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HP 7570e User's Manual

1. For Windows 95 and Windows 98 The Disaster Recovery process for Windows 95 and Windows 98 takes placein DOS A series of screens will appear in DOS and prompt you to insert the media from your Disaster Recovery Set What is DOS DOSis a simple operating system that resides on your Windows 95 98 Startup Disk To recover your data You should first decide if another recovery method is possible For example if the problem appears to be associated with the Windows operating system such as acorrupt registry try to recover by following Recovering Y our Data 10 5 the steps outlined in your Microsoft Windows User s Manual before attempting the following procedures If you have determined that a hard drive failure has occurred proceed to Step 2 Replace any damaged hard drives with comparable drives In order to recover all of your information HP Disaster Recovery must have at least as much hard disk space as existed before the drive failure Insert the Windows Startup Disk diskette 1 of the DR Set into the 3 5 floppy drive from which your computer boots and restart your computer A DOS screen appears If aWindows Startup Diskette 2 was created not all systems require the creation of this diskette insert Diskette 2 into the 3 5 floppy drive from which your computer will boot At the prompt type A README then press Enter The README TXT appears After reading the text press Alt H
2. m Point to Tools amp Information m Point to Utilities m Click Uninstall 2 Select the CD Writer Plus drive s program s that you wish to remove 3 Click the Finish button The software is removed including all related entries in your system registry Moving CD W riter Plus to Another Computer 1 13 Moving CD Writer Plus to Another Computer A CAUTION The CD W riter Plus contains sensitive high precision optical equipment Dropping or shaking the CD W riter Plus may cause damage to these sensitive components Please be careful when handling your drive You can disconnect the CD Writer Plus drive and move it to another computer as long as the other computer meets the Minimum System Requirements on page A 1 The CD Writer Plus drive can be used by only one computer at a time Do not try to use the CD Writer Plus drive on more than one machine by attaching it to a switch box To disconnect the CD Writer Plus drive In Windows NT go to step 2 In Windows 95 or Windows 98 click on the Connect or Disconnect external drive icon on the desktop i et Select Shuttle EPAT External ATAPI Adapter then click Disconnect Unplug the CD Writer Plus s power supply from the outlet or power strip The power plug and outlet may look different in your country a SI Zu D NOTE Thereis no power switch on the CD W riter Plus drive or power supply You may safely unplug the power supply without damage to
3. 2 Select New CD Layout from the File menu or open an existing CD layout 3 Click the Audio CD Layout tab ef Untitled Easy CD Creator File Edit View Disc Tools Track Help Dlslal S silo far gt la amp Als Desk ame E pe ___ Nodfed My Computer System Folder 3 Floppy A System Folder CC System Folder 0 i System Folder Track 2 Track 02 from Aoo a 1 Vha nine able for additional audio tracks 69 11 Audio CD HP CD Writer 4020 4 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 Insert the source CD which contains the songs you want to record in your CD Writer Plus NOTE You can record directly from a CD ROM drive only if it supports digital audio extraction See Recording from a CD ROM Drive in the Easy CD Creator Online Help 5 In the Windows Explorer section of the window select the drive where the source CD is located to view the list of songs on the original CD 6 Drag the songs that you want to record from Windows Explorer to the Audio CD Layout window To change the name of a song see Renaming Songs
4. When the next screen appears select the files and folders you want to copy to the disc and click Add Now The graph bar in the lower part of the screen indicates how much space is left on the disc When you are done adding files click Next The Test Before Writing window appears Click Next then click Finish on the Ready to Create CD window to create the CD The testing and copying process may take a long time if you are copying many folders and files When the testing and copying process is completed eject the CD from the drive NOTE These instructions describe the simplest most direct way to createa data disc with Easy CD Creator Other options are also available such as re arranging the folder file structure after you have selected the files to copy to the CD See the Easy CD Creator online help for more information sap 23a buie w S waqydey5 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 Technical information including product literature answers to commonly asked questions information on software upgrades and other topics is available electronically through the following m Adaptec World Wide Web WWW site at http www
5. Control Panel Simple Trax Index icon E Simple Trax Index Se Network Neighborhood gf Recycle Bin My Briefcase 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 This nameis used in the HP Simple Trax Index for identification Be sure to write the same name on the CD label with a felt tip pen 5 HP Simple Trax will now copy the selected file s and folder s to the CD in your CD Writer Plus and place information about the files into the Simple Trax Index Automatically Copying Files to CD You can have Simple Trax automatically copy files to CD for you You specify how often once a day once a week whatever schedule you choose you can also specify the types of files to copy For example you could set up a schedule for Simple Trax to copy all your spreadsheet files each Monday at noon Then just leave your computer on with aCD in the drive and Simple Trax will take it from there XEL S GWIS dH YUM yse4 sajl4 Puly 6 48 deyD Automatically Copying Files to CD Preparing a CD for Automatic Operations For a Simple Trax session to run unattended you will need to havea CD that is formatted and has a name for use in HP Simple Trax To prepare the CD you will m Format it m Use Simple Trax to copy at least one file so you can give the CD a name for use in the Simple Trax program To prepare a CD for automatic
6. delivered and licensed as commercial computer software as defined in DFARS 252 227 7013 Oct 1988 DFARS 252 211 7015 May 1991 or DFARS 252 227 7014 Jun 1995 asa commercial item as defined in FAR 2 101 a or as xiv Restricted computer software as defined in FAR 52 227 19 Jun 1987 or any equivalent agency regulation or contract clause whichever is applicable You have only those rights provided for such Software and any accompanying documentation by the applicable FAR or DFARS clause or the HP standard software agreement for the product involved Chapter 1 Connecting CD Writer Plus and Installing Software What s in Your Package Make sure you have the items shown below Keep the packaging in case you need to transport the CD Writer Plus drive Software installation CDs HP SureStore CD Writer Plus drive installation diskette 1 1 WM JeMYOS masu pue Snid Je d2 buip uuop T saydeyD pul 1 2 Connecting CD W riter Connecting CD Writer A CAUTION The CD W riter Plus drive contains sensitive high precision optical equipment Dropping or shaking the CD W riter Plus drive may cause damage to these sensitive components Please be careful when handling your drive NOTE Refer to the manual that came with your computer if you need more information than what is provided here WARNING DO NOT under any circumstances open the external CD W riter Plus drive s case If
7. then press X to exit the editor It may be necessary to prepare your hard disk using the following tools which are located on the Disaster Recovery Diskette m FDISK Re partitions your hard disk m FORMAT Formats one or more partitioned drives m SYS Installsthe system boot files onto the hard disk NOTE For instructions on the use of these utilities please refer to your operating system user manual or contact Microsoft At the prompt type A RECOVER and press Enter Your DR files will be copied from the diskette to your hard drive The following message should appear Please insert Disaster Recovery CD 1 into your HP CD Writer Plus Insert Disaster Recovery CD 1 into your HP CD Writer Plus drive then press Enter deyo J NO02 Y 4eqsesiq dH OT 40 10 6 10 11 Recovering Y our Data NOTE If your Disaster Recovery Set consists of morethan oneCD you will be prompted to insert each of the CDs in the order they were created The following message should appear Test successful To continue your recovery select RECOVER If you are testing select EXIT To continue recovering your system press F5 Or To exit the Disaster Recovery process press F10 remove any diskettes or CDs from your drive s and restart your computer WARNING If you arejust performing a test of your Disaster Recovery Set the test is now complete Do not continue past this step Pl
8. 13 3 2 system requirements A 1 T temp directory changing location 8 4 temperature specifications A 6 test options CD Copier 8 3 text attributes changing 7 6 defining 7 5 track column lists 7 7 track titles arranging 7 7 track at once mode 8 1 tracks combining with wave files 6 2 transfer rate A 1 A 2 A 4 tray opening and closing 2 1 2 2 troubleshooting audio distortion 3 3 cable connections 1 8 1 9 1 10 3 1 3 2 compatibility problems 3 7 copying from CD to CD 3 3 Customer Support B 1 hardware connections 1 8 1 9 1 10 3 1 3 2 inserting CDs 2 2 IRQ conflict A 3 not recognizing CD Writer drive 1 11 1 12 parallel port configuration 1 10 1 11 1 11 1 12 A 3 power supply 1 12 printing 1 11 3 7 reading error 3 5 returning your CD Writer drive B 6 video distortion 3 4 3 4 writing to CD 3 4 types of CDs that can be copied 8 1 U uninstalling 1 12 V vibration specifications A 6 video card 3 4 3 4 video distortion 3 4 3 4 viewing jewel case inserts 7 2 volume control 3 3 W wave files 3 3 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 copying filesin Simple Trax 9 5 making music CDs 6 3 write once CDs 2 3 3 4 3 5 A 5 writing to CD 3 3 3 4 power loss 3 6 power loss while writing 2 4 speed 3 5 A 3 A 4 Index 7 xopuj ENGLISH 7500e 7510e EXTERNAL USER S GUIDE
9. DEL while writing to the CD see page 3 6 Hard Drive Compression Software see page 3 7 Achieving optimal performance see page 3 7 Printer Status M onitor Software see page 3 7 Common Symptoms and Solutions 3 3 m Known Compatibility Problems see page 3 7 m Finding the CD Writer Plus driver files see page 3 8 Copying directly from one CD to another doesn t work WARNING Only reproduce material for which you own the copyright or have obtained permission to copy from the copyright owner Unless you own the copyright or have permission to copy from the copyright owner you may be violating copyright law and be subject to payment of damages and other remedies If you are uncertain about your rights contact your legal advisor m Some CD ROMs will not allow direct copying to the CD Writer Plus drive or are not capable of digital audio extraction m You must have either a SCSI 2 CD ROM drive see the drive s guide for information or a supported ATAPI CD ROM drive as your source m Some CDs have a copy prevention feature or other features that do not allow a CD to CD copy Audio sounds poor m If your printer is attached to the CD Writer Plus drive printing documents while playing audio CDs will yield unpredictable results and is not a supported CD Writer Plus drive function This is because the printer and CD Writer Plus drive are sharing the same data cable m Makesurethe audio connectors are completely plugged in
