InCD Manual Nero AG
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Contents Contents 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 General information About the manual About InCD InCD versions InCD Reader 5 5 5 6 6 2 2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 Technical information System requirements Operating systems Hardware Packet writing software Discs supported Disc formats supported 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 Installation Installing InCD Uninstalling InCD Installing SecurDisc™ 9 9 10 10 4 4.1 4.1.1 4.2 4.
Contents 8 Drive Information screen 30 9 Drive Options screen 32 10 Saving data to a disc formatted using InCD 33 11 Erasing data from a disc formatted using InCD 34 12 Keyboard shortcuts 35 13 Index 36 14 14.
General information 1 General information 1.1 About the manual In order to make best use of this manual, please note the following conventions: Symbol Meaning Indicates warnings, preconditions or instructions that have to be followed strictly. Indicates additional information or advice. 1. Start … A number at the beginning of a line indicates a request for action. Carry out these actions in the order specified. Indicates an intermediate result. Indicates a result.
General information 1.3 InCD versions Two different versions of InCD 5 are available: InCD 5 and InCD 5 Essentials. Both versions offer the full range of functions. 1.4 InCD Reader With InCD Reader, all discs that were created with InCD can be read, even on computers that do not have InCD installed. In addition, InCD Reader provides read access to all discs that were created with SecurDisc™ – even on drives without SecurDisc™ support.
Technical information 2 Technical information 2.1 System requirements 2.1.1 Operating systems Windows® 2000 Windows® XP Windows® 2003 Server Windows Vista™ 2.1.2 Hardware CD/DVD recorder that supports write-once and rewritable discs (MMC compliant, multiread RW recorders, MRW (Mt Rainer) supporting recorder). The majority of drives that support the Mount Rainier function are labeled "EasyWrite". EasyWrite is a registered trademark of Philips. For further information on Mt.
Technical information If you would like to read (not create) MRW discs in drives that do not support the disc format MRW, you will require what is referred to as a remapper, the InCD Reader. This is not installed with InCD; you can download it free of charge from www.nero.com.
Installation 3 Installation 3.1 Installing InCD The following requirements must be fulfilled for installing InCD: You must first uninstall any older versions of InCD that may be installed (3.x and 4.x). You must have administrator rights for the computer on which you want to install or uninstall InCD. InCD is a Nero 7 application and as such is available both on the Nero 7 disc and in the download package. However, InCD is not installed with the standard Nero installation.
Installation the InCD tab is available under the disc drive Properties in Windows® Explorer®. Nero StartSmart is displayed again. 3.2 Uninstalling InCD As with all other Nero applications, InCD is uninstalled using Nero ProductSetup. To remove InCD completely from your computer, proceed as follows. 1. Close all non-essential Windows® applications and close any anti-virus software which may be running. 2. Open StartSmart. 3.
Accessing SecurDisc™ 4 Accessing SecurDisc™ After the computer has been booted, the SecurDisc™ icon , in addition to the InCD icon , is automatically available in the system tray (no special link is created in the program directory).
Accessing SecurDisc™ 4.1.1 SecurDisc™ - Options window In this window you can configure how SecurDisc™ should behave when a SecurDisc™ disc is inserted. Fig.
Accessing SecurDisc™ 4.2 SecurDisc™ Drive and Disc Features window In the SecurDisc™ - Drive and Disc Features window, you can select the desired drive, display the Capabilities of the selected drive; in the General area, you can Enter password if the disc is password protected, Confirm a digital signature, and determine whether files on the disc have been modified since the last time they were opened. Fig.
Accessing SecurDisc™ Button Allow Duplication Opens the Allow Duplication window where you can enter a password in case it is required for removing the copy protection for PDF files on the disc. This button is only available if a SecurDisc™ drive is selected, a SecurDisc™ data DVD is inserted, and if the disc contains PDF files that are copy protected with a password.
