, either repair or replace products which prove to be defective.
ix HP Software License Agreement ATTENTION: USE OF THE SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO THE HP SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. USING THE SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE LICENSE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE LICENSE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THE SOFTWARE FOR A FULL REFUND. IF THE SOFTWARE IS BUNDLED WITH ANOTHER PRODUCT, YOU MAY RETURN THE ENTIRE UNUSED PRODUCT FOR A FULL REFUND. HP SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS License Grant. HP grants you a license to Use one copy of the Software.
Chapter 1: Installing CDWriter Plus and Software Chapter 1: Installing CD-Writer Plus and Software What’s in the Package Make sure you have the items shown below. (Keep the packaging in case you need to transport the CD-Writer Plus drive.
1-2 Tools You’ll Need Tools You’ll Need Locate the following items, before you begin to install the drive: ■ A medium-size Phillips screwdriver ■ Your computer system’s manual (you may need to look up information about the location of your IDE connectors) Before You Begin Before you begin the installation you need to decide whether you will be installing the CD-Writer Plus in an empty drive bay, or whether you will be replacing an existing CD-ROM with the CD-Writer Plus drive.
Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-3 Follow the instructions in this section if you will be adding a CD-Writer Plus to your computer (not replacing a CD-ROM). Watching the Installation Video 1. Insert the CD labeled Software Disc 1 into your CD-ROM drive (not the CD-Writer Plus drive). The main menu appears: If the main menu does not appear automatically, click on the Start button on the task bar, select Run, type D:\SETUP (where D: is your CD drive’s letter), then click on OK.
1-4 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 2. Watch the installation video (about 6 minutes). To do this, click on the Before You Install icon and then click on the Watch Installation Video icon. Before You Install icon Watch Installation Video icon If you would like to, explore some of the other information options that appear on the screen.
Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-5 CAUTION: The discharge of static electricity can damage electronic circuitry. You can avoid static discharge by touching a grounded metal object such as your computer’s case before and during installation of hardware inside your computer or by wearing a grounding strap connected to ground. 1A. After getting the Install Recommendation (see the previous section) you will be prompted to shut down Windows.
1-6 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 4A. Remove the cover plate from a larger half-height drive bay. Available half-height drive bay (approx. 6” x 1.75”/15cm x 4.5 cm) See your computer’s manual if you need help removing the drive bay cover. 5A. Look at the other drives that are installed in your computer to see if your computer’s case requires rails or mounting brackets to hold a drive in place.
Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-7 Serial number: Drive’s serial number 7A. Read the Install Recommendation you printed earlier (see page 1-4). The Install Recommendation tells you whether the jumper on the CD-Writer Plus should be set as Master or Slave for your computer. 8A. Find the pairs of pins labeled Master, Slave, and Cable Select on the back of the CD-Writer Plus. Notice that one pair of pins has a small plastic cap or jumper.
1-8 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 9A. Set the jumper on the CD-Writer Plus as advised in the Install Recommendation Printout for your computer (page 1-4). Slave Check the back of the new drive and make sure the jumper is on the center location (Slave). Don’t use Cable Select This is a jumper. You can pull it off and place it on another pair of pins to change the setting. or Master Check the back of the new drive and make sure the jumper is on the righthand location (Master).
Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-9 11A. Look at the Install Recommendation Printout (see page 1-4) again and find whether the data cable should be connected to the primary or secondary IDE controller on your computer.
1-10 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 12A. Locate the recommended 40-pin IDE controller (primary or secondary) on your computer’s motherboard. The IDE connectors are on the motherboard, which is the largest circuit board in your computer, taking up most of the bottom of a desktop computer or the side of a tower computer.
Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-11 Many computers have an IDE hard drive or CD-ROM that connects to the motherboard through an IDE controller. The data cables on these drives have the same width as the data cable included with your CDWriter Plus. If your computer has an IDE hard drive or CD-ROM drive, you can follow the data cable from the back of one of those drives and find the IDE controller that connects it to the motherboard.
1-12 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay PIN-1 Look for a label identifying PIN-1 on your computer. The data cable’s colored edge is aligned with PIN-1 of the IDE connector. This illustration shows a specific computer. Yours may look different. PIN-1 could be on either side of the IDE connector. colored stripe on the data cable PIN-1 The cable’s colored edge is aligned with PIN-1 on the CD-Writer Plus drive.
1-13 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay The OPTIONAL data cable that came with the CD-Writer Plus drive is only used if there is no cable already attached to the recommended IDE controller in your computer system or the cable supplied with your computer is not long enough. Use the connectors at the two ends of the cable. Attach the CD-Writer Plus to whichever connector is not in use (center or end) on the data cable already installed in your computer (DO NOT swap connectors).
1-14 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 15A. Find an unused power cable inside your computer. There are a few unused power cables like the one shown inside most computers. Power cable NOTE: If you do not have an available power connector, you will need to purchase a Y-power cable that expands one power connector into two. Call your local computer hardware vendor to purchase one. Red, yellow, and black wires Beveled edge 16A.
1-15 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay MPC-2 connector You do not need an audio cable to record music. Audio cable The audio cable is used only for listening to music CDs through your computer’s sound system. When the CD-Writer Plus drive records music or data, it uses the data cable, not the audio cable.
1-16 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay Next, connect the other end of the audio cable to the sound board inside your computer. “CD-IN” vertical connector “CD-IN” horizontal connector Audio cable The large connector or the small connector may be the one that works for your sound board. Use only one connector. Sound board Tips for connecting the audio cable to the sound board ■ Identify the sound board.
Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay Identify the audio connectors on the sound board. The audio connectors have four prongs and are often on the outer edge of the sound board. On many sound boards the connectors for the audio cable are labeled CD IN. ■ Select the connector on the audio cable that fits your sound board. The audio cable has two connectors in order to work with most sound boards. Try to match one of them to a connector on your sound board.
1-18 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 18A. Secure the drive into the bay, using the screws included with your drive or any M3x0.5x6mm metric screw. (Do not use a screw longer than 6 mm.) If your computer uses rails or mounting brackets (see step 5) you may not need screws to secure the rails in the bay.
Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-19 Chapter 1: Installing CDWriter Plus and Software 19A. Replace your computer's cover. Computer ON 20A. Plug your computer, monitor, and other devices into a wall outlet or power strip, and turn ON your computer. (The power plug and outlet may look different in your country. The U.S. version is shown.
1-20 Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus Follow the instructions in this section if you will be removing a CD-ROM drive from your computer before installing the CD-Writer Plus. Watching the Installation Video 1. Insert the CD labeled Software Disc 1 into your CD-ROM drive (not the CD-Writer Plus drive).
1-21 Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus Before You Install icon Watch Installation Video icon If you would like to, explore some of the other information options that appear on the screen. Getting an Install Recommendation CD-Writer Plus’ installation program will analyze your computer and tell you what jumper setting the CD-Writer Plus should use to work correctly on your computer. Jumper settings are explained on page 1-25.
1-22 Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus Installing the Hardware CAUTION: The discharge of static electricity can damage electronic circuitry. You can avoid static discharge by touching a grounded metal object such as your computer’s case before and during installation of hardware inside your computer or by wearing a grounding strap connected to ground. 1B. REMOVE the CD labeled Software Disc 1 from your CD-ROM drive. 2B.
Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus 1-23 NOTE: You will not need to use the data cable that came with your CD-Writer Plus drive. If you already have an audio cable to connect the drive to the sound card, you will not need the one that came with the CD-Writer Plus. 6B. Look at the sides of the CD-ROM drive you removed. If it has rails or mounting brackets attached to the sides, remove them from the CDROM drive and attach them to the CD-Writer Plus.
1-24 Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus 7B. Write down the CD-Writer Plus’ serial number in the space below. The serial number is on the main label on the top of the drive. Serial number: Drive’s serial number 8B. Read the Install Recommendation you printed earlier (see page 1-21). The Install Recommendation tells you whether the jumper on the CD-Writer Plus should be set as Master or Slave for your computer. 9B.
Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus Slave Check the back of the new drive and make sure the jumper is on the center location (Slave). Don’t use Cable Select This is a jumper. You can pull it off and place it on another pair of pins to change the setting. or Master Check the back of the new drive and make sure the jumper is on the righthand location (Master). Chapter 1: Installing CDWriter Plus and Software 10B.
1-26 Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus 11B. Insert your CD-Writer Plus into the drive bay previously occupied by your CD-ROM drive.
Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus 1-27 PIN-1 The cable’s colored edge is aligned with PIN-1 on the CD-Writer Plus drive. Colored stripe on the data cable CAUTION: Make sure that you are attaching the cable correctly! You must locate PIN-1 on each connector and attach the cable so that the edge with the color stripe is aligned with PIN-1. If the cable is attached incorrectly, your computer may not boot up. Chapter 1: Installing CDWriter Plus and Software 12B.
1-28 Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus 13B. Plug the power cable into the back of the CD-Writer Plus, with the beveled edge up.
1-29 Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus MPC-2 connector You do not need an audio cable to record music. Audio cable The audio cable is used only for listening to music CDs through your computer’s sound system. When the CD-Writer Plus drive records music or data, it uses the data cable, not the audio cable.
1-30 Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus Next, connect the other end of the audio cable to the sound board inside your computer. “CD-IN” vertical connector “CD-IN” horizontal connector Audio cable The large connector or the small connector may be the one that works for your sound board. Use only one connector. Sound board Tips for connecting the audio cable to the sound board ■ Identify the sound board.
Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus Identify the audio connectors on the sound board. The audio connectors have four prongs and are often on the outer edge of the sound board. On many sound boards the connectors for the audio cable are labeled CD IN. ■ Select the connector on the audio cable that fits your sound board. The audio cable has two connectors in order to work with most sound boards. Try to match one of them to a connector on your sound board.
1-32 Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus 15B. Secure the drive into the bay using the screws included with your drive or any M3x0.5x6mm metric screw. (Do not use a screw longer than 6 mm.) If your computer uses rails or mounting brackets (see step 6) you may not need screws to secure the rails in the bay.
Replacing an Existing CD-ROM Drive With a CD-Writer Plus 1-33 Chapter 1: Installing CDWriter Plus and Software 16B. Replace your computer's cover. Computer ON 17B. Plug your computer, monitor, and other devices into a wall outlet or power strip and turn ON your computer. (The power plug and outlet may look different in your country. The U.S. version is shown.) 18B. Go to page 1-34 for instructions on how to install the software.
1-34 Installing Software: Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 Installing Software: Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 1. When you have turned your computer back on and it has started up, the CD-Writer Plus software will search for the new drive and make sure that it is communicating properly. You will be prompted to insert the CD labeled Software Disc 1 if it is not already in the drive. 2. Software installation will automatically continue.
If You Have Problems 1-35 Did you read the Install Recommendation? (see page 1-4 if you installed in an empty drive bay, or page 1-21 if you replaced a CD-ROM) There are many factors that need to be taken into consideration when installing an IDE device. By reading the Install Recommendation, you will know how to install successfully without needing to evaluate the technical details.
1-36 If You Have Problems The CD-Writer Plus drive doesn’t show up in My Computer or Explorer. ■ If you cannot find the CD-Writer Plus drive in Explorer, restart your computer, or shut it down and then turn it on again. ■ Is the CD-Writer Plus drive receiving power? (Test this by opening and closing the tray by pressing the eject button on the front of the drive.) ■ Turn off and unplug your computer. Double-check each connector along the data cable.
If You Have Problems If you are sharing the IDE data cable between the CD-Writer Plus drive and another device, did you change the data-cable (middle/end) connector attached to the device that was already inside your computer? If yes, change the data-cable connector location back to the original position. The other device may be jumpered to Cable-select rather than Master or Slave. If this is true, the location of the data-cable connector (middle/end) is very important.
This chapter describes how to use, purchase, and care for CDs, how to take care of your drive, and how to find out its drive letter. Using CDs Inserting a CD 1. Press the eject button on the CD-Writer Plus front panel. 2. Set the CD in the tray with the labeled side up.
2-2 Using CDs 3. Press the eject button again or push gently on the front of the tray to shut the tray. When you access the CD-Writer Plus drive from within a program, you should be able to read the files on the inserted CD. If you have problems: ■ The CD may be in the tray upside-down or a little off-center; try reinserting the CD. The label should be facing up.
Using CDs ■ Create personalized presentations ■ E-mail storage 2-3 NOTE: MultiRead CD-ROMs may require a UDF reader to read CD-RW discs, depending on the application used to write them.
2-4 Maintenance ■ If you ever lose power to the computer or have to press CTRL-ALTDEL while writing to a CD, do not open the CD tray. You may still be able to salvage your CD. For instructions on how to do this read the pertinent section on page 3-5. ■ Do not mix audio and data files on the same CD, since they require different formats, unless you are creating Mixed Mode or CD-Extra CDs. For more information on Mixed Mode and CD-Extra CDs see the Easy-CD Creator online help.
Chapter 3: Problem Solving Read this section if you run into trouble with your CD-Writer Plus drive. If after reviewing the section you need further assistance, call the phone numbers listed in ”Appendix B: Customer Support”. Things to Try First These are some basic steps to take when you run into trouble. If the problem persists, see the “Common Symptoms and Solutions” section.
3-2 Common Symptoms Common Symptoms ■ Now your computer won’t boot up! (see page 1-35) ■ Not sure which drive letter was assigned to the CD-Writer Plus? (see page 1-36) ■ The CD-Writer Plus drive doesn’t show up in My Computer or Explorer. (see page 1-36) ■ The device that is sharing the IDE data cable with my CD-Writer Plus drive doesn’t show up in Explorer or doesn’t work any more.
Solutions to Some Common Symptoms 3-3 Solutions to Some Common Symptoms The computer is trying to boot up from the CD-Writer Plus drive or receiving “Invalid Media” error message. ■ If the computer is trying to boot up the operating system from the CD-Writer Plus drive, simply remove the CD from the drive tray when starting up your computer. ■ If you do not want your computer to boot from the CD-Writer Plus drive, you need to change the “boot order” settings in your CMOS program.
3-4 Solutions to Some Common Symptoms ■ If you copied wave files from the hard drive to a CD, try listening to the wave files on your hard drive to see if they sounded poor before copying them to CD. (You can use the Media Player program found under Multimedia in Windows’ Accessories.) Video is choppy. This can result from the same situations that cause buffer underruns (explained on page 3-6) or can happen if your video card is slow.
Solutions to Some Common Symptoms 3-5 is assigned drive E:\, the program is looking for the CD only in drive D:\ and will not see the CD in drive E:\. If you want to use the CD-Writer Plus drive with these programs, reassign the drive letters, making the CDWriter Plus drive come before the CD-ROM drive, as follows: In Windows 95,click on Start/Settings/Control Panel and doubleclick on the System icon. Display the Device Manager and doubleclick on CDROM.
