Manual InCD
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Table of contents Table of contents 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Start Successfully About the manual About InCD InCD Versions InCD Reader 4 4 4 5 5 2 2.1 Installation Installing InCD 6 6 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Accessing SecurDisc SecurDisc Context Menu SecurDisc options window SecurDisc Drive and Disc Features Window Opening SecurDisc Disc 7 7 8 8 10 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.3.1 4.3.2 4.3.
Start Successfully 1 Start Successfully 1.1 About the manual This manual is intended for all users who want to learn how to use InCD. It is process-based and explains how to achieve a specific objective on a step-by-step basis. To make best use of this documentation, please note the following conventions: Indicates warnings, preconditions or instructions that have to be precisely followed. Indicates additional information or advice. 1.
Start Successfully If a SecurDisc disc is copy-protected and the copy protection can be removed by using a password, InCD can be used to read the disc if a SecurDisc drive is connected and you know the password. The InCD version no longer only uses rewritable discs (CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW). You can now write to all commercially available discs using InCD – but write-once discs (R discs) cannot be erased and reformatted. InCD Essentials only supports rewritable discs (RW discs). 1.
Installation 2 Installation 2.1 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 wish to install or uninstall InCD. The QuickStart Guide for the Nero Suite of programs contains detailed instructions for installing the software for the first time. IInCD is a Nero Suite application and as such is available both on the Nero Suite disc and in the download package.
Accessing SecurDisc 3 Accessing SecurDisc If InCD is installed, SecurDisc was installed automatically as well. After the computer has been booted, the SecurDisc icon, , is available on the system tray, next to the InCD icon, (no special link is created in the program folder). You can use the icon to: Open the context menu by right-clicking (see SecurDisc Context Menu 7). Double-click to open the SecurDisc - Drive and Disc Functions window (see SecurDisc Options window 8).
Accessing SecurDisc See also: SecurDisc Drive and Disc Features Window 8 SecurDisc options window 8 SecurDisc Drive and Disc Features Window 8 3.2 SecurDisc options window In this window you can specify how SecurDisc should behave when a SecurDisc disc is inserted. SecurDisc - Options window The following check boxes are available: 3.3 Always show a notification when a SecurDisc(TM)disc is inserted Displays a window every time that a SecurDisc disc is inserted in a connected drive.
Accessing SecurDisc SecurDisc - Drive and disc features window The following information and selection options are available in the Drive area: Drop-down menu Drive Permits selection of the drive in which the SecurDisc disc was inserted. Disc name Shows the name of the disc inserted in the selected drive. The following information and selection options are available in the Capabilities area: Column Lists the read and write capabilities supported by the relevant drive.
Accessing SecurDisc Column Lists which of these capabilities are used by the inserted disc. In use on disc Button Allow duplication Opens the Allow Duplication window where you can enter a password in a text box if this is necessary to remove the copy protection for PDF files on the disc. This button is available only if a SecurDisc-compatible drive is selected, a SecurDisc data DVD is inserted, and files in PDF format on the disc are password-protected to prevent duplication.
Accessing SecurDisc 3. In the Drive drop-down menu, select the drive in which you inserted the SecurDisc disc. The drive in which a SecurDisc disc was last inserted is selected by default. The name of the disc inserted in the chosen drive is displayed in the Disc name box. Also displayed in the Capabilities area are the properties of the selected drive and the disc it contains.
Accessing SecurDisc 3. Select the appropriate public key. 4. Click the Open button. The Verify Digital Signature window appears again, and the name of the selected public key is shown under Key name. 5. Click the Start button. The digital signature is checked using the selected public key. A progress bar keeps you informed of the processing status. The Close button appears once verification is complete. 6. Click the Close button.
Accessing SecurDisc SecurDisc - Data Integrity Check 2. Click the Close button. You are returned to the SecurDisc - Drive and disc features window. You can now open the SecurDisc disc using, for example, Windows Explorer.
Accessing InCD 4 Accessing InCD If InCD is installed, both the InCD icon and the InCD/SecurDisc icon appear in the sys- tem tray after the computer has booted (no special link is created in the program directory). InCD cannot be closed and thus "disabled". It remains active in the background until it is uninstalled. There are three options for calling up the main InCD window: Double-click the InCD icon in the system tray.
Accessing InCD InCD did not recognize a disc in the drive. See also: Installing InCD 6 4.1 InCD Tab InCDInCD creates the InCD tab, in the recorder drive context menu under Properties, after installation. It provides information on the recorder and on the disc that has been inserted, and provides access to the main InCD screens.
