User Manual Ahead Software AG
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1. DVD MRW The disc is ready for you to write to after only 1 to 2 minutes of formatting This means that you can save data to the disc while it is being formatted in the background Please note that you cannot use a high speed disc 4x to 10x or ultra speed disc 8 to 32x in a low speed RW recorder 1x to 4x You cannot run any other commands during the formatting process 1 Insert a disc into the recorder 2 Start Windows Explorer and highlight recorder drive 3 Right click on the mouse and select the InCD Format command from the menu Explore Open Search In_O Erase This opens the formatting dialog and automatically highlights the recorder you selected Working with InCD e 13 Format L Device Format disc MAY O Foma Quick format erase fil le system Uther options Label Ico Verify after format PO 4 If you want to you can enter a name for the disc The name can have a maximum of 11 characters and blank spaces are not permitted 5 You can check the disc after complete reformatting In this case check the Verify after format checkbox Time varies according to disc size 6 Click on the Start button to start the formatting process 7 You will see a formatting complete notice if you checked this option on the menu Formatting L E Format complete 1 _ Do not show in future InCD Working with InCD e 14 3 4 InCD Reformatting If the d2. Ir CD RW PACKET WRITING Ahead Software AG Information on copyright and trade marks The InCD user manual and all its contents are protected by copyright and are the property of Ahead Software All rights reserved This user manual contains material that is protected by internationally valid copyright This manual may not in whole or in part be copied transmitted or otherwise reproduced without the express written permission of Ahead Software AG All trade names and trademarks are the property of the respective owners Ahead Software rejects any claims that transcend the legal guarantee rights Ahead Software AG does not undertake any liability for the correctness of the content of the InCD user manual The contents of the software supplied as well as of the InCD user manual may be changed without prior warning The trademarks mentioned here are only listed for information purposes Copyright 2003 Ahead Software AG REV 1 0 Contents 1 ADOUNC D arias 5 1 1 Information about nee eege E a 5 1 2 Hints on working with InCD aassaasnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne 5 121 Operating SYSIOMS EE 5 1 2 2 Existing packet writing software c cc eccccccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeneeaes 6 1 2 3 CD MRW DVD MRW Mount Hamer 6 1 2 4 UDF reader AVe ee Eege 8 1 2 5 Notes for users ofloCDiI 8 2 SDS CA ACL e EEN 9 2 1 Idee IT de EE H 2 2 IVS CHE d Le EE H 2 3 Uninstalling Jee a 10 3 Working WIA Jee
3. Ejecting 17 E Ejecting CD MRW 17 CD RW 17 DVD RW 17 F Formatting 12 Full formatting 17 Full formatting Format option 17 InCD Deleting 18 Uninstalling 10 Update 9 R Reformatting 15 InCD U Uninstalling InCD 10 Update 9 Index e 24
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5. the software If there is an existing version of InCD installed you can update it by clicking on the Next button 5 Read the license terms and conditions carefully and then choose the option I accept the terms in the preceding license agreement if you agree to the terms of the agreement and then click on the Next button You cannot install InCD unless you agree to the license terms 6 Enter your user name in the User name field If InCD is installed on a company computer you must also enter the company name in the Company name field As the Company name field is obligatory you must enter data in this field We recommend that private users repeat their user name in this field The default installation folder is C Program Files Ahead InCD You can change this folder by clicking on the Change button and entering the folder of your choice When all the details are correct click on the Next button Installation e 9 7 You must restart your computer before you can use InCD Click on the Restart button to restart your computer f you click on the Exit button the installation program will be closed You cannot use InCD until you have restarted your computer 2 3 Uninstalling InCD The uninstall window varies depending on the operating system 1 Choose START gt SETTINGS gt CONTROL PANEL gt ADD REMOVE PROGRAMS 2 Follow the instructions below Select InCD Ahead Software and cli
6. 120 minutes A DVD RW must be completely formatted before you can use it with InCD 3 2 4 DVD RW The disc is ready for you to write to after only 1 to 2 minutes of formatting This means that you can save data to the disc while it is being formatted in the background 3 2 5 DVD MRW The disc is ready for you to write to after only 1 to 2 minutes of formatting This means that you can save data to the disc while it is being formatted in the background 3 3 Formatting You must format unformatted discs before you can use them with InCD In this case only the Format option is available in the InCD Format dialog box Format L Si x Device Format disc MAY Uther options Label mm Verify after format PO InCD treats CD RW CD MRW DVD RW DVD RW and DVD MRW discs differently CD RW Ultra speed discs burning speed 8 32x take about ten minutes to reformat High speed discs 4 10x take about 20 minutes and low speed discs 1 4x around 40 minutes CD MRW The disc is ready for you to write to after only 1 to 2 minutes of InCD Working with InCD e 12 InCD formatting This means that you can save data to the disc while it is being formatted in the background DVD RW Formatting a disc takes about 120 minutes DVD RW The disc is ready for you to write to after only 1 to 2 minutes of formatting This means that you can save data to the disc while it is being formatted in the background