10. Import from the HP Simple Trax menu The Import Wizard appears Follow the instructions on the screen The import process can take anywhere from a couple of minutes to over an hour The duration of the operation depends mainly on the type of computer you have and the number of files on the CD Event Logs 9 19 Event Logs An event log is automatically created every time a Simple Trax operation runs such as aretrieve import or scheduled copy Look at the event log for additional information if an error message appears during an operation To view an Event Log Point to Start then to Programs HP CD Writer Plus then to HP Simple Trax and click HP Simple Trax Control Panel The Control Panel Screen appears Click on the Event Log tab towards the top of the screen Highlight the event log you want to see and click on View To delete an event log Highlight the event log you want to delete and click Delete NOTE When you delete an event log it cannot be restored Changing the Index Display You can view the index by folder or by CD The initial setting is to display the contents of aCD by folders To change the way the index is displayed Run Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button pointing to Programs and clicking Windows Explorer Click on the Simple Trax Index icon You may need to scroll down to see it From the View menu highlight HP Simple Trax View Options then click on either By
11. Set is damaged some of the data on that media may not be recoverable Any files that could not be recovered due to damaged media will be listed in the Report file To recover these files close all running applications and use an older Disaster Recovery Set to perform another recovery Damaged hard drive If the hard drive you are recovering to is damaged some files may not be recoverable Any files that could not be recovered due to a damaged hard drive will be listed in the Report file Replace or fix the current hard drive and perform another Disaster Recovery Not Enough Disk Space to Restore In order for HP Disaster Recovery to recover all of your information there must be at least as much disk space on the hard drive to which you are recovering as existed on the hard drive from which you created your DR Set If your current drive does not contain enough disk space certain files will be listed as not having been recovered To perform a complete recovery Re partition your hard drive s to accommodate your data and perform another Disaster Recovery Or Replace your current hard drive with a larger hard drive and perform another Disaster Recovery Appendix A Technical Specifications Minimum System Requirements Your computer should meet or exceed these requirements IBM or compatible Pentium 133 Mhz processor or above Microsoft Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 NOTE For Windows NT Service Pack 3
12. Siempie Teac Add Custom File Type Add a cuian ype to the He ype bet by tiling in the neki below Erte a dor descnplion kearpk My lipotant Docura nts fwad Fag Ertei bt of fle edemicat separated by commas essnple doc bnp eich fran po cmon amp est 4 Typethename of the category in the description field Next typethefile extensions in the lower window separated by commas Do not type the period before the extensions This example shows the group Web Pages that includes the file extensions html and jpg When you re finished click on Add Type The Selection screen will reappear To Verify Your Schedule Settings 1 Click the Start button and point to Programs then to HP CD Writer Plus then to HP Simple Trax and click HP Simple Trax Control Panel The Control Panel screen appears 2 Click on the Selection and Schedule tabs towards the top of the screen to view your current settings To Change a Schedule 1 Click the Start button and point to Programs then to HP CD Writer Plus then to HP Simple Trax and select HP Simple Trax Control Panel The Control Panel screen appears 2 Click the Schedule tab The Schedule screen appears XEL S GWIS dH YUM yse4 sajl4 Puly 6 Jodeyy 9 10 Browsing Your Simple Trax CDs To changea schedule Click the box next to the day you want to a scheduled operation to run then adjust the time you want to copy the files When you are finished making changes click on the
13. Type A SETUP whereA is your floppy drive s letter and press ENTER The parallel port driver files are installed This may take several minutes and your mouse cursor will not move 4 If prompted to do so reboot your computer 5 Insert the CD labeled Software Disc 1 into your new CD Writer Plus drive 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 6 Click on theInstall CD Writer Plus icon Follow the instructions on the screen If You Have Problems Thingsto Try First m Make sure the computer and each device is plugged in and turned on m Does your computer meet the minimum system requirements listed in Minimum System Requirements on page A 1 m Turn off the computer s power wait 20 seconds then turn it on again Unplug the CD Writer Plus drive and plug it in again This is called cycling power SU1EMJJOS HM peasy pue Snid Je qI bulyeuuo T saydeyD Bul 1 10 If You Have Problems m Disconnect all the cables look for and straighten any pins and then reconnect the cables Sometimes just reconnecting a cable aligns it correctly or adjuststhe pin connections fixing a faulty connection m Check thelist of known compatibility problems on page 3 7 and in the Readme file m Makesurethat thereisno switch box anywhere in the CD Writer Plus drive s cabling configu
14. adaptec com m TheAdaptec Software Products Group can be found on several CD ROM CD R and CD publishing newsgroups and lists on the Internet For customer support information refer to Appendix B Customer Support 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 CDscan 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 You can use Easy CD Creator to m Compile audio CDs of your favorite music m Make CDs from Wave wav files on your hard drive Starting Easy CD Creator 1 Start up your computer 2 Insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc in the CD Writer Plus After a few seconds a screen will appear which asks you to Please select the type of CD you wish to create NOTE If no screen appears 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 W indows 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 Double click the icon for t
15. d2 b uip uuop T saqydeyD 1 8 If You Have Problems If You Have Problems After connecting your CD Writer Plus drive and turning on your computer the computer should start boot as it normally does If it does not check the following items Is the computer power plugged in Is each device plugged in and turned on Are all cables properly plugged into the back of your computer and the CD Writer Plus drive Try turning off your computer Wait at least 20 seconds before turning it back on Installing the Software for Windows 95 98 or Windows NT 4 0 After the CD Writer Plus drive is attached to your computer you are ready to install the application software If your computer DOES have a CD ROM drive 1 Insert the CD labeled Software Disc 1 into your CD ROM drive not the CD Writer Plus drive The main menu appears O CORE Erpanding Possibilities Click the Install CD Writer Plus icon oO If You Have Problems If the main menu does not appear automatically click on the Start button on the task bar select Run typeD SETUP where D is your CD drive s letter then click on OK 2 Click on theInstall CD Writer Plus icon Follow the instructions on the screen If your computer DOES NOT have a CD ROM drive 1 To get your CD Writer Plus started right away insert the diskette labeled Driver Installation into your floppy drive 2 Click the Start button on the task bar select Run 3
16. for more information about the formatting options NOTE Data is safe if you write it to the disc while HP fast format takes place in the background HP fast format will NOT overwrite this data because the data is written to sections of the disc that have already been formatted When the Name Your Disc screen appears type a name for the disc and click Finish Disc formatting begins When the DirectCD Disc Ready window appears the formatting is complete NOTE Formatted CD RW discs have about 530 MB of available space while formatted CD R discs can store up to 618 MB of data Click OK The DirectCD disc is ready for you to write data to it sap 23a buie w S waqydey5 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 m Drag and drop files from Windows Explorer onto the CD Writer Plus icon m Select Save As from a Windows 95 Windows 98 NT application File menu and select the drive letter of your CD Writer Plus m Usethe Send To command m UseMS DOS command prompts from a DOS window in Windows 95 NT Ejecting a DirectCD Disc DirectCD gives you various formatting options when you eject a DirectCD disc from the CD Writer Plus The options depend on what kind of disc DirectCD detects in the drive and how you want to use the disc To eject a DirectCD disc follow these steps 1 Push the ee
17. graphic you want and click Insert 6 Move or resize the graphic as required NOTE See the Adding Graphics topic in Easy CD Creator online Help for information on editing and moving objects 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 Deleting tracks while preparing to make an audio CD may cause blank rows to appear in the tracks list of the Jewel Case Layout tab Therefore if you make changes to the track list that affect the position of the tracks on the Jewel Case Layout window Easy CD Creator asks if you want the tracks automatically repositioned TheJewe Case Layout tab provides some commands that let you create columns of track information display the length and number of each track and automatically position tracks on the layout The following sections describe different ways you can arrange the tracks in theJewel Case Layout Creating Track Column Lists You can arrange the track information boxes m Randomly by dragging them to new positionsin theJewel Case Layout window or m In alinear list with one or two columns To create a track list m Select One Column or Two Column from the Text menu sleqe7 pue syesu buge w Z Jeqdeys 7 8 How to Makea Jewel Case Insert or a Label Disp