3-6 Solutions to Some Common Symptoms Hard Drive compression software. We do not recommend using hard drive compression software. If you use hard drive compression software, it estimates free hard drive space based upon a compression ratio (often user selectable). Programs may check your hard drive for space needed and may think you have the necessary free space. However, depending on the type of files you are copying, you may in fact not have enough hard drive space. Achieving optimal performance.
Solutions to Some Common Symptoms 3-7 ■ If your computer has a power-management feature, disable it (see the manual that came with your computer). ■ Run SCANDISK.EXE and DEFRAG.EXE periodically on your hard drive (see your Windows manual for more information). These programs improve access times to the hard drive, which will help improve system performance while writing to and reading from the CD-Writer Plus drive.
Chapter 4: Sharing Your CDs How you write your data to CD and the type of CDs that you use will determine who else can read the data from your discs. This chapter briefly explains some of the options you have in creating CDs that can be shared with others using different computer and CD setups. Varying Formats CD technology has progressed rapidly over the last few years from CDROM to writable CD, and on to the technology you now own in your rewritable CD-Writer Plus.
4-2 Sharing CDs across Different Formats Can I share a CD-RW disc? Yes. You can share a CD-RW disc directly with someone owning another CD-RW drive or with someone that has a MultiRead CD-ROM drive and UDF reader software. MultiRead CD-ROM drives are a recent innovation to CD-ROM technology, so while not all CD-ROMs are MultiRead, they are available to users world wide. How do I know if a CD-ROM is MultiRead? Look for the MultiRead certification logo on the CD-ROM’s packaging or users guide.
Sharing CDs across Different Formats 4-3 Using CD-R Discs When should I use CD-R discs? The data you put on a CD-R can’t be erased. Use CD-R discs: ■ When you want to protect your data so that it cannot be erased ■ If you want to share your CD with users that have standard CD-ROM drives ■ For audio CDs Can I automatically share a CD-R with anyone? Not necessarily. The software application you use will determine with whom you can easily share the CD. CD-R discs created with DirectCD.
4-4 Sharing CDs across Different Formats will write a disc in the proper format for Windows 3.x and DOS users. Follow the instructions given in the section “Making a Copy of a CD” on page 8-3 to accomplish this task. NOTE: CDs created with CD Copier will display long filenames when viewed in Windows 95, 98, and NT. When viewed in Windows 3.x and DOS, file names are shortened to the DOS standard of eight characters with a three-character extension.
Sharing CDs across Different Formats Application used to make a CD Type of CD used 4-5 Drives that can read the CD Easy-CD Creator (Audio) CD-RW MultiRead CD-ROM CD-R Any CD-ROM, home or car CD player Easy-CD Creator (Data) CD-RW MultiRead CD-ROM CD-R Any CD-ROM * Your CD-ROM drive must be capable of reading packet-written CDs. Most CD-ROM drives are packet tolerant. If you have problems, check your drive’s documentation or consult the drive’s manufacturer.
Chapter 5: Making Data CDs You can make data CDs with DirectCD™ and with Easy CD Creator™. You can copy data to both CD-Recordable (CD-R) and CD-ReWritable (CD-RW) discs. DirectCD and Easy CD Creator make data CDs in a slightly different way for different purposes. The correct program is launched automatically when you decide what kind of data CD you want to make. ■ If you want to make a data CD to use on your own computer, follow the instructions in “Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer” below.
5-2 Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer ■ Transfer a large number of files from the computer you use at work to the computer you use at home NOTE: Other people may be able to read data discs you create with DirectCD on their computers if their CD-related hardware and software is set up the same as it is on your computer.
Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer 5-3 NOTE: If no screen appears after about 15 seconds, the disc may not be blank, or it may have an unreadable format. (See “Fixing an Unreadable Disc” on page 5-6 for more information.) Or the “Auto insert notification” option may be disabled (this applies to Windows 95 only). To check this, click Start, move the mouse pointer over Settings, and click Control Panel. In Control Panel, double-click System and select the Device Manager tab.
5-4 Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer Writing Data to a DirectCD Disc Once your CD is formatted as a DirectCD disc, you can write data to it in several different ways: ■ Drag and drop files from Windows Explorer onto the CD-Writer Plus icon. ■ Select Save As from a Windows 95/NT application File menu and select the drive letter of your CD-Writer Plus. ■ Use the Send To command. ■ Use MS-DOS command prompts from a DOS window in Windows 95/NT.
Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer 5-5 Writing More Data to a DirectCD Disc If you previously formatted a blank disc for DirectCD use, you can add more data to the disc until it is full. To do so, follow these steps: 1. Insert the DirectCD disc into your CD-Writer Plus. 2. Wait for the DirectCD Disc Ready window to appear. (If the Make Disc Writable screen appears, simply follow the on-screen directions to make the disc writable.) 3. Click OK and continue writing more data to the disc.
5-6 Making Data CDs to Use on Different Types of Computers Fixing an Unreadable Disc If no window appears on the screen after about 15 seconds when you insert a disc in the CD-Writer Plus, the disc may have an unreadable format. DirectCD has a ScanDisc application that may be able to recover data on the disc and allow you to write to it and read from it again. Follow these steps to use ScanDisc: 1. Double-click the CD icon on the right side of the Windows taskbar.
Making Data CDs to Use on Different Types of Computers 5-7 NOTE: If the screen does not appear after about 15 seconds, you may have inserted a disc that is already formatted. Remove the disc and insert a blank disc. Or the “Auto insert notification” option may be disabled (this applies to Windows 95 only). To check this, click Start, move the mouse pointer over Settings, and click Control Panel. In Control Panel, double-click System and select the Device Manager tab.
5-8 Getting Help Getting Help For setup and connection problems with your CD-Writer Plus, refer to the Troubleshooting section of the user’s guide. For information about Easy CD Creator and DirectCD, refer to the appropriate topics in the online Help. To access the online Help, select Help Topics from the Help menu of either program.
Chapter 6: Making Music CDs Chapter 6: Making Music CDs A music CD is a compact disc (CD) containing digital audio tracks recorded in the Compact Disc-Digital Audio (CD-DA) format. Music CDs can store up to 74 minutes of music and may contain up to 99 tracks, each usually representing a separate piece of music. Music CDs can be played back from a home or car CD player or from a CD-ROM drive through speakers or headphones attached to the drive’s output jack.
6-2 Making a Music CD 3. Select the third option: Click here to create an audio CD that will be playable in any CD player. The Adaptec Easy CD Creator Wizard window appears. Making a Music CD You can make a music CD by recording songs from: ■ Tracks on an existing CD ■ Wave files stored on your hard drive (*.wav is a standard Windows format for sound files.) ■ A combination of Wave files and tracks This section explains how you can make a simple music CD with the Easy CD Creator Wizard.
Making a Music CD Using the Wizard The easiest way to make a music CD is to use the Easy CD Creator Wizard, which appears when you first start Easy CD Creator. The Wizard guides you step-by-step in making a simple music CD. Follow these steps to make a music CD with the Wizard: 1. Start Easy CD Creator if it is not already running (see “Starting Easy CD Creator” on page 6-1.) The Adaptec Easy CD Creator Wizard appears, as shown here: 2. Follow the on-screen instructions in the Wizard windows.