7. Disc type To burn CD MRW discs you need a suitable blank and a recorder which supports this function To burn DVD MRW discs you need a suitable blank and a DVD MRW recorder which supports this function 1 2 3 2 Remapper InCD In order to be able to read discs in Mount Rainier format on other drives which do not support this format CD MRW DVD MRW you need a so called remapper which is automatically installed as part of the InCD installation process You will need to install the remapper separately on other PCs Depending on the operating system you may also have to install InCD You can find the information you need in the following table About InCD e 7 1 2 4 1 2 5 InCD On Windows 98 You need the remapper in order to be able to read CD Windows Me MRW DVD MRW You can download the remapper from Windows 2000 http www nero com Windows XP Windows 95 You cannot read CD MRW DVD MRW using only the Windows NT remapper For these operating systems you must install InCD as well as the remapper UDF reader driver In order to be able to read a disc formatted using InCD on a PC on which InCD is not installed you need a UDF reader driver You can download the driver free of charge from Ahead Software AG s web site at www nero com In order to read DVD RW or DVD RW discs you must have InCD installed and not the UDF driver Note for users of Windows NT4 The current version of the UDF driver does not support
8. Windows NT4 If you are running NT4 you must install InCD instead of the UDF driver Notes for users of InCD 1 3 InCD no longer supports the format used by InCD 1 3 This means that CD RWs which were formatted with InCD 1 3 cannot be read by InCD 2 x or a later version 1 Copy all the data which you have saved using InCD 1 3 to the hard disk 2 Uninstall InCD 1 3 3 Install InCD 2 x or a later version See the chapter Installation In order to reformat with InCD 2 x a CD RW which was originally formatted using InCD 1 3 follow the steps below Erase the CD RW using the InCD Erase command See the chapter Erasing Discs Then format the CD RW with InCD 2 x or a later version See the section Formatting About InCD e 8 2 2 1 2 2 InCD Installation a Introduction InCD is installed using a so called multi installer This means that you click on the corresponding InCD button in the start window to begin the installation The file Setup exe which you need for the installation is in the folder CD InCD Installation To install the software on Windows NT 4 0 or Windows 2000 Windows XP you must have administrator rights 1 Close all the Windows applications which you do not need and close any anti virus software which may be running 2 Put the CD with InCD on it in the CD or DVD drive 3 Click on the InCD area of the start window 4 Click on the Next button to install
9. ck on the appropriate button InCD will be uninstalled immediately without further prompting and all installed drivers will be deleted 3 Close both the open windows InCD Installation e 10 A Working with InCD 3 1 Starting InCD When you start your computer InCD starts automatically There is no link to InCD in the Programs folder The InCD icon appears in the system tray which is usually in the bottom right hand corner of the screen The InCD icon shows information about the CD which is currently in the drive or about the drive itself OH InCD mounted the disc in the DVD CD RW drive Q Ch 3 2 Discs supported by InCD InCD recognized the disc in the DVD CD RW drive but could not mount it InCD mounted the disc in the DVD CD RW drive but access to the disc is read only 3 2 1 CD RW Ultra speed discs burning speed 8 32x take about ten minutes to reformat High speed discs 4 10x take about 20 minutes and low speed discs 1 4x around 40 minutes A CD RW must be completely formatted before you can use it with InCD You need an ultra speed drive to burn ultra speed discs You cannot use ultra y speed discs on a high or low speed drive 3 2 2 CD MRW The disc is ready for you to write to after only 1 to 2 minutes of formatting This means that you can save data to the disc while it is being formatted in the background InCD Working with InCD e 11 3 2 3 DVD RW Formatting a disc takes about