18. have previously saved m Select Open CD Layout from the File menu Easy CD Creator displaysthe contents of the layout Playing Music CDs Usethe Windows CD Player to listen to music CDs To do this follow these steps 1 Insert the music CD in your computer s CD ROM drive 2 Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar then move the mouse pointer over Programs Accessories and Multimedia 3 Select CD Player The CD Player window appears 4 Click the start button to start playing the music CD 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 Technical information including product literature answers to commonly asked questions information on software upgrades and other topics is available electronically through the following m Adaptec World Wide Web WWW site at http www adaptec com m TheAdaptec Software Products Group can be found on several CD ROM CD R and CD publishing newsgroups and lists on the Internet For customer support information refer to Appendix B Customer Support Chapter 7 Making Inserts and Labels A jewel case insert is a cover you can print and insert in the CD s jewel case the plastic case t
19. manage and find your files on CD HP Simple Trax is the answer What Simple Trax Can Do for You Automatic file backup to CD Simple Trax has a Wizard to help you easily configure the software to automatically copy filesto CD on the days and times you choose Find Files Fast on your CDs Even if the CD is not in the drive Simple Trax keeps the contents of all your Simple Trax CDs close at hand in an index you access in Windows Explorer You can find the files you want quickly even if you ve forgotten what you named them because Simple Trax makes it easy to see what your files contain Just hold your mouse over a filename and Simple Trax gives you summaries of text and small versions thumbnails of graphic files Keep track of several CDs easily The contents of all your Simple Trax CDs are easily browsed through Windows Explorer Give You Peace of Mind Have comfort knowing that once you save your files HP Simple Trax will show you the contents of the files and where to find them Simple Trax even maintains previous versions of your files and can quickly recover them should the need arise 9 1 XEL S GWIS dH YM yse4 sajl4 puly 6 4a deyD Copying Files to CD Copying Files to CD You can copy files to CD several ways with Simple Trax You can copy them to CD from Windows Explorer or you can set up Simple Trax to copy files at scheduled times The schedule can be set using the Wizard or if you want to use more advance
20. or greater is required 32 MB RAM Hard drive with at least 528 MB storage capacity 35 MB free hard drive space for installing the software described in the User s Guide High speed parallel port EPP or ECP set to IRQ 7 and I O address 378 or IRQ 5 and I O address 278 In Windows 95 98 to check the configuration settings of your parallel port Right click on the My Computer icon Select Properties Select the Device M anager tab Double click Ports COM amp LPT Highlight Printer Port Click on the Properties button Select the Resources tab Look at the numbers listed for Input Output Range I O and Interrupt Request IRQ If the numbers need to be changed see the documentation that came with your computer A 1 suolqesyinads jedluudel Y Xipueddy A 2 W hat Affects System Performance If your driver installation diskette is lost or damaged To create a driver installation diskette insert Software Disc 1 into the CD ROM drive From the main menu click Browse this CD Double click the CopyDisk folder and then double click Copydisk exe Select the Driver Installation Diskette option and follow the instructions What Affects System Performance How well your computer functions with the CD Writer Plus drive particularly how fast it writes data to a CD depends on a number of factors Some of these factors are listed below m Processor CPU The type and speed of your processor gr
21. rewritable 2 2 A 5 searching files in Simple Trax 9 11 selecting 2 2 supported by CD Writer drive A 4 viewing contents in Simple Trax 9 10 write once 2 3 3 5 A 5 CD Writer drive audio cable 1 7 1 14 changing drive letter 3 6 compatibility problems 3 7 connecting 1 1 1 15 connecting to another computer 1 13 1 14 Customer Support B 1 data cable 1 6 1 14 dimensions A 6 disconnecting 1 13 1 14 driver files 3 8 identifying drive letter 2 4 installing application software 1 8 1 12 model number B 2 not recognized 3 6 optimizing performance 3 7 A 3 package contents 1 1 performance A 2 A 3 A 4 performance enhancement 3 5 power supply 1 2 power switch 1 3 1 13 printer cable 1 14 returning B 6 selecting CDs 2 2 serial number B 2 sharing parallel port with printer 1 4 1 5 3 3 supported discs A 4 system requirements A 1 using earphones or speakers 3 3 changing song order 6 8 changing text attributes 7 6 cleaning CD Writer drive 2 4 compatibility A 1 compatibility problems 3 7 compatible parallel port 3 5 A 2 A 3 compression software 3 7 computer identifying model B 2 processor speed A 1 A 2 system requirements A 1 connecting audio cable 1 7 CD Writer drive 1 1 1 15 CD Writer drive to another computer 1 13 1 14 data cable 1 6 power cord 1 2 connector audio 1 7 parallel port 1 4 1 6 printer port 1 4 contacting Customer Support B 1 contents package 1 1 copy prevention feature 3 3 copying audio CDs 8 1 Direc
22. the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interferencein a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures m Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna m Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver m Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected m Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by Hewlett Packard could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC rules To maintain compliance with FCC rules and regulations use properly shielded cables with this device Notice for Canada This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the radio interference regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le pr sent appareil num rique n m
23. the types of CDs that can be copied and includes some notes about making backup copies Type of CD Notes Audio or If you are using a drive other than a CD Writer Plus CD Extra you need a source CD ROM drive capable of reading audio digitally Not all drives support digital audio extraction See Testing Your System Configuration in the CD Copier online help CD Copier tests your drive to determine its capabilities when the source CD is inserted NOTE CD Copier supports copying CDs in Track at Once mode This means that there will be two seconds of silence between tracks 8 1 sad udo g 4aqdeuD 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 havea 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 Video CD Requires a source CD ROM drive that can read CD ROM XA Most current drives support this Starting CD Copier Follow these steps to start CD Copier 1 Start up your computer 2 Insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc in the CD Writer Plus After a few seconds a screen will appear which asks you to Please select the type of CD
24. 60271 Other locations in Europe toll line 31 0 20 681 5792 HP Customer Support Asia Pacific Australi asias anng ana a a eee 03 9272 2627 CHING ching a en en E A 010 6564 5735 Japans nase aaa 3 3335 8622 Kordel 02 769 0543 New Zealand 0 000 seen nennen 09 356 6642 ANGEBOTE ee en 65 291 7251 TAIWAN atic Aa nn acme 02 719 5589 E mail 0 00 ee aus SureStore_Support hp com FTP Sit 2 rennt im ftp hp com LOGINS Seren een anonymous Password un ken Your email address Directory pub information_storage surestore cd writer_plus Telephone For telephone number updates http www hp com cpso support guide psd cscinfo html USA Support available 24 hours a day 7 days a week Literature and dealer referral 970 635 1500 During warranty period Technical support 2 2 2 nennen 970 635 1500 B 5 After warranty period charges begin only when you connect to a Support Technician prices are subject to change without notice Technical Support 22222 rennen 800 810 0130 Per incident fee of 25 US dollars charged to Visa MasterCard or American Express U S only Technical Support 900 555 1800 2 50 per minute maximum of 25 You must be 18 years of age or have parental permission to call 900 numbers Use these Technical Support numbers during and after your warranty period No charge for technical support during warranty period Per in
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26. A Telephone 970 635 1500 November 2 1998 Todd Hammel Manufacturing M anager viii DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY according to ISO IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014 Manufacturer s Name Hewlett Packard Company Colorado Personal Storage Solutions Division Manufacturer s Address 800 S Taft Ave Loveland Colorado 80537 declares that the product Product Name HP SureStore CD Writer Plus 7500e 7510e Product Number C4413A C4412A Product Options All conforms to the following Product Specifications EN60950 A4 1995 Safety EN60825 1 1994 CISPR 22 1993 EN 55022 1994 Class B EMC EN 50082 1 1992 IEC 801 2 1991 4kV CD 8kV AD IEC 801 3 1984 3V m IEC 801 4 1988 1kV Power Lines 0 5kV Signal Lines ENV 50140 1993 3V m EN 61000 3 2 1995 Class D FCC Part 15 Class B AS NZS 3548 1995 IEC 555 2 Supplementary Information The product herewith complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and carries the CE mark accordingly November 2 1998 Todd Hammel Manufacturing Manager European contact Your local Hewlett Packard Sales and Service Office or Hewlett Packard GmbH Department HQ TRE Herrenberger Stra e 130 D 71034 B blingen FAX 49 7031 143143 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
27. Add to Schedule button To remove a schedule highlight the item on the right side of the screen then click on Remove from Schedule If you want to make changes to the items you ve selected to be copied click on the Selection tab towards the top of the screen Select or deselect items you want to include or exclude When you are finished making changes click OK Browsing Your Simple Trax CDs You can view the files that are on your Simple Trax CDs from Windows Explorer If you are looking for a specific file follow the directions in the section Finding Files On Your CD on page 9 11 Run Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button pointing to Programs and clicking Windows Explorer Double click on the Simple Trax Index icon on the left side of the Windows Explorer window You may need to scroll down to see it The contents of the index appear in the right side of the Windows Explorer window Finding Files On Your CD 9 11 3 Point to afilenamein the index If it isa graphic file you will see a thumbnail preview of the file If it is a text file you ll see a short summary of the file s contents Ai mDosig75 gif Thumbnail preview of the file mundo gif Finding Files On Your CD It is easy to locate files on your Simple Trax CDs You can search by keywords dates filename and file type To find a fileon your CD 1 Run Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button pointing to Pr