6-4 Making a Music CD 2. Select New CD Layout from the File menu or open an existing CD layout. 3. Click the Audio CD Layout tab: Windows Explorer Audio CD Layout Window The top part of the window is Windows Explorer, where you can select the songs you want to record. The bottom part is the Audio CD Layout window, which allows you to view the contents of the CD layout. To make changes to the list of tracks in the Audio CD Layout tab, see “Changing the Order of Your Songs” on page 6-8. 4.
Making a Music CD 7. Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6 for each existing music CD from which you want to record songs. 8. Select Create CD from the File menu when you have placed all of the songs that you want to record into the Audio CD Layout window. The CD Creation Setup box appears. 9. Make changes, if any, to the CD Creation Setup settings (see “CD Creation Setup Settings” in the Easy CD Creator Online Help for descriptions) and click OK.
6-6 Making a Music CD 6. Select Create CD from the File menu when you have finished adding all of the songs you want to record to your CD layout. The CD Creation Setup box appears. 7. Make changes, if any, to the CD Creation Setup settings (see “CD Creation Setup Settings” in the Easy CD Creator Online Help for descriptions) and click OK. Easy CD Creator will begin recording your CD layout to the blank CD. An on-screen message notifies you when the recording is complete.
Making a Music CD 6. Type in a file name for the Wave file and choose a different location on your hard drive if you do not want to record your Wave file to your Temp directory. 7. Click Save. Easy CD Creator pre-records your Wave file to your hard drive. An onscreen message notifies you when the recording is complete.
6-8 Modifying Your CD Layout Modifying Your CD Layout The following sections describe how to make changes to your CD layout. Changing the Order of Your Songs Once you have added more than one song to your CD layout, you can change the order of the songs at any time before creating the CD. To change the order of the songs, follow these steps: 1. Select the song whose order you want to change in the CD layout. 2. Drag the song to the position where you want it to appear in the Audio CD Layout window.
Playing Music CDs Saving a CD Layout You can create a CD layout, save it, then use it to record a CD later. To save a CD layout, follow these steps: 1. Select Save As from the File menu. 2. Type in the File name. 3. Select the location where you want to store the file. Opening an Existing CD Layout To open a CD layout you have previously saved: ■ Select Open CD Layout from the File menu. Easy CD Creator displays the contents of the layout.
6-10 Getting Help Getting Help For setup and connection problems with your CD-Writer Plus, refer to the Troubleshooting section of the user’s guide. For information about Easy CD Creator, refer to the appropriate topics in the online Help. To access the Easy CD Creator online Help, select Help Topics from the Help menu.
A jewel case insert is a cover you can print and insert in the CD’s jewel case—the plastic case that holds the CD—to display the title and contents of your CD. The cover is printed on one side of a sheet of paper and then folded. One side lists the files or tracks; the other side shows the title and may also contain graphics. Easy CD Creator allows you to customize your own jewel case insert.
7-2 How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label When you make a music CD, Easy CD Creator uses the CD layout information to create a basic jewel case insert, including the CD title, artist name, and list of songs. You can then click the Jewel Case Layout tab to modify and customize that information, such as changing font styles and adding graphics.
How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label 7-3 Zooming To view a section of an insert page or label in greater detail, you can magnify the view. To change the magnification of the page, follow these steps: 1. Select Zoom from the Page menu. Chapter 7: Making Inserts and Labels 2. Select the zoom level you want to apply. 3. Click OK. Easy CD Creator changes the magnification level. Using Rulers and Grids You can use rulers and grids to position text and graphics on the jewel case insert or the label.
7-4 How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label Using Grids Grids help you to more precisely position objects with respect to other objects on the insert or label. To snap objects to a grid—meaning the objects are automatically moved to the grid line—do the following: 1. Select Grid from the Layout menu. 2. Select Snap to Grid from the Layout menu. The objects snap to the nearest grid marker when you move them around on the page.
How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label 7-5 Adding Text You can add as much text as you like to the jewel case insert or CD label. When you add text, you can define some attributes, such as font style, color, and background fill color. To add text, follow these steps: 2. Type the text in the Text box. 3. Select the text attributes you want by clicking the Fill Color, Text Color, or Font buttons: Attribute Description Fill Color Select the color you want surrounding the text.
7-6 How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label Editing Text Objects To change the attributes of any text object, follow these steps: 1. Double-click the text object you want to edit. 2. Select the text attributes you want to change. (See “Adding Text” on page 7-5.) 3. Click OK. Adding Graphics The graphics used in Easy CD Creator are called OLE objects. OLE is a Windows feature that maintains associations with objects across different applications.
How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label 7-7 If you select Microsoft Clipart Gallery, you will see a window with small images of the available graphics. Select the graphic you want and click Insert. 6. Move or resize the graphic, as required. Arranging Track Titles Information about tracks listed in the Audio CD Layout is automatically added to the Jewel Case Layout window. If you delete tracks while making an audio CD, the associated information is automatically updated in the Jewel Case Layout tab.
7-8 How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label Displaying Track Numbers and Duration Times Easy CD Creator includes the track number and duration time for each audio track. The track number indicates the order in which the audio tracks are recorded. The duration time is shown in minutes and seconds. To display the track numbers: ■ Select Display Track Number from the Text menu. To display track duration times: ■ Select Display Track Time from the Text menu.
Getting Help 7-9 Getting Help For setup and connection problems with your CD-Writer Plus, refer to the Troubleshooting section of the user’s guide. Technical information, including product literature, answers to commonly asked questions, information on software upgrades and other topics is available electronically through the following: ■ Adaptec World Wide Web (WWW) site at http://www.adaptec.com.
Chapter 8: Copying CDs CD Copier is a convenient tool for making copies of your CDs. The most common reason for making a copy of a CD is to create a working copy of a CD and archive the original in a safe place. What Types of CDs Can I Copy? You can use CD Copier to make backup copies of almost any type of CD.
8-2 Starting CD Copier Type of CD Notes Data CD Some CD-ROM drives may not be able to read a DirectCD data disc. If you have a true MultiRead CD-ROM drive, there should be no problems. Mixed-Mode Mixed results. Some CDs copy perfectly; others do not, possibly because the CD is formatted to circumvent copying or because some CDs do not follow the standard specifications. Photo CD Requires a source CD-ROM drive that can read CD-ROM XA. Most current drives support this.
Making a Copy of a CD 8-3 3. Select Click here to create a duplicate of an existing audio CD or data CD. The CD Copier Source and Destination tab appears. Making a Copy of a CD To make a backup copy of a CD, follow these steps: 1. Select the source drive from which you want to copy the CD. This can be your CD-R, CD-RW, or CD-ROM drive. See “Source CD-ROM Drives for CD-to-CD Copying” in the CD Copier online Help if you are going to copy directly from a CD-ROM drive. 2.
8-4 Making a Copy of a CD ■ Test & Copy—Select this option to perform a test in which the files to be recorded are passed to the CD recorder. Recording begins after a successful test. ■ Copy—Select this option when you do not want to perform the test. Use this option if you have successfully recorded a number of similar CDs and you have not made any changes to your CD recorder setup. 5. Select the number of copies you want to make. 6. Click Copy to begin recording a copy of your CD. 7.
Getting Help 8-5 Getting Help For setup and connection problems with your CD-Writer Plus, refer to the Troubleshooting section of the user’s guide. For information about CD Copier, refer to the appropriate topics in the online Help. To access the CD Copier online Help, select Help Topics from the Help menu.