Accessing InCD If you have formatting and write access to the inserted disc (under Device capabilities, i.e. the Recorder check box is enabled), the following buttons are also available to access InCD: Format Opens the Format screen with a number of options for setting the formatting for the disc contained in the drive (see the Screen Format chapter 23). Delete Opens the Erase screen, where you can erase the inserted disc with either Quick or Full erasing (see the Erase Screen chapter 27).
Accessing InCD 4.2 InCD Main Screen Double-clicking the InCD icon in the system tray starts 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) where you can also access the InCD preferences directly.
Accessing InCD The following buttons are available on the InCD main screen: ? Opens a context menu where you can open both the Help feature and a list of available keyboard shortcuts (see the Shortcuts chapter) for executing commands. More/Less Opens/closes the extended area at the bottom margin of the screen with the buttons Preferences and InCD Log. In addition, depending on the drive used and the disc inserted, information on the drive, disc type, status, and progress is displayed.
Accessing InCD 4.3 InCD Preferences Before starting you can define the general behavior of InCD and define 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 Defining General InCD Preferences chapter 20). Check box Enables/disables the display of the InCD icon in the system tray.
Accessing InCD Option button Opens the formatting dialog upon insertion of a disc. Open format dialog Option button Let InCD decide InCD decides which of the three aforementioned options will be selected, based on the recorder and on the inserted disc. Ejecting write-once discs tab: (see the Defining an Action for When an Open R Disc Is Ejected chapter 22) The Ejecting write-once discs tab is not available in InCD 5 Essentials.
Accessing InCD This box must be checked if you want to use a file system other than the UDF 1.50 file system used by default for formatting for instance. 9. Check the Show only the basic event notifications box if you only want to receive the most important information. 10. Check the Keep open dialog box with event notifications box if you want the dialog box at the bottom right margin of your screen to be permanently available. 11. Select the language that should be used in InCD from the drop-down menu.
Accessing InCD 4.3.3 Defining an Action for When an Open R Disc Is Ejected To define the action that should be performed automatically when an open, write-once disc (R disc) is ejected, proceed as follows: 1. Start InCD. 2. Click the More button. The extended area will open. 3. Click the Settings button. The InCD Preferences screen is displayed. 4. Click the Ejecting writable discs tab. 5.
Format Screen 5 Format Screen You must format unformatted discs before you can use them with InCD.
Format Screen To do this, the following option buttons and check boxes are available in the Format screen: 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. Quick This formatting technique is particularly suitable if a disc is already formatted.
Format Screen 1.02 Standard format for DVD-Video 1.50 Standard format for re-writable data DVDs (DVD-RAM, DVD±RW) 2.00/2.01 Standard format for Video recording 2.50 for BD-RE 2.60 for BD-R The length of time required to format a disc with InCD will vary depending on the disc: CD-R Ultra speed discs approx. 10 minutes. CD-RW High speed discs approx. 20 minutes. Low speed discs approx. 40 minutes. DVD-R Full formatting in 15 (8x DVD) to 90 (1x DVD) minutes.
Format Screen 5.1 Format disc To format a disc, proceed as follows: 1. Insert a disc into the recorder. 2. Open the InCD main window. 3. Click the Format disc icon. The Format screen is displayed. 4. Select the Quick option button for quick formatting, which only erases the data structure, or the Full option button to also physically remove existing data from the disc. 5. Enter a disc name consisting of a maximum of 15 characters with no blank spaces in the Volume name input field. 6.
Erase Screen 6 Erase Screen Erasing a disc is not like deleting data from a floppy disk or hard drive, since erasing a disc also removes the formatting - the disc can be re-written. You can format write-once discs (R discs) with InCD (full version) and then write to them little by little, according to their capacity. You can also delete files, but this does not free up the associated disc space. In contrast to RW/RE discs, it is not possible to reformat and then rewrite this kind of disc with InCD.
Erase Screen In the Erase disc area of the Erase screen, you can select between Quick and Full: Quick Only the file system structure is deleted; the disc appears "blank," but the files are still physically present and can be restored. Full Not only erases the structure of the file system, but also "zeroes" the entire disc and creates an actual blank disc. The contents cannot be restored with conventional methods.