28. CD or By Folder Choosing By CD will display the contents of your index by the CD on which the files are located Choosing By Folder will display the contents of your index by folders XEL B GWIS dH YUM yse4 sajl4 Puly 6 Jodeyy 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 at the time you created your Disaster Recovery Set Getting Started The first step in securing the data on your system is creating the Disaster Recovery DR Set The DR Set will contain the information necessary to recover your system A new DR Set should be created when new hardware or software has been added to your system or if many changes have been made to your files since the last DR Set was created The Disaster Recovery Wizard will guide you through the steps required to create the DR Set with easy to follow instructions for protecting your valuable data Once the DR Set has been created it will allow you to recover your system should your hard drive fail even if your Windows operating system will not start When you install HP Disaster Recovery the program and its folder are added to the Windows Start Menu 10 1 deyo AJaA0D3
29. D Layout tab 4 Select the Wave files you want to record from Explorer and drag them to the Audio CD Layout window 5 To change the name of the song s see Renaming Songs in Your CD Layout on page 6 8 saD 3SN W Bumen 9 4eydeuD 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 NOTE To make a jewel case insert that lists the artist CD title and songs see Chapter 7 Making Inserts and Labels Pre recording Audio Tracks to Wave Files Pre recording audio tracks to Wave files on your hard drive is a way to m Minimize swapping CDsin and out of your drive if you want to make more than one copy or if you have only a CD Writer Plus drive m Add sound effects to customize any song on theCD using a third party sound editor m Improve the sound quality if your CD recording system is less than optimal You can pre record one Wavefile at atime To prerecord a Wavefile from an existing CD follow these steps 1 Insert the source CD which contains the song you want to pre record to your hard
30. D 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 Select the destination drive that contains the blank CD This is your CD Writer Plus 3 Make changes if any in the Advanced tab settings See CD Copier Advanced Tab Settings on page 8 4 4 Select one of the following options m Test Select this option to perform atest in which the files to be recorded are passed to the CD recorder No information is recorded to the CD Use this option if you have made any changes to your CD recorder setup saD udo g JaydeuD 8 4 Making a Copy of a CD m Test amp Copy Select this option to perform atest in which thefiles to be recorded are passed to the CD recorder Recording begins after a successful test m Copy Select this option when you do not want to perform the test Use this option if you have successfully recorded anumber of similar CDsand 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 Follow the on screen instructions and insert a blank CD when prompted if you did not already insert one earlier CD Copier begins copying the files and folders from your source to a blank CD A final message box notifies you when the copying is complete CD Copier Advanced Tab Settings S
31. HP SureStore CD Writer Plus User s Guide For Models 7550e and 7570e HEWLETT hp PACKAR U S Hewlett Packard Company 800 S Taft Ave Loveland CO 80537 Copyright 1999 Hewlett Packard Company All rights reserved Hewlett Packard is a registered trademark of Hewlett Packard Company Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Pentium is a U S registered trademark of Intel Corp Names of products mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective company vi Product Certifications UL cUL T V NOM NYCE CE C Tick meets or exceeds FCC Class B requirements Laser CDRH on internal laser product 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 Gerat ist ein Laser eingebaut Nehmen Sie die Abdeckung nicht ab und versuchen Sie nicht das Gerat zu reparieren solange es angeschlossen ist Es besteht die Gefahr einer Augenverletzung CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous laser radiation exposure WARNUNG Die Vornahme von Regelungen oder Einstellungen oder dieDurchf hrung von Verfahren dienicht in diesem Dokument angegeben sind kann eine g
32. M See memory reading error 3 5 reading from CD speed A 3 A 4 recording CD to CD 3 3 power loss during 2 4 3 6 while running other applications 3 4 recording audio tracks 6 3 recording wave files 6 5 recovering your data 10 4 refreshing the screen 1 11 3 5 removing aCD 2 2 removing songs from CD layout 6 8 renaming songs in CD layout 6 8 returning a CD Writer drive B 6 rewritable CDs 2 2 3 5 A 5 xopuj Index 6 ruler option 7 3 S saving CD layout 6 9 scheduling changing a schedule 9 9 in Simple Trax 9 3 verifying a schedule 9 9 searching in Simple Trax 9 11 serial number 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 parallel port 1 4 1 5 3 3 Simple Trax 9 1 browsing your CD 9 10 changing a schedule 9 9 changing the display 9 19 copying files from CD 9 15 copying filesto CD 9 2 early file versions 9 16 event logs 9 19 finding files on CD 9 11 importing a CD 9 17 scheduling 9 3 searching for files 9 11 using the wizard 9 5 verifying a schedule 9 9 viewing CD contents 9 10 snapping objects to grid 7 4 software installing 1 8 1 12 uninstalling 1 12 software compression 3 7 Software Installation CD driver files 3 8 songs removing from CD layout 6 8 renaming 6 8 sound board 1 7 3 3 B 3 sound system 1 7 sound muting feature 3 3 speakers 3 3 speed reading from CD A 3 A 4 writing to CD 3 5 A 3 A 4 switch box 1 10 1
33. Solutions 3 5 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 A small number of older hard drives are designed with a built in interrupt loop that may cause a buffer underrun If you are unable to resolve buffer underruns by any other means contact your hard drive manufacturer to find out if this is the case for your hard drive Buffer underruns could also be caused by an unsupported parallel port standard mode SPP See Minimum System Requirements on page A 1 Try the following Write data to the CD at 1x speed if you are given the choice within the software Disable any printer status monitor software page 3 7 Change the parallel port settings to EPP or ECP in CMOS if your computer can support the change See the manual that came with your computer to find out how If the previous suggestions don t work you may want to consider installing anew EPP or ECP parallel port card Unable to read a second session reading from a CD ROM drive Eject the CD and reinsert it Refresh the screen Select the My Computer icon in Windows Explorer and press F5 CD RW ReWritable discs can only be used in CD ReWritable drives or newer MultiRead CD ROMs If you are trying to read your CD from W indows 3 x Multi session CDs created with Direct CD cannot be read in DOS or Windows 3 x If your multi session CD was created using
34. Try the operation with a different CD Check thelist of known compatibility problems page 3 7 and in the Readme file 3 1 BHUIAJOS w q0Id E Jaydeys 3 2 Common Symptoms and Solutions If your computer has a power management feature disable it see the manual that came with your computer If your system is running printer status monitor software disable it page 3 7 Make sure that you are not attaching a parallel port switch box anywhere in the CD Writer Plus drive s cabling configuration Common Symptoms and Solutions Not sure which drive letter was assigned to the CD Writer Plus drive See Identifying CD Writer Plus s Drive Letter on page 2 4 Error message when double click on the CD Writer Plus drive s icon see page 1 10 In Windows Explorer unable to see the CD label or all the sessions files on the CD see page 1 11 Printer no longer works after connecting the CD Writer Plus drive see page 1 11 Problems printing a file see page 1 11 System does not recognize the CD Writer Plus drive see page 1 11 Copying directly from one CD to another doesn t work see page 3 3 Audio sounds poor see page 3 3 Video is choppy see page 3 4 Buffer underrun error messages see page 3 4 Unable to read a second session reading from a CD ROM drive see page 3 5 Applications cannot find your CD in the CD Writer Plus drive see page 3 6 Lost power to your computer or had to press CTRL ALT
35. a4 BUC Copyright notice for Denmark VIGTIGT Copyright ved brug af CD Writer 7500e 7510e enheder solgt i Danmark henhold til gaddende dansk lov om ophavsret er det forbudt at foretage digital kopiering af et digitalt v rk CD RW braenderen ma derfor IKKE anvendes til at kopiere en musik CD CD RW braenderen ma desuden kun benyttes til at kopiere et digitalt EDB program nar en sadan kopiering tjener til at fremstille et sikkerhedseksemplar af programmet eller hvor kopiering er n dvendig for at programmet kan anvendes efter dets formal Hvis De selv har ophavsretten til v rket har De ogs retten til at foretage digital kopiering med CD RW braenderen xi 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 Replacement products may be either new or like new 2 HP warrants to you that HP software will not fail to execute its programming instructions after the date of purchase for the period specified above due to defects in material and workmanship when properly installed and used I
36. al actually begins HP Simple Trax shows you all the files and folders you have copied to CDs The software then prompts you for the correct CDs after you ve selected the file s or folder s To retrieve files and folders Run Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button pointing to Programs and clicking Windows Explorer Double click the Simple Trax Index icon You may need to scroll down to see it The contents of the CDs appear in the right side of the Windows Explorer window Use the right mouse button to click on the file or folder you want to retrieve A popup menu appears Name size Type F 2 doc 30KB Microso 60KB Microso 39KB Microso 24KB Microso 21KB Adobe F 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 XEL S GWIS dH YUM yse4 sajl4 puly 6 Jodeyy 9 16 Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File 4 Click Retrieve from the popup menu The Retrieve screen appears HP Simple Traw Options for Retrieving Fies Options 7 ask nefore venwiting fes I Include Subdrectorias Mr Copy files to an alternate location E amp ox O canes mie 5 Settheretrieve options Ask before overwriting files Normally Simple Trax will ask before overwriting files of the same name Clear this box only if you want Simple Trax to overwrite f
37. anel Click here to Indamaicn Selen Sctedde Evert Leo add a custom Alike of the adatod We type ard ke in tha Schach dracio ser ba peckacted at tho tines spectied file type nha Sched Tab Ayfie Tpe gO S 57 Se cl Tre S irn Fistin IC syv ms Z Aoba Acaobat Document Lpd OSes Click on the NA Audoba Acsobat Fone Docunart hdl d hd Adobe FiareHaker Book beck be boxesto select Fiche Fiamehlaker Dosurserd kx ella re folders you Z Adobe Fiawebtaket hiachanga Foret AAD KPCMS want to copy Ar nsted Dusat od Mig Pes to CD Apphoston eve Gy Poyon Fies E on a I Appication Ederson Ll CJR projet regular basis ART Iraga at TB FSFONTS COD dada Tisk Lode AOS FECTED F Cip Galen Download Package Led CB TENP ai i ft S IDN ind On the left side of the screen you can click on the box next to the types of files you want to copy to CD on a regular basis For example you might want to copy all files with the extension doc Several file types have been chosen as default If you like you can accept or change the file types Simple Trax has chosen On theright side of the screen you can specify any folders you want to Automatically Copying Files to CD 9 7 copy to CD on a regular basis Click on the box next to the appropriate folders Click the Schedule tab towards the top of the screen The Schedule screen appears Click the box next to the days s