10. cters and blank spaces are not permitted 6 Click on the Start button to start the formatting process 7 You will see a formatting complete notice if you checked this option Formatting L e Fomat complete UL Do not show in future Ejecting a disc InCD treats CD RW DVD RW CD MRW DVD RW and DVD MRW discs differently Please refer to the appropriate section below Ejecting a CD RW DVD RW and DVD RW You can eject a formatted CD RW DVD RW using the Eject command in InCD or the button on the RW drive 1 Select a method of ejecting the disc 2 Take the disc out of the recorder and close the tray You can also eject the disc from Windows Explorer To do this you must select the drive right click on it and choose the Eject command Ejecting a CD MRW and DVD MRW You can eject a CD MRW or DVD MRW which is not yet fully formatted using the Eject command in InCD or the button on the drive 1 Select a method of ejecting and a dialog appears telling you that the process will take about one minute InCD Warning on Drive L Writing data to disc This should take less than 60 seconds 2 Take the MRW disc out of the recorder and close the tray You can also eject the disc from Windows Explorer To do this you must select the drive right click on it and choose the Eject command Working with InCD e 17 3 6 Copying to a disc formatted using InCD You can use a disc formatted with I
11. e to execute commands About Options Right click the mouse in Windows Explorer on the recorder drive to open a context menu provided a rewritable disc is inserted There are three commands for use with InCD To avoid confusion the others are not shown In _O Format In OD Erase Eject 4 2 About The About command displays information about the version of InCD which is currently installed 4 3 Help The Help command opens the InCD help file InCD Commands e 20 4 4 Options The Options command opens the InCD program settings window The top of the window contains the settings for InCD The bottom is for your information Inco Options Program options Launch Intl when blank diac inserted Hide tray icon MAY Format all drives Do not show Format complete message Language Cancel To save the changes you have made click on the Apply button and the dialog box will close To close the dialog box without saving the changes click on the Cancel button Program area Program options Launch InCD when blank dise inserted Hide tray icon MAM Format all drives Do not show Format complete message Language area Language InCD If this checkbox is activated InCD will start automatically when you put a blank disc in the drive Default If this checkbox is deactivated the InCD icon appears in the system tray Default If the checkbox is ac
12. hat you can save data to the disc while it is being formatted in the background Please note that you cannot use a high speed disc 4x to 10x or ultra speed disk 8 to 32x in a low speed RW recorder 1x to 4x Working with InCD e 15 If you format a disc which already contains data the existing data is deleted which means that the full capacity of the disc is available If a disc has been rewritten several times in some cases the formatting process g may be interrupted because of errors In this case we recommend erasing the disc using Nero To do this choose the Erase CD RW option from the Recorder menu and choose Full erase rewritable media as the erase method Depending on the recorder and the disc the erase process will last between 10 and 20 minutes You cannot run any other commands during the formatting process 1 Insert a formatted disc into the recorder 2 Start Windows Explorer and highlight recorder drive 3 Right click mouse and select the InCD Format command from the menu Explore Open Search In_O Erase 4 The formatting dialog opens and automatically highlights the drive with the recorder you selected Format L Device Format disc MAY Quick format erase file system Other options Label PO InCD Working with InCD e 16 3 9 3 5 1 V 3 5 2 InCD 5 If you want to you can enter a name for the disc The name can have a maximum of 11 chara
13. isc has already been formatted you do not necessarily have to do a complete reformat You can also do a quick format This means that the disc is only logically formatted The data on the disc is not deleted only the information about the data on the disc The disc appears to contain no data although this is not the case As it is possible for an expert to restore the data this formatting method should not be used for discs containing confidential data The post format check option is not available after reformatting Format L Device Format disc MAY Format Close Duck format erase file system Uther options Label PO InCD treats differently CD RW CD MRW DVD RW DVD RW DVD MRW CD RW CD MRW DVD RW DVD RW and DVD MRW discs Ultra speed discs burning speed 8 32x take about one minute to reformat High speed discs 4 10x take about 1 minute and low speed discs 1 4x around 5 minutes The disc is ready for you to write to after only 1 to 2 minutes of reformatting This means that you can save data to the disc while it is being formatted in the background Reformatting a disc takes about 120 minutes The disc is ready for you to write to after only 1 to 2 minutes of reformatting This means that you can save data to the disc while it is being formatted in the background The disc is ready for you to write to after only 1 to 2 minutes of reformatting This means t
