User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Hewlett-Packard Limited Warranty Statement
- HP Software License Agreement
- Chapter 1: Connecting CD-Writer Plus and Installing Software
- Chapter 2: Using Your CD-Writer Plus
- Chapter 3: Problem Solving
- Chapter 4: Sharing Your CDs
- Chapter 5: Making Data CDs
- Chapter 6: Making Music CDs
- Chapter 7: making Inserts and Labels
- Chapter 8: Copying CDs
- Chapter 9: Find Files Fast with HP Simple Trax
- What Simple Trax Can Do for You
- Copying Files to CD
- Automatically Copying Files to CD
- Preparing a CD for Automatic Operations
- To Verify Your Schedule Settings
- To Change a Schedule
- Browsing Your Simple Trax CDs
- Finding Files On Your CD
- Copying Files and Folders Back to Your Hard Drive
- Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File
- Importing CDs into HP Simple Trax
- Event Logs
- Changing the Index Display
- Chapter 10: HP Disaster Recovery
- Appendix A: Technical Specifications
- Appendix B: Customer Support
- Index
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.
Can I make a diskette with UDF reader software for someone
that has a MultiRead CD-ROM?
The instructions below will show you how to copy the Adaptec DirectCD
(UDF) Reader onto a diskette. When you have finished you will be able to
install the UDF reader onto computers with MultiRead CD-ROMs where
you want to read your CD-RW discs.
To copy the Adaptec DirectCD (UDF) Reader to a diskette:
1. Insert “Software Disc 1” into the CD-ROM drive. A menu will appear.
2. From the menu, click Explore the CD.
3. Double-click the CopyDisk folder and then double-click Copydisk.
4. Select the Adaptec DirectCD Reader option and follow the instructions.
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. The drive will be described as MultiRead certified or will list
CD-RW as supported media. You can also put a CD-RW disc in your CD-
ROM and see if it can read it.
What if I want to share with users that have standard CD-ROM
drives? (In Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0)
In general, you must copy your information to a CD-R disc to share it
with users that have standard CD-ROM drives. To accomplish this:
1. Insert your CD-RW disc in your CD-Writer Plus drive.
2. Copy all the information from the CD-RW disc to a unique location on
your hard drive.
3. Replace the CD-RW disc in your CD-Writer Plus with a blank CD-R disc.
4. Copy the information from your hard drive to the CD-R media using
DirectCD.