Erase Screen Two erase methods are available: Quick erasing does not remove the data physically from the disc, but instead only makes it inaccessible by erasing the references to existing content. Please note that the data can be restored. Full erasing removes the data from the disc by overwriting it with zeroes. The contents cannot be restored with conventional methods. Repeated full erasing increases the probability that third parties will not be able to reconstruct the contents. 3.
Drive Information Screen 7 Drive Information Screen The Drive Information screen provides information on the name and capabilities of the selected drive and of the inserted disc. Drive Information Screen The following information is displayed: Recorder Indicates whether the drive has recorder functionality. Mount Rainier Indicates if the drive can write and read discs in Mount Rainier format.
Drive Information Screen DRT-DM Indicates whether or not the drive supports DRT-DM. This means that defective sectors on a DVD-RW/DVD+RW are skipped when the disc is being written to again. If the burner notices during full formatting or reading that a sector is defective, it stores its position in the BDI memory and can skip this position in real time from now on. Disc present Indicates whether a disc has been inserted into the drive.
Drive Options Screen 8 Drive Options Screen In the Drive Options screen, the available options are displayed as check boxes, depending on the inserted disc. 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 that have already been formatted.
Saving Data to a Disc That Was Formatted with InCD 9 Saving Data to a Disc That Was Formatted with InCD A disc formatted with InCD can be used just like a hard drive or floppy disk. You can simply move, copy, or send files to the disc and save documents from other applications on it . Proceed as follows: 1. Insert a disc that has been formatted with 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 That Was Formatted With InCD 10 Erasing Data from a Disc That Was Formatted With InCD You can also erase data from a disc that was formatted with InCD just as you would on a hard drive. But there is a slight restriction: Although you can delete files from R discs (writeonce 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.
Keyboard Shortcuts 11 Keyboard Shortcuts The following keyboard shortcuts for entering commands are available in 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 screen of the main window. [Page Down] Opens the next screen of the main window. [Ctrl+K] Opens the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box. [Ctrl+X] Opens/closes the drive tray.
Technical Information 12 Technical Information 12.1 System requirements 12.1.1 Operating Systems Operating systems: Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Server Windows Vista 12.1.2 Hardware CD/DVD recorder that supports write-once and rewritable discs (MMC compliant, multiread RW recorders, recorders supporting MRW (Mt Rainier)). The majority of drives that support the Mount Rainier feature are labeled "EasyWrite." EasyWrite is a registered trademark of Philips. 12.1.
Technical Information You can format write-once discs (R discs) with InCD (full version) and then write to them little by little, according to their capacity. You can also delete files, but this does not free up the associated disc space. In contrast to RW/RE discs, it is not possible to reformat and then rewrite this kind of disc with InCD. A DVD-RAM can contain different types of write protection (cartridge, mediaspecific write protection, etc.).
Glossary 13 Glossary BD-R The BD Recordable write-once data carrier is based on Blu-ray technology and can be obtained in single layer format with 23.3, 25, or 27 GB or in double layer format with 46.6, 50, or 54 GB. BD-RE The BD-Rewritable data carrier is based on Blu-ray technology and can be obtained in single layer format with 23.3 or 25 GB or in double layer format with 46.6 or 50 GB. In comparison to the DVD-/+RW, the BD-RE can be re-written more times and provides increased data integrity.
Glossary DVD-R(W) DVD+/-ReWritable is a rewritable media format. It is fully and directly compatible with DVD players and DVD-ROM drives. DVD-RAM Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory is the first rewritable data carrier format developed. It is characterized by its sectoring, which makes it possible to achieve increased data integrity, quicker formatting, and improved error management in comparison to DVD+/RW.
Glossary MRW The Mount Rainier Rewrite format is an industry standard that must be supported by the drive. The operating system detects a re-written medium in an MRW drive as an unused, fault-free, block-addressable storage location which it can use as a hard disk or floppy disk and can format. This means that any file system (e.g. FAT32 or NTFS) can be used. Packet-writing Packet-writing refers to a procedure for writing to optical media incrementally. An optical medium, e.g.
Index 14 Index A About InCD.............................................. 4 Acessing InCD .................................. 7, 14 C Complete Formatting ............................ 23 Conventions, manual .............................. 4 D Defining InCD preferences.................... 20 Digital signature .................................... 10 Disc Copy to ............................................................ 33 Delete .............................................................. 28 Erase .......
Index Hardware ......................................................... 36 Operating system ............................................ 36 Supported disc formats.................................... 37 Supported discs............................................... 36 U UDF-Format .................................... 23, 26 System requirement_packet-writing software................................................. 36 W Write protection .........................
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