38. at vary from country to country state to state or province to province 7 TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LOCAL LAW THE REMEDIES IN THIS WARRANTY STATEMENT ARE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES EXCEPT AS INDICATED ABOVE IN NO EVENT WILL HP OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOSS OF DATA OR FOR DIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL INCLUDING LOST PROFIT OR DATA OR OTHER DAMAGE WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE Some countries States or provinces do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you FOR CONSUMER TRANSACTIONSIN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND THE WARRANTY TERMS CONTAINED IN THISSTATEMENT EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT LAWFULLY PERMITTED DO NOT EXCLUDE RESTRICT OR MODIFY AND AREIN ADDITION TO THE MANDATORY STATUTORY RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO THE SALE OF THIS PRODUCT TO YOU xii HEWLETT PACKARD YEAR 2000 WARRANTY FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH RESELLERS Subject to all of the terms and limitations of the HP Limited Warranty Statement provided with this HP Product HP warrants that this HP Product will be able to accurately process date data including but not limited to calculating comparing and sequencing from into and between the twentieth and twenty first centuries and the years 1999 and 2000 including leap year calculations when used in accordance with the Product documentation provided by HP including any instructions f
39. ayouts 6 8 moving CD Writer driveto another computer 1 14 MSCDEX version 3 5 MultiRead CD ROM 4 2 multi session CD 3 5 music CDs 1 7 playing 6 9 N networks 3 4 O OLE objects 7 6 opening CD layouts 6 9 opening tray 2 1 operating system compatible A 1 identifying version B 3 P package contents 1 1 Page menu 7 2 parallel port A 6 B 3 compatible 3 5 A 2 A 3 configuration 1 10 A 1 conflicting device 1 10 1 11 1 11 1 12 A 3 connector 1 4 1 6 ECP 1 10 3 5 A 2 A 3 EPP 1 10 3 5 A 2 A 3 minimum requirements A 1 sharing 1 4 1 5 3 3 SPP 3 5 A 2 A 3 performance A 2 A 3 A 4 optimizing 3 7 A 3 playing music CDs 6 9 positioning objects 7 4 power cord connecting 1 2 power loss while writing 2 4 3 6 power management feature 3 2 3 4 power requirements A 6 power supply 1 2 light 1 2 1 12 power switch 1 3 1 13 power saving mode 1 3 1 13 problems 1 12 Index 5 unplugging 1 13 power switch 1 3 1 13 power saving mode 1 3 1 13 printer compatibility problems 3 7 monitor software 3 7 problems 1 11 sharing parallel port with CD Writer drive 1 4 1 5 3 3 printer cable connecting 1 5 disconnecting 1 14 printer monitor software 3 7 printer port connector 1 4 printer status monitor software 3 5 3 7 printing 1 5 disc labels 7 8 jewel case inserts 7 8 problems 1 11 while playing audio CDs 3 3 processor speed A 1 A 2 product certification vi programs uninstalling 1 12 R RA
40. baud EUFOPE saipa Vitae nn ee ee kann 31 0 495 546909 Asia Pacific Australia en sine 03 9890 0276 KOTTEJ aesan sana a ne Hitel 02 762 0228 ee AEE E arcs se OSN ISNA EEE Access Go HPK a E E T Reb a eae ES Chollian 02 220 2001 New Zealand anuanua anaana 09 356 6642 TAIWAN ea xe ha a we ate baa 02 9233233 Bande ER a Bde Ach Eh are ae anf ee ee Re ae First Name HP Foes SEE a ate A e e a Talatan ehlthonel aetna Last Name BBS HPFirst Faxback Service Simply dial the fax number from atouch tone phone or Group 3 fax machine and follow the voice prompts to select the index of available support and product information documents USA and Canada 800 368 9673 or 970 635 1510 Europe Austria freeline 2 6 nenn 0660 8128 Belgium free line ICCD en en hee on er Seat oa eit ae eee 0800 11906 FRENCh cio an ee Do ee be wl 0800 17043 Denmark freeline 0 2 0 0 0c eee eee 800 10453 Finland freeline 222222222 9800 13134 France freeline 0 6 eee 05 905900 Germany freeline 22 222222 0130 810 061 Italy freeline 2222csne rear een 1678 59020 Netherlands freeline 222222222 06 022 2420 Norway freeline 0 000 cee eee 800 11319 Spain freeline 6 cee eee 900 993123 Sweden freeline 2 ccc eee eee 020 795743 Switzerland free line SHRED GIN a een re 155 1526 GErMAN kan ea 155 1527 United Kingdom freeline 05 0800 9
41. be able to partition and format other drives at a later time through the Disk Administrator in the HP Disaster Recovery process After proceeding through an Express or Custom Setup you will be prompted to insert the remaining diskettes and CDs from your Disaster Recovery Set When prompted insert Windows NT Workstation Setup Disk 3 into the 3 5 floppy drive from which your computer boots When prompted insert your Windows NT installation CD into your HP CD Writer Plus drive When prompted insert Windows NT Workstation Setup Disk 4 into the 3 5 floppy drive from which your computer boots Recovering Y our Data 10 9 When Setup has finished copying files to your hard disk you will be prompted to remove any floppy diskettes and CDs from your drive s and restart your computer Once you have restarted your computer the HP Disaster Recovery Wizard should appear and guide you through the rest of the recovery process WARNING If you arejust performing a test of your Disaster Recovery Set the test is now complete W hen the HP Disaster Recovery W izard appears it is an indication that your drive is responding properly to your current Disaster Recovery Set Click Cancel to exit remove any diskettes and CDs from your drive s and restart your computer If you are performing an actual recovery proceed to the next step Follow the instructions on the Wizard screens to complete the Disaster Recovery When the Disas
42. bleshooting 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 Technical information including product literature answers to commonly asked questions information on software upgrades and other topics is available electronically through the following m Adaptec World Wide Web WWW site at http www adaptec com m TheAdaptec Software Products Group can be found on several CD ROM CD R and CD publishing newsgroups and lists on the Internet For customer support information refer to Appendix B Customer Support sljeqe7 pue Syesu buge w Z Jeqdeys Chapter 8 Copying CDs CD Copier isa convenient tool for making copies of your CDs The most common reason for making a copy of aCD isto create a working copy of aCD and archive the original in a safe place NOTE CD Copier is designed to assist you in reproducing material in which you own the copyright or have obtained permission to copy from the copyright owner Unless you own thecopyright or have permission to copy from the copyright owner you may be violating copyright law and be subject to payment of damages and other remedies If you areuncertain about your rights contact your legal advisor What Types of CDs Can Copy You can use CD Copier to make backup copies of almost any type of CD The following table lists
43. by different types of computers Thisis handy if for example you want to create a CD for someone who hasa computer running under DOS or Windows 3 x Follow these steps to start Easy CD Creator and copy data files to a blank CD R or CD RW disc 1 Start up your computer 2 Insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc in the CD Writer Plus After a few seconds a screen will appear which asks you to Please select the type of CD you wish to create CD RW discs can only be read in aMultiRead CD ROM drive or in another CD RW drive 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 Double click the icon for the CD W riter Plus then select the Settings tab Click Auto insert notification if it does not have a check mark next to it and click OK Click OK on the System Properties dialog box Then close the Control Panel Select the second option Click here to create a data CD for distribution among different types of computers The Easy CD Creator Wizard appears Leave the Data CD radio button selected and click Next
44. 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 availableto users world wide Can I make a diskette with UDF reader software for someone that has a MultiRead CD ROM Theinstructions 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 Insert Software Disc 1 into the CD ROM drive A menu will appear From the menu click Explore the CD Double click the CopyDisk folder and then double click Copydisk 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 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 T
45. ched to it The CD Writer Plus drive can share the parallel port with your printer Parallel ports have receptacles for 25 pins Select an available parallel port TIP Your CD Writer Plus drive can share a parallel port with a printer If the CD Writer Plus drive and your printer will share the parallel port go to the next step If the CD Writer Plus drive will not share the parallel port with your printer proceed to step 6 7E u Connecting CD W riter WM 5 If you have a printer cable attached to the computer s parallel port disconnect it from the computer and plug it into the CD Writer Plus drive s connector that is closest to the power cord connector aseMIJOS m Printer connector Boi eeu pue snjd Je d2 bulpeauuoz T sajydeyD by tightening the retaining screws Pr Printer s data cable If a printer is sharing the parallel port with the CD Writer drive Power cord connector CAUTION Do not plug any device other than a printer into the CD W riter Plus drive s printer connector NOTE If your printer is attached to the CD W riter Plus drive printing documents while using the rewritable CD drive for example playing audio CDs writing to disc will yield unpredictable results and is not a supported function This is because the printer and CD W riter Plus drive are sharing the same data cable 1 6 Connecting CD W riter 6 Attach the CD Writer Plus drive s data cable to your
46. cident charge after warranty period Canada M F 8 00 20 00 Eastern Time Technical support in English and French 905 206 4663 Pour assistance en francais et anglais 905 206 4663 Europe M F 8 30 18 00 Central European Time USC Aona Maenner 06 60 63 86 Belgium DYER 2 0 lea ee 02 626 88 06 IFFENCN nad ee ne ne in a 02 626 88 07 Czech Republic 2 2 0 e eee eee eee 42 2 471 7321 Denmark au 39 29 40 99 Finland wm eee aaa 02 03 47 288 Francene a ak 01 43 62 3434 GERMANY i is Site aoe es aU Ea eee ea EEE ess 0180 52 58 143 HUN QALY foie ses eek aa esl gaa dies 36 1 252 4505 Ireland sen ae Maas 01 662 55 25 Italy za nen 02 2 641 0350 Netherlands 00 0 e cece eee ee eee 020 606 87 51 ddy poddns JaWOIsSND g Xipua Returning a Drive NOWAY oe ana ead nn a en aia 22 11 62 99 Portugals diet oe tad aka 01 44 17 199 RUSSIA ccd ck a peat he ee mad 7095 923 5001 Pannen 90 23 21 123 SWEIEN ocos ae aa nt ea aaa munter 08 61 92 170 Switzerland French Italian and German 0848801111 Turkey ee ee np 90 1 224 5925 United Kingdom 0 00 ee eee eee 0171 512 52 02 English language support from other countries 44 171 512 52 02 Latin America Argentina M F 8 30 19 30 54 1 787 8080 Brazil M F 8 00 19 00 55 11 829 6612 Chile M F 8 30 18 30 56 2 800 360999 Mexico M F 8 30 18 30 52 5 800 22 14