Accessing SecurDisc™ Fig. 3: SecurDisc™ - Data Protection window 1. Enter the required password in the corresponding field or paste it using the From Clipboard button. 2. Click on the OK button. Æ The SecurDisc™ - Drive and Disc Features window is available again. 5. If the SecurDisc™ disc is protected by a digital signature, click the Confirm digital signature button. Æ The Verify Digital Signature window is displayed. Fig. 4: SecurDisc™ - Verify Digital Signature window 1.
Accessing SecurDisc™ 5. Click the Close button. Æ The public key has been accepted and you can now access the files. The SecurDisc™ - Drive and Disc Features window is available again. 6. If the PDF files on the SecurDisc™ DVD have removable copy protection, click the Allow Duplication button. Æ The Allow Duplication window is displayed. Fig. 5: SecurDisc™ - Allow Duplication window 1. Enter the required password in the corresponding field or paste it using the From Clipboard button. 2.
Accessing SecurDisc™ 1. Click the Close button. Æ The SecurDisc™ - Drive and Disc Features window is available again. Î You can now open the SecurDisc™ disc in Windows Explorer, for example.
Accessing InCD 5 Accessing InCD If InCD is installed, the InCD and InCD/SecurDisc™ icons are available in the system tray after the computer is booted (no special link is created in the program directory). You can start InCD directly with the InCD icon. The InCD icon can change shape thus providing different kinds of information about the drive and the disc contained in the drive.
Accessing InCD Fig. 7: InCD tab The InCD tab provides the same information on device capabilities and the status of the disc that has been inserted as the Drive Information screen (see the chapter Drive Information screen). If formatting and write access are available for the disc inserted (i.e.
Accessing InCD 5.2 InCD main screen Double-clicking the InCD icon in the task bar launches the application and displays the InCD main screen. You can also start InCD via the context menu of the InCD icon (To the Main Window menu item). You can also access the InCD preferences here. Fig.
Accessing InCD InCD Log Opens the InCD Log window where the session log automatically created by InCD during the course of the work is displayed. You can add and save this log, or parts of it, to other applications using the clipboard. Icons Opens the Format screen with a number of options for setting the Format Disc formatting for the disc contained in the drive (see the chapter Format screen).
Accessing InCD 5.3 InCD preferences Before starting InCD, you can define the general behavior of InCD and establish how InCD responds when a disc is inserted: The following setting options are available in the InCD Preferences window for this purpose: General tab (see the chapter Defining general InCD preferences) Hide tray icon check box Enables/disables display of the icon for InCD in the system tray.
Accessing InCD Close the last session on the disc before ejecting option button Eject immediately option button Does not eject the disc before the last session is finished. Ejects the disc immediately without finishing the last session. 5.3.1 Defining general InCD preferences To change general InCD preferences, proceed as follows: 1. Start InCD. 2. Click on the More button. Æ The extended area will open. 3. Click on the Preferences button. The InCD Preferences screen is displayed. 4.
Accessing InCD 3. Click on the Preferences button. Æ The InCD Preferences screen is displayed. 4. Click on the Auto-Format tab. 5. Select the Do nothing option button if you do not want any action to take place. 6. Select the Auto-format (if possible) option button if InCD should perform automatic formatting if possible from a technical point of view. 7.
Format screen 6 Format screen You must format unformatted discs before you can use them with InCD. Fig. 9: Format screen To do this, the following option buttons and check boxes are available in the Format screen: Option buttons Quick Only formats the disc logically, i.e. the data on it is not deleted but only the information about the data contained on it. The disc appears blank and its full capacity is available even though the old data is still physically available.
Format screen Check boxes Mount Rainier (MRW) Formats the disc in the Mount Rainier format. Verify Checks the file system on the disc. Depending on the disc, formatting with verification can take between 30 and 45 minutes, and more in extreme cases. This check box is not available for MRW formatting. Duplicate Metadata Offers extra protection for written data as the data information is saved twice. If a sector on the disc is defective, the data can still be read on the basis of the metadata.