Chapter 9: HP Simple Trax Use Simple Trax to index the contents of your CDs. Locate stored files without inserting a single CD. Welcome to HP Simple Trax HP Simple Trax protects your data by copying files and folders to a CD and saving information about them in the Simple Trax information vault on your hard drive. This makes it easy for you to find and retrieve any protected version of a file you need. HP Simple Trax is designed to work just the way your Windows Explorer works.
9-2 Protecting Files and Folders Immediately HP Simple Trax is installed along with your other CD-Writer Plus software. No special installation or configuration is necessary. All you need to do before using HP Simple Trax is to prepare a CD for writing with your CD-Writer Plus. The method to prepare a CD can be found in “Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer” on page 5-1.
Creating a Protection List 9-3 4. Point to HP Simple Trax and click Protect... from the HP Simple Trax menu. The View Versions option only appears if you have selected a single file. HP Simple Trax copies the selected file(s) and folder(s) to the CD in your CD-Writer Plus and places information about the protected files into its information vault. If the CD you placed in your CD-Writer Plus has not been used with HP Simple Trax before, the program prompts you to type a name to identify the CD.
9-4 Scheduling a Protection Session to Run Automatically 2. Click the file or folder you want to protect with the right mouse button. A popup menu appears. To select multiple files or folders within a single folder, press and hold the CTRL key while clicking the desired items with the left mouse button. Then release the CTRL key and click with the right mouse button. 3. Point to HP Simple Trax and click Add to Protection List from the HP Simple Trax menu.
Scheduling a Protection Session to Run Automatically 9-5 For a scheduled protection session to run unattended you will need to have a CD that already has a name for use in HP Simple Trax. If it is the first time you use the CD in HP Simple Trax the software will prompt you to type a name to identify the CD when the session begins. To schedule a protection session: 1.
9-6 Retrieving Protected Files and Folders ■ All files in the list: Protects every item in your Protection List, whether changed or not. ■ Only changed files: Protects only those items in your Protection List that have changed since the last protection session. 6. Click OK to schedule the protection session. Be sure to place the desired CD in your CD-Writer Plus before the scheduled protection session is set to begin.
Retrieving Protected Files and Folders 9-7 3. Double-click the CD label for the CD from which you want to retrieve files or folders. Open the folder containing the file(s) and folder(s) you want to retrieve. If you do not know which CD contains the files or folders you want to retrieve, click the Tools menu, point to Find, and click In Simple Trax... to use HP Simple Trax Find feature. 4. Click the file or folder you want to retrieve with the right mouse button. A popup menu appears.
9-8 Retrieving Protected Files and Folders ■ Make sure Include subdirectories is checked to retrieve all subdirectories in the selected folder. (This option is useful only if you have selected one or more folders.) ■ Click Copy files to an alternate location and type the desired drive and path or click Browse and select the new location from the list of folders on your hard disk(s).
Searching the HP Simple Trax Information Vault 9-9 The File Protection History dialog box appears: Searching the HP Simple Trax Information Vault HP Simple Trax helps you find protected files in the HP Simple Trax information vault so that you can see if a file has been protected, see when it was last protected, and retrieve it if desired.
9-10 Searching the HP Simple Trax Information Vault To find protected files in the HP Simple Trax information vault: 1. Run Explorer by clicking the Start button, pointing to Programs, and clicking Windows Explorer. 2. Double-click the HP Simple Trax icon. 3. Click the Tools menu, point to Find, and click HP Simple Trax... to display the Find dialog box. 4. In the Named box, type all or part of the filename you want to find. You can use a file filter to search for files or folders based on name patterns.
Reconstructing the HP Simple Trax Information Vault 9-11 If you do not know the name of the file(s) or folder(s) you want to find, click the Date tab to search the information vault for items created, modified, or protected during a specified period of time. Click a file with the right mouse button to retrieve it or view protected versions. The HP Simple Trax Find menu provides additional options. Refer to the on-line Help for complete information.
9-12 HP Simple Trax Control Panel Overview ■ If you want to start tracking files on a CD created by someone else. To import a CD into HP Simple Trax: 1. Place the CD whose contents you want to import into your CD-Writer Plus. 2. Run Explorer by clicking the Start button, pointing to Programs, and clicking Windows Explorer. 3. Right-click the drive icon for your CD-Writer. A popup menu appears. 4. Point to HP Simple Trax and click Import from the HP Simple Trax menu.
HP Simple Trax Control Panel Overview 9-13 To run the HP Simple Trax Control Panel, double-click the HP Simple Trax Control Panel shortcut on your desktop or click the Start button, point to Programs, then to HP CD-Writer Plus, then to HP Simple Trax, and click Control Panel. Selection Tab The Selection tab gives you full control over the HP Simple Trax Protection List, allowing you to add and remove files and folders as needed to protect your valuable information.
9-14 HP Simple Trax Control Panel Overview ■ Folder List: Click the folder you want to open. ■ File List: Displays the files in the selected folder that meet the criteria specified by the File Selection radio buttons. ■ File Selection Radio Buttons: Control how files are displayed and selected for protection. There are three options: 1. All Files & Folders: Selects all files and any subfolders in the current folder for protection. The contents of the current folder appear in the File List. 2.
HP Simple Trax Control Panel Overview 9-15 All files in the list: Protects every item in your Protection List, whether changed or not. Only Changed files: Protects only those items in your Protection List that have changed since the last protection session. ■ Start Time: Type the time at which the scheduled protection session is to begin. The Start Time is the same for all selected days. ■ Run Now... Button: Click this button to protect all items in your Protection List immediately.
9-16 HP Simple Trax Control Panel Overview HP Simple Trax’s seamless integration to Explorer makes protecting and retrieving your valuable information easy. Schedule protection sessions of your important documents so that they will always be available. Keep your hard drive from getting cluttered by versions of files you think you might want in the future by protecting them with HP Simple Trax.
Chapter 10: HP Disaster Recovery HP Disaster Recovery is an application that will help you to recover your data and operating system after a hard drive failure. It is important that you create a Disaster Recovery Set as soon as possible. Should a disaster occur, the information in the Disaster Recovery Set will enable you to return your system to the state it was in before the hard drive failure. Before recovering with HP Disaster Recovery, you should first decide if another recovery method is possible.
10-2 Getting Started What you will need To create the Disaster Recovery Set, you will need the following items: For Windows 95 and Windows 98 ■ One or more blank, formatted 1.44MB diskettes* ■ Windows 95/98 installation CD ■ One or more blank HP CD-R/CD-RW discs* For Windows NT ■ Four (4) blank, formatted 1.44MB diskettes ■ Windows NT installation CD ■ One or more blank HP CD-R/CD-RW discs* *The number of diskettes and CD-R/CD-RW discs required will depend on the amount of data on your system.
Testing your Disaster Recovery Set 10-3 Testing your Disaster Recovery Set NOTE: This section applies to Windows 95 and Windows 98 only. After you have created the Disaster Recovery Set, you will be asked if you would like to test the DR Set. Testing the DR Set is very similar to performing an actual recovery; however, be sure to stop before recovering your data. This test is to verify that your drive is responding properly. To test your Disaster Recovery Set: 1.
10-4 Recovering Your Data Recovering Your Data If you are certain that you have lost your data due to a major system problem, such as a hard drive failure, it will be necessary to recover your data by using the most recent Disaster Recovery Set. Please note that the process for recovering data in Windows NT differs from that for Windows 95 and Windows 98.