47. computer s 25 pin parallel port connector and hand tighten the retaining screws Attach the data cable s remaining connector to the rewritable drive and secure it by tightening the retaining screws g z Attach this end to the computer s parallel port Attach this end to the CD Writer Plus drive ma S Connecting CD W riter 7 Connecting the audio cable is OPTIONAL If you do not wish to useit go to step 10 The audio cable is used only for hearing music CDs through your computer s sound system If you do not havea sound board in your computer you can still hear music CDs through speakers or earphones attached to the front of the CD Writer Plus drive NOTE When the CD W riter Plus drive records music or data it uses the data cable not the audio cable 8 If you have a sound board connect the audio cable to a LINE IN audio connector on the back of your computer Your sound board may be labeled differently 9 Connect the other end of the audio cable to the audio connector on the back of the CD Writer Plus drive LINEIN connector on sound board Your sound board may be labeled differently Audio connector Audio cable optional 10 Plugin and turn ON your computer 11 You are now ready to install the parallel port drivers and the application software See Installing the Software for Windows 95 98 or Windows NT 4 0 on page 1 8 WM JeMYOS BON EN pue snjd Joy
48. cribe the different ways you can view and edit jewel case inserts and labels before printing them Viewing Inserts and Labels To view the different parts pages of the jewel case insert or CD label follow these steps 1 Click theJewel Case Layout tab in Easy CD Creator 2 From the Page menu select the item you want to view m Jewel Front to view the Inside Jacket and Front Cover m Jewel Back to view the Back Cover m Disc Printer to view the Compact Disc label Easy CD Creator displays the view How to Makea 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 Select Zoom from the Page menu C 200 C 100 Page width Whole Page Cancel Custom Zoom Select the zoom level you want to apply Click OK Easy CD Creator changesthe magnification level Using Rulers and Grids You can use rulers and grids to position text and graphics on thejewel case insert or the label See Setting Insert Layout Options in the Easy CD Creator online Help for more information on how to do this Using Rulers Rulers are displayed along the perimeter of the Jewel Case Layout window and help you to measure the insert or label and its objects To display or hide the rulers do the following m Select the Ruler option from the View menu to view rulers m De
49. ct button on the front of the CD Writer Plus or Right click on the CD icon amp on the taskbar and select Eject from the drop down list box The Eject Disc screen appears 2 Carefully read the text that appears on the screen and if options are presented select the option you want 3 Click Finish to eject the disc from the CD Writer Plus NOTE If you are using a CD RW disc see Chapter 4 Sharing Your CDs for more information about making CDs readable on different types of computers 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 Erasing a DirectCD Disc If you are using CD RW discsin your CD Writer Plus you can actually erase files from the disc and use the recovered space to write new files However if you delete files from a CD R disc the files become invisible to the file system such as Windows Explorer but the space they occupy is not made available for other files Thus deleting files from a CD R disc will not increase the available free space on t
50. d drive in order to write successfully to a CD A buffer underrun message appears when for some reason the data stream is interrupted This can occur for example if another application interrupts the writing process or if the CD Writer Plus drive s write speed is set too high for the speed at which the hard drive can accesses and transfer data When using Easy CD Creator or CD Copier m Make sure you use the Test option in the software to ensure that the write speed is appropriate for your computer For more information see the application s online help m Makesure your system meets the minimum system requirements page A 1 m Buffer underrun may be caused by hard drive compression software page 3 7 m NEVER write to the recordable CD while other applications are running that could interrupt the writing to CD process Log off any networks disable any fax modem email screen saver or other programs such as TSRs terminate and stay resident programs that may automatically send messages to your computer while writing data to the CD If the interruption is long enough you could ruin a write once CD to which you are writing m Exit any other programs while writing data to the CD m If your computer has a power management feature disable it see the manual that came with your computer m Run SCANDISK EXE and DEFRAG EXE periodically on your hard drive see your Windows manual for more information These Common Symptoms and
51. d options from the Control Panel Using Windows Explorer to Copy Files To copy files using Windows Explorer 1 Place the CD you want to use into your CD Writer Plus 2 If the CD is new it will need to be formatted If not skip to step 4 If it does need to be formatted after a few seconds a screen will appear which asks you to Please select the type of CD you wish to create 3 Choose Click here to create a data CD that will be accessible through a drive letter i e as you would use a floppy drive Follow the instructions on the screen When theCD is done formatting continue with the next steps 4 Run Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button pointing to Programs and clicking Windows Explorer There are two ways to copy the files Click the file or folder you want to copy to CD with the right mouse button A popup menu appears On the popup menu point to HP Simple Trax and click Protect Nene sae Tyee 2 SHE MMicrasonl Word Do jedo DHD Microsoft Word Do a o AHB Werasafl Word Den Fonn WW MHE Wicrasn Word Do Beste eure Z1KE Abbe Franahlaken Guct Var Automatically Copying Files to CD 9 3 OR Click on the folders and or file s you want to copy with the left button and drag and drop them onto the Simple Trax Index icon located on the left side of the Windows Explorer screen You may need to scroll down to see it ag Temp 5 test H test software Fa Winnt H E work we D 4 8 E 8 F a
52. d to do so This test is to verify that your drive is responding properly To test your Windows 95 98 Disaster Recovery Set 1 Follow steps 1 through 8 in the Windows 95 and Windows 98 section of Recovering Your Data deyo J N02 Y Ja38eS1 dH OT 97 10 4 IN Recovering Your Data WARNING Be sure to discontinue testing the DR Set when instructed to do so By proceeding with the recovery process you would be recovering the data from theCD which would overwrite the data on that drive If you do not receive the messages listed in the steps for data recovery follow the directions for creating another Disaster Recovery Set See Creating the Disaster Recovery Set on page 10 2 To test your Windows NT Disaster Recovery Set Follow steps 1 through 8 in the Windows NT section of Recovering Your Data WARNING Besure to discontinue testing the DR Set when instructed to do so By proceeding with the Disaster Recovery W izard you would be recovering the data from the CD which would overwrite the data on that drive 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 your most recent Disaster Recovery Set HP Disaster Recovery uses the data located on your Disaster Recovery Set to restore your files and other vital system information to your new or replaced hard drive
53. der Reserved drive letters select the drive letter after the existing letter for both start and end drive letter and click on OK Then double click on the CD Writer Plus drive and then click on the Settings tab Under Reserved drive letters select the drive letter before the current one and click on OK m In Windows NT click on Start Programs Administrative Tools common Choose Disk Administrator Right click on the drive letter you wish to change Select Assign Drive Letter Change the drive letter Lost power to your computer or had to press CTRL ALT DEL while writing to the CD If you lose power while writing to your CD the CD Writer Plus drive s red light ison OR If you exit an application or press CTRL ALT DEL while writing to CD You may be able to salvage your CD but ONLY if you LEAVE YOUR CD IN THE DRIVE DO NOT OPEN THE DISC TRAY Turn your machine off Turn it back on Then re enter the application you were using PWN Once the application tries to access the CD Writer Plus drive the recovery operation will make it appear that the last session is there However in reality only a part of the CD s directory may be there Your recordable CD is still usable if you can read the directory Repeat the entire copy operation to make sure that your files are copied to the recordable or ReWritable CD Common Symptoms and Solutions 3 7 Hard Drive Compression Software Wedo not recommend using hard drive compression sof
54. double click on Shuttle parallel to ATAPI CD Double click on the CD Writer Plus drive and then click on the Settings tab Example Firmware revision 1 00 Drive serial number The CD Writer Plus drive serial number appears on a sticker on the back of the CD Writer Plus drive Computer brand and model The computer brand appears on the front of your computer and in the documentation that came with your computer Example HP Pavilion 8190 Before You Call HP B 3 Operating system and amount of RAM installed In W indows 95 or Windows 98 from the Start menu on the task bar select Settings Control Panel Double click on System Select the General tab Write down the version number and the amount of memory installed for example 4 00 950 and 32 MB RAM 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 1381 and Service Pack 3 Then select the Memory tab and write down the amount of memory listed under Physical Memory Total for example 32 MB RAM Other CD ROM drives Your computer may have come with an internal CD ROM or you may have purchased a CD ROM drive Check the documentation that came with your computer or CD ROM drive Example Mitsumi 4x CD ROM Sound board Your computer may have come with a sound board and s
55. drive into your CD Writer Plus 2 Click the Audio CD Layout tab in Easy CD Creator 3 Select the audio track you want to pre record from Explorer and drag it into the Audio CD Layout window 4 Highlight the audio track in the Audio CD Layout window 5 Select Prerecord to WAV file from the Track menu NOTE Prerecording audio tracks to W ave files requires approximately 10M B of space on your hard drive for one minute of music Making a Music CD 6 7 QO y w el 6 Typein afilenamefor the Wave file and choose a different location on S your hard drive if you do not want to record your Wave file to your Temp Oz directory Ray Save As 21x a Source Track name E tick a Save in Temp amp S EJ File name uz Save as type Sound Files SWAY Cancel 7 Click Save Easy CD Creator pre records your Wavefileto your hard drive An on screen message notifies you when the recording is complete Combining Both Audio Tracks and Wave Files You can make a music CD that contains songs both from pre recorded Wave files stored on your hard drive and from audio tracks on an existing music CD To do so follow the steps outlined in Recording Audio Tracks from an Existing Music CD on page 6 3 and Recording Wave Files Stored on Your Hard Drive on page 6 5 depending on the type of songs you want to record When you have added all of the audio tracks and Wave files you want to record to your CD