Format screen Formatting in the background Formatting in the background is performed by the drive itself when it is idle, i.e. is not being used for reading or writing. It is interrupted when you access the disc (to read, write or eject) and resumes when the drive is idle again and contains the appropriate disc. This applies also if the computer is shut down while formatting in the background. 6.1 Formatting a disc To format a disc, proceed as follows: 1. Insert a disc into the recorder. 2.
Erase screen 7 Erase screen Erasing a disc is not like deleting data from a diskette or hard drive. Erasing a disc also removes the formatting, leaving the disc completely blank and as new. You can format write-once discs (R discs) using InCD and then gradually write to them according to their capacity. You can also delete files, but this does not free up the associated capacity. In contrast to RW/RE discs, it is not possible to reformat and then rewrite these kinds of discs using InCD. Fig.
Erase screen Windows 98/Me compatibility When erasing a +/-DVD-RAM or BD+RE/BD-RE, this ensures that when it is reinserted into the drive even under Windows® 98/ME it will be identified correctly and not as an audio disc. Consumer electronic devices compatibility Ensures when erasing a disc that it is still compatible with the consumer electronic device for which it is intended.
Drive Information screen 8 Drive Information screen The Drive Information screen provides information on the name and capabilities of the selected drive as well as the inserted disc. Fig. 11: Drive Information screen Check boxes Recorder Indicates whether the drive has recorder functionality. Mount Rainier Indicates whether the drive can write and read discs in Mount Rainier format. DRT-DM Indicates whether the drive supports DRT-DM.
Drive Information screen Mount Rainier Indicates whether the inserted disc has Mount Rainier format. Autoformattable Indicates whether the inserted disc is auto-formattable.
Drive Options screen 9 Drive Options screen The Drive Options screen shows the options available as check boxes depending on the disc inserted. Fig. 12: Drive Options screen The following check boxes are available: Write with verify Verifies the user data when writing to the disc. Write protection Enables/disables write protection . This check box is only available for DVD-RAM discs already formatted.
Saving data to a disc formatted using InCD 10 Saving data to a disc formatted using InCD A disc formatted using InCD can be used just like a hard drive or diskette. You can simply move, copy or send to the disc, and save documents from other applications to it. To do this, proceed as follows: 1. Insert a disc formatted using InCD into the recorder. 2. Select the files from Windows® Explorer® that you want to move to the InCD disc. 3. Drag the selected files to the drive icon.
Erasing data from a disc formatted using InCD 11 Erasing data from a disc formatted using InCD You can also erase data from a disc formatted using InCD just as you would on a hard drive. But there is a slight restriction: although you can delete files from R discs (write-once discs), this does not free up the associated capacity. You can therefore not "overwrite" any files on said discs. However, this is possible on all RW/RE discs. To delete data from a disc formatted using InCD, proceed as follows: 1.
Keyboard shortcuts 12 Keyboard shortcuts The following key combinations for entering commands are available for InCD: [Ctrl+F] Opens the Format screen. [Ctrl+E] Opens the Erase screen. [Ctrl+I] Opens the Drive Information screen. [Ctrl+O] Opens the Drive Options screen. [Page Up] Opens the previous page of the main window. [Page Down] Opens the next page of the main window. [Ctrl+K] Opens the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box. [Ctrl+X] Opens/closes the drive tray.
Index 13 Index Icon Shapes........................................................................ 18 A Log 21 About InCD ................................................................... 5 Accessing InCD .................................................... 11, 18 main screen ........................................................................ 20 Preferences .................................................................. 20, 22 Uninstalling ....................................................
Index U W UDF Format.......................................................... 26, 27 Uninstalling InCD........................................................ 10 Write protection.......................................................
Contact 14 Contact 14.1 Contact details InCD is a Nero AG product. Nero AG Im Stöckmädle 13-15 76307 Karlsbad Germany Web: www.nero.com Help: http://support.nero.com E-mail: techsupport@nero.com Fax: +49 7248 928 499 Copyright © 2007 Nero AG and its licensors. All rights reserved.