Recovering Your Data 10-5 A DOS screen appears. 3. At the prompt, type A:\README then press Enter. The README.TXT appears. 4. After reading the text, press Alt+F, then press X to exit the editor. 5. If a Windows Startup Diskette #2 was created (not all systems require the creation of a second diskette), insert that diskette into your machine’s 3.5” boot floppy drive. 6. At the prompt, type A:\RECOVER and press Enter. Your system files will be copied from the diskette to your hard drive.
10-6 Recovering Your Data NOTE: If Disaster Recovery Disc #1 is not in your HP CD-Writer Plus, you will be prompted to insert it at this time. Disaster Recovery will begin recovering the Windows File System. 10. Once the volume has been recovered, a summary of the process will be displayed. To exit this screen, press Enter. If there is more than one volume to be recovered, you may select it at this time. After recovering the volume(s), you may wish to view the REPORT.
Recovering Your Data 10-7 NOTE: If setup determines that your primary partition is not set up (i.e. if your C drive is not partitioned or formatted), then you will be prompted to do so. You should attempt to partition any new drive(s) to the same settings as were set before the drive failure.
10-8 HP Disaster Recovery Glossary HP Disaster Recovery Glossary This glossary contains common computer terms used in this chapter, and terms that relate specifically to HP Disaster Recovery. BIOS An acronym for Basic Input Output System, a low-level operating system that runs below Windows and DOS. blank HP CD-R HP manufactured CD-R (compact disc recordable) that has no data written to it.
HP Disaster Recovery Glossary 10-9 dual boot system A system that has two OS (operating systems). For example, Windows 95 and Windows NT. hard disk A storage-media disk fixed permanently within a drive unit and used for storing computer data. partition A logical section of your hard disk. One physical hard disk may be partitioned into two or more logical hard drives.
Appendix A: Technical Information Appendix A: Technical Information Minimum System Requirements Your computer should meet or exceed these requirements: ■ IBM or compatible computer with Pentium/100 Mhz processor or above ■ Microsoft® Windows 95®, Windows 98®, or Windows NT® 4.0 NOTE: For Windows NT, Service Pack 3 is required.
A-2 What Affects System Performance Insert the diskette you just made, into your computer’s floppy drive and run A:\ASSIST. You can also order the Install Assistant diskette kit (part number C4392-60020) by calling: (U.S.) 970-635-1500. (Europe) Your country’s support number is listed under “Telephone” on page B-6.
A-3 Drive Specifications Drive Specifications ISO 9660 Disc Data Capacity (74 Minute CD) Number of sessions Size required for header information Size available for data/ per session 1 approximately 23 MB* 627 MB one session 5 approximately 79 MB (approx. 23 for the first, 14 MB each of the rest) 114 MB each session 10 approximately 149 MB (approx. 23 for the first, 14 MB each of the rest) 50 MB each session 30 approximately 430 MB (approx. 23 for the first, 14 MB each of the rest) 7.
A-4 Drive Specifications 600 KB/s (6x speed, CLV mode) 1200 KB/s (8x speed, CLV mode) 1500 KB/s to 3600 KB/s (10x to 24 x speed, CAV mode) Error rate: < 1 frame/1012 bits Audio distortion: < 0.1% Discs supported 120 mm and 80 mm CD-R (write-once) media 120 mm CD-RW (ReWritable) media For a description of which CD drives can read discs created with certain application/media combinations see the interchange summary on page 4-4.
Appendix B: Customer Support If your own troubleshooting efforts fail, contact Customer Support. Make sure you are at your system and have your drive installed when you call. Phone numbers begin on page B-5. Before you contact them, have the information below ready. For help finding this information, see page B-2. If you receive an error message, write it down before you call.
B-2 Before You Call HP Information For your computer IDE controller settings Primary / Secondary / Other IRQ _______ I/O base address _______ Master in use?_______ Slave in use?_______ Other IDE devices in your computer system? yes/no (If yes, list them) IDE adapter board brand/model, if any Where to Find This Information CD-Writer Plus drive model The CD-Writer Plus drive model number appears on a small sticker on the underneath side of the tray of the CD-Writer Plus drive, as well as on the box.
Before You Call HP B-3 Computer brand and model The computer brand appears on the front of your computer and in the documentation that came with your computer. Example: Dell Dimension XP-90. Operating system and amount of RAM installed In Windows NT (while signed on as Administrator), from the Start menu on the task bar, select Programs/Administrative Tools (Common)/ Windows NT Diagnostics. Select the Version tab and write down the version number and service pack number; for example: 4.00.
B-4 Before You Call HP IDE adapter board brand/model If you are using a paddle board to add another IDE controller to your computer system, check the manual that came with your IDE board.
HP Customer Support B-5 HP Customer Support If you need help with your CD-Writer Plus drive, your local reseller has the latest information regarding HP products and services and can provide support under HP's comprehensive menu of reseller services. If your reseller is not able to help, you can obtain support from HP directly either through free 24-hours/day interactive electronic services or by telephone (free during warranty).
B-6 HP Customer Support Asia/Pacific Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (03) 9272 2627 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8610) -65055280 Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) 3335-8622 Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (02) 769-0543 New Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HP Customer Support Asia/Pacific Australia (M-F 7am-7pm, Eastern Standard Time). . . (03) 8877 8000 China (M-F 8:30-17:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8610)-62625666 extensions 5602 through 5609, 5611 and 5612 (8610)-62614174 (8610)-62624175 (8610)-62614176 Korea (M-F, 8:30-19:00) . . (02) 3270-0700 / 080-999-0700 (toll free) New Zealand (M-F, 9am to 9pm Auckland Time) . . . . (09) 356 6640 Singapore (M-F, 9:00-17:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-8 Returning a Drive Returning a Drive If your Hewlett-Packard product requires repair or replacement, call the appropriate number for your country from the list beginning on page B-6 in Appendix B: Customer Support, to receive instructions.