14. nCD in the same way as a hard disc or diskette This means that you can copy data onto the disc simply by using drag and drop or retrieve documents stored in other applications 1 Insert a formatted disc into the recorder 2 Open Windows Explorer select the data you want to copy and drag and drop it onto the recorder s drive icon Or retrieve the documents from the other applications o You can only copy data to a rewritable DVD using a DVD recorder 3 7 Erasing Discs Erasing a rewritable disc is not like deleting data from a diskette or hard disc Erasing a disc also removes the formatting leaving the disc completely blank These means it can be burned using Nero or otherwise 1 Insert a rewritable disc into the recorder 2 Start Windows Explorer and select recorder drive 3 Right click mouse and select InCD Erase command from menu Expand Explore Open Search Int Format noes O 4 The formatting dialog opens and automatically selects the drive with selected recorder InCD Working with InCD e 18 Erase L Device Erase disc Gei Erase Quick erase 5 Select the desired method of erasing and click on the Start button You can only delete data from a rewritable DVD using a DVD recorder InCD Working with InCD e 19 4 Commands 4 1 Introduction You can right click the mouse on the InCD symbol in the System Tray to open a context menu Select and click with the mous
15. ows XP Disc type Rewritable disc CD RW DVD RW DVD RW 1 Note for users of Windows 95 98 Me InCD is not compatible with the Adaptec CD Burning Plug in which is installed as part of Windows Media Player 7 x Please uninstall the plug in using Add Remove Programs from the Control Panel Q To Windows XP users If InCD causes a serious error you can send the error message to Microsoft Microsoft forwards it to Ahead Software so that our software developers can analyze the error and improve the software Thank you for your support InCD About InCD e 5 1 2 2 1 2 3 InCD Microsoft Windows The system has recovered from a serious error A log of this eror has been created Please tell Microsoft about this problem We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Microsoft Windows Wie will treat this report as confidential and ANONYMOUS To see what data this error report contains click here Send Error Report Existing packet writing software InCD can handle discs formatted by other packet writing software However InCD is not compatible with other packet writing software You must uninstall any other packet writing packages before you install InCD Before the installation commences InCD checks the installed applications and exits the set up procedure if it finds another packet writing program A window is displayed with a message explaining this CD MRW DVD MRW Mount Rainie
16. r You can only format discs in Mount Rainier format if you have a recorder which supports this format To format discs in the so called MRW Mount Rainier format using InCD you must check the corresponding check box The RW disc will then become a MRW disc Drives which do not support MRW format can only read these discs with a remapper see the section Remapper The check box is in the InCD Options dialog box and is only visible if the recorder supports this function There is more information about this in the section Options About InCD ep a Inco Options Program options Launch Te D when blank diac inserted Hide tray icon MR Format all drives Do not show Format complete message Language ER You can find additional information about Mount Rainier at http Awww mt rainier org In contrast to CD RW and DVD RW discs MRW discs can be written to after only about two minutes of formatting This does not mean that the MRW is fully formatted after two minutes but simply that it is formatted sufficiently for you to be able to write data to it The remainder of the formatting goes on in the background when you copy additional data to the MRW disc It begins at the point where the last formatting process ended You can only write data in MRW format with drives which support this format You must also ensure that the MRW Format all drives checkbox is checked This is the default option 1 2 3 1
17. tivated discs on all MRW compatible drives will also be formatted as MRW Default The checkbox appears grey i e deactivated if no MRW compatible recorder is installed If this checkbox is deactivated a message is displayed to indicate when the formatting process is complete Default InCD is always installed in the language of the operating system This area shows for information only the language in which InCD was installed Commands e 21 4 5 Format InCD The InCD Format command opens the Format dialog box We will not repeat the information about formatting rewritable discs in this chapter You will find detailed information in the sections Formatting and Reformatting Format L Device Format disc MAY e Format C Duck format erase file system Uther options Label wn Options Eject 4 6 Delete InCD The InCD Delete command opens the delete dialog We will not repeat the information about erasing rewritable discs in this chapter There is full information in the section Erasing Discs InCD Commands e 22 Erase L Device Erase disc Gei Erase Quick erase 4 7 Eject The Eject command causes the disc in the drive to be ejected You will find more detailed information in the section Eiechng a disc InCD Commands e 23 5 Index C CD MRW Ejecting 17 CD RW Ejecting 17 Command Eject 23 Copying Disc 18 D Disc Copying to 18 DVD RW
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