56. ease remove any diskettes and CDs from your drive s and restart your computer The following message should appear Select the volumethat you wishto recover DriveC Volume C Name Drive D Volume D Name NOTE If you have only one drive it will be automatically selected for recovery and this screen will not be displayed Select the volume that you wish to recover by highlighting the volume using the Up and Down arrow keys then pressing Enter You will then be asked to confirm your selections before recovering your information Press Enter to confirm your selections or press Esc to return to the previous screen s and make a different selection NOTE If Disaster Recovery CD 1 is not in your HP CD W riter Plus you will be prompted to insert it at this time HP Disaster Recovery will now begin recovering your system Recovering Y our Data 10 7 The recovery process will take some time to complete depending upon the amount of data you are recovering You will be prompted to insert the CDs in the order they were created 12 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 TXT file which contains a text summary of the files that could not be recovered If you wish to view this file you must first exit the
57. eatly affects the speed at which your computer transfers data to and from the CD Writer Plus drive If the processor speed is too slow you may have to write at 1x speed m RAM Your computer must have enough memory available to handle its operating system the CD Writer Plus drive s applications and the data you are transferring to and from CDs The system should not have to swap data to and from the hard drive m Your Hard Drive The speed at which your hard drive accesses and transfers data its access time and transfer rate affects performance Newer hard drives those with a storage capacity greater than 528 MB are fast enough to handle the CD Writer Plus drive s 2x write speed m Parallel Port Type The type of parallel port on your computer has a major influence in determining the speed at which your CD Writer Plus drive runs Possible parallel port types are m Standard parallel port SPP which is sometimes called bi directional or compatible m Enhanced parallel port EPP m Extended capabilities port ECP Most PCs shipped since January 1995 contain support for the required high speed EPP and ECP modes Systems shipped before this date may only support SPP W hat Affects System Performance A 3 SPP mode allows the CD Writer Plus drive to run at up to a 2x read speed and up to a 1x write speed if the other minimum system requirements are met EPP and ECP modes allow the CD Writer Plus drive to run at up toa 6x read s
58. een made to your files since the last DR Set was created Getting Started 10 3 Partitioning Your Drive s In the event that you must perform a recovery HP Disaster Recovery will require that you partition your new drive s to the same settings as were set before the drive failure In order to do this it may be helpful to make arecord of your current partition settings on paper and keep an updated record of these settings with each DR Set What is a partition A partition is a logical section of your hard disk One physical hard disk may be partitioned into two or more logical hard drives To makea record of your partition settings 1 Double click the My Computer icon located on your desktop The My Computer Window appears 2 Select Details from the View menu A list of drive types will appear under the Type heading to the right of your drive letter 3 Under the Name heading right click on the drive letter listed as a Local Disk then select Properties The selected drive s Properties dialog box appears 4 Write down the information displayed in the Type dialog 5 Write down the information displayed in the Capacity dialog 6 Repeat steps 3 5 for each Local Disk on your computer Testing your Disaster Recovery Set After you have created the DR Set you will be asked if you would liketo test the DR Set Testing the DR Set is very similar to performing an actual recovery however be sure to stop testing when instructe
59. ef hrliche Einwirkung von Laserstrahlung zur Folge haben Contains Class 1 Laser Product Inneh ller Klass 1 Laserapparat Sisaltaa Luokan 1 Laserlaite Enhalt Klasse 1 Laser Produkt DANGER INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM DANGER RADIATIONSINVISIBLES DU LASER EN CAS D OUVERTURE EVITER TOUT EXPOSITION DIRECTE AU FAISCEAU VORSICHT UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN ABDECKUNG GEOFFNET NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN ADVARSEL USYNLIG LASERSTRALING VED ABNING UNDGA UDS ETTELSE FOR STRALING ADVARSEL USYNLIG LASERSTRALING NAR DEKSEL APNES UNNGA EKSPONERING FOR STRALEN VARNING OSYNLIG LASERSTRALNING NAR DENNA DEL AR OPPNAD STRALEN AR FARLIG vii VARO NAKYMATON AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA LASERSATEILYLLE ALA KATSO SATEESEN Laser Type Semiconductor laser GaAlAs Wave length 778 787 nm at 25 C Output power 2 5 mW read 35 mW write Beam divergence 60 degrees 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 Personal Storage Solutions Division 800 S Taft Ave Loveland Colorado 80537 US
60. et pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de Classe B prescrites dans le r glement sur le brouillage radioelectrique dict par le Minist re des Communications du Canada Notice Europe This drive shall be installed only with an EN60950 IEC950 approved Power supply USA Canada This drive is for use only with IBM compatible UL listed personal computers weighing less than 18 kg User s manual statement for VCCI class B product COREL FRNEREFERBEB EHE DER VCC ORE CBO DFABARRNRE CT COREL RRR CHATS CL ABMELTOETAMN IODEENTO TPTLEISTVRERITEELT ASS SMS eSSHMCOFTCEMBVET RY HRU GRAB IIE gt THE LUA YRUAELTR SL Translation for VCCI class B product This equipment isin the Class B category information technology equipment based on the rules of Voluntary Control Council For Interference by Information Technology Equipment VCCI Although aimed for residential area operation radio interference may be caused when used near a radio or TV receiver Read the instructions for correct operation BAPT Statement Diese Ausr stung erf llt die Europ ischen EMC Bestimmungen f r die Verwendung in folgender folgenden Umgebung en m Wohngegenden m Gewerbegebiete m Leichtindustriegebiete Diese Ausr stung erf llt die Bestimmungen der Norm EN55022 Klasse B Korean RRL Statement NEN StL BE J171 0 D HEPBS2 an zdams we NEM FAUNAS SE SE NAW NS
61. etting Description Current CD Select the speed at which you want to create the Recorder Speed backup copy of the CD For greater certainty record at 1x Disc Copy Select this option to copy the source CD to your Select Location hard drive first to speed up the recording process if you are making more than one copy of a CD Once the source has been copied to your hard drive CD Copier records the disc copy to the CD To make a disc copy typein a different location to store the image file if you do not want to use the Temp directory 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 Technical information including product literature answers to commonly asked questions information on software upgrades and other topics is available electronically through the following m Adaptec World Wide Web WWW site at http www adaptec com m TheAdaptec Software Products Group can be found on several CD ROM CD R and CD publishing newsgroups and lists on the Internet For customer support information refer to Appendix B Customer Support sado puido g JaydeuD Chapter 9 Find Files Fast with HP Simple Trax If you re looking for the easiest way to save
62. f HP receives notice of such defects during the warranty period HP will replace software media which does not execute its programming instructions due to such defects 3 HP does not warrant that the operation of HP products will be uninterrupted or error free If HP is unable within a reasonable time to repair or replace any product to a condition as warranted you will be entitled to a refund of the purchase price upon prompt return of the product 4 HP products may contain remanufactured parts equivalent to new in performance or may have been subject to incidental use 5 Warranty does not apply to defects resulting from a improper or inadequate maintenance or calibration b software interfacing parts or supplies not supplied by HP c unauthorized modification or misuse d operation outside of the published environmental specifications for the product or e improper site preparation or maintenance 6 HP MAKES NO OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTY OR CONDITION WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LOCAL LAW ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF MERCHANTABILITY SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE Some countries states or provinces do not allow limitations on the duration of an implied warranty so the above limitation or exclusion might not apply to you This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you might also have other rights th
63. from CDs 5 5 error message buffer underrun 3 4 3 5 cannot find CD 3 6 CD not recognized 1 10 unable to read 3 5 error rate A 4 event logs in Simple Trax 9 19 F fax modem 3 4 files copying automatically 9 3 copying from CD to hard drive 9 15 retrieving early versions 9 16 searching in Simple Trax 9 11 x pu Index 4 files not recovered 10 9 firmware version B 2 fitting tracks on a page 7 8 formatting DirectCD discs 5 3 G getting started 10 1 H Handling CDs 2 3 hard drive access time 3 5 A 2 A 3 A 4 compression software 3 7 speed A 2 storage requirements A 1 transfer rate A 1 A 2 Help Easy CD Audio 5 8 6 10 7 9 8 5 high pressure air 2 4 HP VersaWriter CD drive uninstalling 1 12 humidity specifications A 6 1 O channel setting A 1 importing CDs into SimpleTrax 9 17 inserting a CD 2 1 2 2 inserting objects 7 6 installing application software 1 8 1 12 installing parallel driver files 3 8 Interchange 4 5 IRQ setting A 1 A 3 J jewel case inserts adding graphics 7 6 editing 7 2 editing text 7 6 graphics OLE objects 7 6 making 7 2 positioning 7 4 printing 7 8 rulers and grids using 7 3 viewing 7 2 zooming 7 3 jewel case layout 7 2 Page menu 7 2 L listening to music CDs 1 7 M maintenance 2 4 making a disc copy 8 4 making multiple copies 8 4 mastering application 4 4 measuring inserts and objects 7 3 memory A 1 A 2 B 3 model number locating B 2 modifying CD l