Index-1 Index A B boot order settings 3-3 booting from CD-Writer drive 3-3 buffer size A-3 buffer underrun 3-6–3-7 C cable select 1-8, 1-25, 1-35, 1-36, 1-37 cables Index access time 3-7, A-2, A-3 adding graphics to inserts 7-6 application software installing A-1 uninstalling 1-34 arranging track titles 7-7 assigning drive letter 3-4–3-5 audio cable 1-15, 1-29, 3-3 purchasing 1-17, 1-31 Audio CD Layout window 6-4 audio CDs CD-RW in car CD player 4-2 track-at-once mode 8-1 audio distortion 3-3–3-4, A-3
Index-2 sharing 4-2 sharing with standard CD-ROM 4-2 using 4-1 CDs cannot find CD 3-4–3-5 capacity A-3 cleaning 2-4 copy prevention feature 3-3 error, cannot find CD 1-37 inserting 2-1–2-2 maintenance 2-4 multi-session 3-4 power loss while writing 3-5 problems inserting 2-2 purchasing 2-3 reading problem 3-4 removing 2-2 rewritable 2-2, A-4 selecting 2-2 supported by CD-Writer drive A-4 unable to locate 3-4 write-once 2-3, 3-4, A-4 CD-Writer drive audio cable 3-3 booting from 3-3 changing drive letter 3-4–3
Index-3 Customer Support, contacting B-1 customizing jewel case inserts 7-2 D E earphones 3-3 Easy-CD Audio Online Help 5-8, 6-10, 7-9, 8-5 wizard 6-3 Easy-CD Creator sharing CD-R 4-4 eject button 2-1, 2-2 ejecting DirectCD discs 5-4 email 3-6 environmental specifications A-4 erasing files from CDs 5-5 error logs tab in HP Simple Trax 9-15 error message buffer underrun 3-6–3-7 cannot find CD 1-37, 3-4–3-5 invalid media 3-3 unable to read 3-4 error rate A-3 expanding power connector 1-14 F fax mode 3-6 fi
Index-4 firmware version B-2 fitting tracks on a page 7-8 formatting DirectCD discs 5-3 H half-height drive bay 1-6 Handling CDs 2-3 hard drive access time 3-7, A-2 compression software 3-6 speed A-2 storage requirements A-1 transfer rate A-1, A-2 hardware installation 1-2 Help Easy-CD Audio 5-8, 6-10, 7-9, 8-5 high-pressure air 2-4 history of protection for a file 9-8 HP Simple Trax control panel 9-12 error logs tab 9-15 protecting files 9-2 protection list 9-3 retrieving protected files 9-6 schedule setu
Index-5 metric screws 1-18, 1-32 model number, locating B-2 modifying CD layouts 6-8 MSCDEX version 3-4 MultiRead CD-ROM 4-2 multi-session CD 3-4 music CDs playing 6-9 N networks 3-6 O P paddle board B-4 Page menu 7-2 performance A-2–A-3 optimizing 3-6, A-2 playing music CDs 6-9 positioning objects 7-4 power cable 1-14 connecting 1-14, 1-28 troubleshooting 1-35, 1-36 power connector 1-14 power cord connecting 1-19, 1-33 disconnecting 1-5, 1-22 power loss while writing 3-5 power management feature 3-1, 3-
Index-6 retrieving options 9-7 protected files 9-6 returning a CD-Writer drive B-8 rewritable CDs 2-2, 3-4, A-4 ruler option 7-3 S saving CD layout 6-9 scheduling protection session 9-4 setup tab in HP Simple Trax 9-14 screws 1-18, 1-32 searching in HP Simple Trax 9-9 securing the CD-Writer drive 1-18, 1-32 selection tab in HP Simple Trax 9-13 serial number 1-24, B-2 sharing CD-R created with DirectCD 4-3 created with Easy-CD Creator 4-4 sharing CD-R discs 4-3 sharing CD-RW discs 4-2 sharing data cable 1-3
Index-7 V vibration specifications A-4 video card 3-4 video distortion 3-4 viewing jewel case inserts 7-2 viewing protected versions 9-8 volume control 3-3 W Y Y-power cable 1-14 Index wave files 3-4, 6-2 combining with audio tracks 6-2 pre-recording from audio tracks 6-6 recording 6-5 specifications 6-5 windows explorer 6-4 wizard making music CDs 6-3 write-once CDs 2-3, 3-4, 3-6, A-4 writing to CD 1-15, 1-29, 3-3, 3-6 power loss while writing 3-5 speed A-2, A-3
PaperMaster 98 QuickStart Tutorial This tutorial is designed to get you up and running quickly with PaperMaster 98.
2 Searching for a Document title, annotations, or document content, and AutoSearch will present matches ordered by rank and based on the frequency of the keywords you’ve selected. When you “Read & Index” a document, PaperMaster 98 reads the text in a document, and creates an index. When you’re searching for a particular document, PaperMaster 98 looks through this index for keyword matches in the text. To learn more about reading a document, see Help. 1. Launch PaperMaster 98. 2. Choose AutoSearch...
Viewing and Customizing Your Image Documents 3 Viewing and Customizing Your Image Documents There are several tools in PaperMaster 98 that you can use to customize your scanned and printed documents (PaperMaster Image Documents). We’ll go over some of them in this tutorial. The customizations described in this tutorial are limited to documents which are scanned or printed into the cabinet (printed from a Windows application or HotPrinted from your browser).
4 Viewing and Customizing Your Image Documents PaperMaster 98 also offers a manual crop tool should you wish to crop a specific portion of your document. This is particularly useful when for saving a single newspaper article without the need to cut the paper. Creating Annotations There are different ways to annotate a document in PaperMaster 98.
Faxing and Printing Your Documents 5 2. Position the mouse where you’d like to have text, click the left mouse button once, and begin filling out the DocuMagix registration card. To delete a text annotation, just point and click on the box around it, go into the Edit menu, and choose Delete Annotation. You can also click on the right mouse button to display a pop-up menu with annotation options. To edit the annotation, click inside the box and make your text changes.
6 Creating a New Cabinet and Copying Information 3. Fill in the fax information, and click “Send.” This step may vary according to your fax software. Fax your registration card to DocuMagix at (800) 362-8621 or outside North America at (408) 434-0915. Printing 1. Choose Print under the File menu. This Print dialog box lets you set the print range, scaling options, print quality, number of copies, collation, and whether to print annotations. If everything is correct, click OK.
Creating Customized Drawers and Folders 7 moved or copied into a document. Likewise, items can be moved and copied between cabinets as easily as within the same cabinet. 1. Using the right mouse key, drag the Open Me First! drawer from the old cabinet into an empty slot in the “Backup Cabinet” cabinet. When the Move/Copy menu pops up, select Copy. As a default, dragging and dropping containers between two cabinets using the left mouse button will perform a Copy command.
8 Creating Customized Drawers and Folders Creating a New Drawer 1. Create a drawer by choosing the New Drawer command from the cabinet window’s File menu. This brings up the New Drawer dialog box. 2. Replace the default name “Drawer #1” in the name field with “DocuMagix”. 3. Choose the color blue from the pull-down Text Color menu. 4. Choose a drawer icon by selecting the Choose Icon button. From the list of Standard icons double-click on your choice.
Filing a Document into PaperMaster 98 9 You’ll now see the new folder displayed in your “DocuMagix” drawer. Filing a Document into PaperMaster 98 There are several ways of filing documents into PaperMaster 98, including scanning, downloading from the Web, importing, and filing directly from any Windows application (as a printed “hard copy” or in it’s original format). We’ll go over the scanning and filing from a Windows application methods in this tutorial.
10 Filing a Document into PaperMaster 98 Printing a “hard copy” into a file cabinet PaperMaster 98 allows you to print a “hard copy” of a document from any Windows application (including fax software, word processors and email) directly into your file cabinet. 1. Launch the PaperMaster 98 Readme file. 2. Select File>Print Topic… (The Print dialog box will appear.) 3. Select DocuMagix File Cabinet as your printer. 4. Click OK to print the document. 5.
Publishing, Sharing and Archiving Cabinets to CD 11 applications. If you elected to install these, you will be able to save your documents directly from within your application simply by clicking on our icon which was added to your application toolbar. To view the document, simply double click on the icon and the document will automatically open in the application in which it was created.
12 Closing a Cabinet Closing a Cabinet 1. Choose Close Cabinet from the cabinet window’s File menu. This closes the cabinet including all of its drawers, folders and documents. If this is the only open cabinet, this operation will exit PaperMaster 98. Viewing a Cabinet Given to you on CD If you own PaperMaster 98, you can view a cabinet on a CD simply by selecting Open Cabinet from your local cabinet and opening the one on the CD.
Corel Print House Magic ™ Corel Print House™ is back, and it's better than ever! Welcome to Corel Print House Magic™, a powerful suite of applications designed to help you create exciting printing projects in no time at all. Whether it's for business or home, Corel Print House Magic has everything you need to create cards, stationery, banners, and more. In addition, Corel Print House Magic is so easy to use; you'll be making professional-looking projects right from the start.
2 What's in Corel Print House Magic? ■ redesigned Notebook, for easier access to all of the Corel Print House features and functionality ■ Symbol tool, for drawing all sorts of shapes ■ Symbol Sprayer tool, for scattering symbols as you drag your mouse over the page ■ Zoom tool, for changing the project view quickly and easily ■ thousands of new sample files, and 150 new fonts Corel Photo House™ 2 Now Corel Photo House™ has even more features to help you make your projects picture perfect, such
Corel Print House 3 3 megabytes of free disk space and 8 megabytes RAM (for Windows 95) or 12 megabytes RAM (for Windows NT). Corel Print House 3 Corel Print House 3 makes any printing job fun and easy to do. Greeting cards, banners, letterhead, stationery, calendars, and envelopes are only some of the projects you can create. In addition, Corel Print House Magic now includes two powerful tools to help you with your projects: Corel Photo House 2 and Corel Family & Friends.
4 Corel Print House 3 ■ Start from scratch to build your project from the ground up. The Scratch wizard lets you choose from various blank paper layouts. Then, it's up to you to add text, clipart, and other graphics. ■ Choose the Open Existing option to access any project you have saved previously. To open your project, type the name of the file or choose it from the list. ■ Choose the Open Last option to access the project you saved the last time you used Corel Print House.
Corel Print House 3 5 The Notebook The Notebook is located on the left side of the Corel Print House desktop.
6 Corel Print House 3 By default, the Color Palette automatically appears when you launch Corel Print House. You can hide the Color Palette by clicking View, Color Palette. The check mark beside the command name disappears when the Color Palette is hidden. The rulers Rulers measure the size of the page and tell you the exact location of your cursor. You can use rulers to help you resize or draw objects to specific dimensions or to move objects to a precise location on the page.
Corel Photo House 2 7 Corel Photo House 2 Welcome to Corel Photo House 2, a photo-editing and bitmap-creation program you can use with Corel Print House 3 and other applications. Corel Photo House makes it easy for you to touch up photographs, add fun special effects to them, or create your own bitmap images using the painting tools.
8 Corel Photo House 2 Setting up the page When you create a blank image, you set the image size and resolution and choose the paper color. The image's size and resolution are particularly important because they affect both the size of the file and the quality of your printed image. If you're not sure of the difference between image size and resolution, see “Image size and resolution” in the online help.
Corel Photo House 2 9 The Notebook The Notebook is located on the left side of the Corel Photo House desktop. Use the Notebook to ■ get assistance with tasks such as using the painting and selection tools ■ choose brushes, colors, and effects ■ access the photos available on the Corel CD (non-U.S. users should use the CD containing the appropriate language) The Notebook is made up of three pages, each with different information. To open a specific page, click its tab.
10 Corel Family & Friends Dust And Scratches effect can be used to improve damaged areas of images. Special effects Special effects let you transform your photos in fun and interesting ways. They can change image colors and textures, create three-dimensional effects, and distort image appearances. It's easy to combine effects to create different results. Plug-In effects Corel Photo House lets you install additional image effects created by other manufacturers.
Corel Family & Friends 11 The Calendar helps you schedule events and displays them in the familiar format of a paper calendar. However, it lets you add even more detail than a paper calendar. The Details window lets you display messages about each event you schedule and shows you how often the event repeats. The Calendar also includes a Reminder option to remind you about each event in advance. The Address Book lets you keep detailed information about your family and friends close at hand.
Chapter 1: The Photo Organizer Welcome to the Photo Organizer - the best way to create electronic photo albums, catalog all their photos for easy retrieval, create Internet web pages, and launch popular “digital darkroom” photo-editing programs. The Photo Organizer is installed automatically with the CD-ROM software. Getting Started This section explains how to start the Photo Organizer and load your first set of photos to the Media Library. Starting the Photo Organizer To start Photo Organizer: 1.
Adding Photos to the Media Library Photo Organizer can import picture files from any drive that can be accessed by your computer: hard drives, floppy drives, CD-ROM drives, and network drives. It can also import pictures directly from a scanner. To add photos to the Media Library: 1. Click the Get tab and click an icon representing the import source: Files (on a hard drive), Compact Disc, Floppy, PhotoMail or Scanner. You can also choose File, Import Files or Action, Get from the main menu. 2.
Rearranging Pictures on the Gallery Tab To rearrange the order of pictures on the Gallery tab: Hold down the left mouse button while dragging a picture to its new location. To place a picture in front of another picture, position the mouse pointer on the left side of the picture. To place the picture after another picture, position the mouse pointer on the right side of the picture. Viewing a Slideshow To view your pictures in a slideshow format, choose View, Slideshow from the main menu.
Creating Albums Albums are collections of pictures. You can group pictures into albums by subject, event, or any other criteria that you choose. Pictures can be added to an album by scanning or importing, or by copying or moving pictures from the Light Table or from other albums. To create an album: 1. Select the pictures on the Light Table. 2. Click Album on the Create tab. 3. Enter a name for the new album. 4. Specify whether the pictures should be moved or copied to the new album. 5. Click OK.
Cataloging Pictures Pictures can be cataloged for later retrieval using the Search tool. Keywords and classifications are used to catalog pictures. Keywords are words or phrases that you create to identify pictures. Keywords that are common to a group of pictures can be entered during the import process. Keywords for individual pictures can be viewed and edited on a picture’s Catalog Properties sheet. Classifications are pre-existing labels that are used to identify people, places, events, and things.
Assigning Classifications To assign classifications: 1. Select a picture by clicking it. 2. Click the Properties button in the bottom right corner of the screen or right-click the picture and choose Properties from the menu. 3. Click the Classification tab. 4. Click the major classification that applies to the picture. 5. Expand the major classification by clicking the plus sign (+) beside it. 6. Choose the sub-classification that applies to the picture. 7.
Searching for Pictures You can search for pictures across albums, on the Light Table and in the Trash, using keywords, classifications, picture filenames, and other properties, including the author’s name, comments, source, and dates that pictures were taken. A search can be performed using a free-form text entry or by searching lists of existing keywords and classifications. The results of a search are displayed on the Viewer pane. Entering Search Terms To enter search terms: 1.
Performing Classification List Searches To search for pictures using the Classifications List: 1. Switch to the Tree Browser by clicking the Tree Browser button. 2. Open the Classifications listing by clicking the plus sign (+) beside Classifications. The first level of classifications is displayed. 3. To open a level, click the plus sign beside it. All sublevels are then displayed, including all new classifications that you defined when assigning classifications to pictures. 4.
Change Focus - To accentuate edges and contrasts in a picture, increase the focus by sliding the bar toward Sharpen. To smooth edges and minimize contrasts, slide the bar toward Blur. View the effects on the preview screen. Add Mosaic - The mosaic effect groups pixels using tiles. Specify the tile size by sliding the bar toward Smaller or Larger. View the effects on the preview screen. Add Embossing - Raises the background of a picture by suppressing color and outlining the edges in black.
Printing Pictures Pictures can be printed individually, one per page, or as combined thumbnails on an index print. Pictures can be printed from the Light Table, albums, Search Results or Trash. To print pictures individually, one per page: 1. Select one or more pictures. 2. Choose File, Print Photograph from the main menu. You can also right-click any selected image and choose Print from the menu. To produce an index print: 1. Select multiple pictures. 2.