64. g Your Search When you are finished entering search criteria the results appear in the Refine Results screen TF HP Simpie Tran Refine Reeuts LANGUABE COC FNANCE DOC FATE DOC va YAKPARDIDOE 1 Feire math be nip dein othe rodied dets ronga fis tyre anchor search modi Dae Rane Fie Type Sasschwark v1 pj Move ha andr of he ticks to the appacgrista dem You may want to narrow your search further by date file type or search words To refine by date Move the sliders back and forth until the range of dates you want appear on either corner of the box The results window will update as you change the date To refine with File Types Click on the File Type tab in the middle of the screen To limit the file types that appear in the results window click on the appropriate checkboxes The results window will be updated To refine with Search Words If you want to modify the words you used as search criteria click on the Search Words tab in the middle of the screen Typethe word you want to include as a search criteria in the space then click Add to list Removea search word by highlighting it and clickingon Remove From List The results window will update Copying Files and Folders Back to Your Hard Drive 9 15 Copying Files and Folders Back to Your Hard Drive Retrieving protected files and folders using HP Simple Trax is quick and easy You don t need to insert a CD into your CD Writer Plus before the retriev
65. hat 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 Once you have edited the jewel case insert you can preview it print it cut it to size and insert it in the case You can also design and print a label for the top of the CD You can print the label on a standard printer if you use special paper designed for disc labels 7 1 sljeqe7 pue syesu bue w Z Jeydeyy How to Makea 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 Creating custom jewel case inserts involves three basic tasks m Editing inserts m Adding text and graphics m Printing Creating CD labelsinvolvesthe second and third steps Easy CD Creator does not automatically create any text for the label The following sections explain how to view and edit jewel case inserts and CD labels add text and graphics and print the inserts and labels Editing Inserts and Labels The following sections des
66. he CD W riter Plus then select the Settings tab Click Auto insert notification if it does not havea check mark next to it and click OK Click OK on the System Properties dialog box Then close the Control Panel 6 1 saD JSN W Bue Ww 9 JaydeuD Making a Music CD 3 Select the third option Click here to create an audio CD that will be playablein 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 m Tracks on an existing CD m Wavefiles stored on your hard drive wav is a standard Windows format for sound files m A combination of Wave files and tracks This section explains how you can make a simple music CD with the Easy CD Creator Wizard It also explains how to do other tasks like recording audio tracks from an existing music CD and recording Wave files stored on your hard drive NOTE Easy CD Creator is designed to assist you in reproducing material in which you own the copyright or have obtained permission to copy from the copyright owner Unless you own the copyright or have permission to copy from the copyright owner you may be violating copyright law and be subject to payment of damages and other remedies If you areuncertain about your rights contact your legal advisor Makinga Music CD 6 3 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 Crea
67. he disc To erase the contents on a DirectCD disc follow these steps 1 While in Windows Explorer select the file s you want to erase 2 Select Delete from the File menu 3 Click Yes to confirm that you want to erase the files from the disc DirectCD erases the selected file s from the disc sap 23a buie w S waydey5 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 amp on the right side of the Windows taskbar If the disc is unreadable the ScanDisc window will appear 2 Read the text in the window then click the ScanDisc button 3 Wait while ScanDisc repairs the disc A message will appear on the screen when ScanDisc is finished NOTE You can also start ScanDisc through the Start menu To do this click Start on the W indows taskbar Move the mouse pointer over Programs HP CD W riter Plus Tools and Information and Utilities Then sdect ScanDisc Making Data CDs to Use on Different Types of Computers Adaptec Easy CD Creator enables you to write files directly to a CD Recordable CD R or CD ReWritable CD RW disc in a format that can be read
68. hics used in Easy CD Creator are called OLE objects OLE isa Windows feature that maintains associations with objects across different applications For example if you add an OLE object to a jewel case insert or CD label you can double click the object to open the associated application so you can edit the object To create and insert an OLE object follow these steps 1 Select Insert and New Object from the Edit menu A list of Object Types appears 2 Select the Create New option to the left of the Object Types list Select Create From File instead if you want to import an existing graphics file for example a piece of computer clip art 3 Select from the Object Type list the application you will use to create the graphic For example select Bitmap Image if you want to create a graphic with Windows Paintbrush 4 Click OK 5 Create or select the graphic The way in which you do this depends on which application you selected For example If you select Bitmap Image a small window will appear in the middle of the Jewel Case Layout window Create the bitmap image in this window using the Windows Paintbrush tools that appear on the screen When you are finished click outside the small window to paste the image into the jewel case insert or CD label How to Makea 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
69. ication you use will determine with whom you can easily share the CD CD R discs created with DirectCD Use DirectCD when you want to create data CDs to use on your own computer For instructions on how to use DirectCD go to Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer on page 5 1 When you eject the disc from the drive DirectCD will prompt you to either leave the disc as it isso you can add more data later or organize it so it can be read in most standard CD ROM drives under Windows 95 or Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 3 If you intend to share the disc with other users then you must select the option to organize it so it can be read in most standard CD ROMs Sd noA Buneus p saqydeyD 4 4 Sharing CDs across Different Formats m Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows NT 4 0 Your CD R organized to be read in most standard CD ROMs is now ready to be shared with Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows NT 4 0 users There may be some CD ROMs that can t read the CD R If you have problems try turning off the Read Ahead on your CD ROM Refer to your operating system documentation on how to do this Another option is to use CD Copier to create a disc copy of your original CD R disc A description of how to do this can be found in the section Making a Copy of aCD on page 8 3 m Windows 3 x and DOS Your CD R organized to be read in most standard CD ROMs under Windows 95 and Windows NT cannot automatically be read in Windows 3
70. iles each week m Free up disk space on your hard drive m Transport filesto and from work home m Create personalized presentations Using CDs 2 3 E mail storage For information on sharing CD RW discs with others see Using CD RW Discs on page 4 1 When to Use CD R Ideas for using CD R Recordable or write once discs which can be read in most CD ROM or CD Recordable drives Permanently save large project files Share non editable presentations Permanently store home records Share memories with family and friends Copy your music onto CD for personal use Permanently archive files Purchase HP CD RW ReWritable media Available from your local vendor these CDs can be recorded or read in CD ReWritable drives and read in newer MultiRead CD ROMs Purchase HP CD R Recordable or write once media Available from your local vendor these CDs can be read by most CD ROM CD Recordable and CD ReWritable drives Use this type of media if you want to listen to your music CDs in a stereo CD Care and Other Tips Protect recording surfaces from scratches fingerprints and dirt Hold CDs by the outer edge or by the center hole You can clean aCD with a soft dry cloth Commercial CD cleaner or ethyl alcohol can also be used Write by hand only on the white premarked label side using an oil based felt tip marker Do not use a ballpoint pen Do not leave a CD in direct sunlight or in a hot humid location If yo
71. iles without asking first Include subdirectories Check this option to retrieve all subdirectories in the selected folder This option is useful only if you have selected one or more folders Copy files to an alternate location Use this option to copy files to a different location on your hard drive than from where they were originally copied Type the desired drive and path or click Browse and select the new location from the list of folders on your hard drive s If you do not choose this option your files will be copied back to their original location 6 Click OK to continue If the correct CD isnot in the drive HP Simple Trax prompts you for the required CD HP Simple Trax retrieves the most recent versions of selected files Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File Earlier versions of a file can be retrieved using the View Versions option You can use this feature to view or recover files saved prior to major revisions Importing CDs into HP Simple Trax 9 17 To retrieve an earlier version of a file 1 Run Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button pointing to Programs and clicking Windows Explorer 2 Click the file on your hard drive that you want to retrieve with the right mouse button point to HP Simple Trax on the popup menu and select View Versions The File Protection History dialog box appears Perens WEITEREN DB A SERIEN Persos INSSITINITPM ZID A RSIS TTI Poort BUSBEOLTTAM JEB 4 3 Click the des
72. in Your CD Layout on page 6 8 Making a Music CD 6 5 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 TheCD 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 Easy CD Creator needs a blank CD beforeit can begin recording your CD layout Insert a blank CD when prompted A final message box notifies you when therecording is complete NOTE To make a jewel case insert that lists the artist CD title and songs see Chapter 7 Making Inserts and Labels Recording Wave Files Stored on Your Hard Drive To record a music CD using Wave files wav the Wave files must be stored on your hard drive at 11 22 44 1 KHz 8 or 16 bit mono or stereo To make a Wave file from an existing CD see Pre recording Audio Tracksto Wave Files on page 6 6 NOTE For best results record your wav files at 44 1 KHz 16 bit stereo For more information see the documentation for your W ave editor program To record Wave files stored on your hard drive to a blank CD follow these steps 1 Insert a blank CD in your CD Writer Plus 2 Select New CD Layout from the File menu or open an existing layout 3 Click the Audio C
73. ine some attributes such as font style color and background fill color To add text follow these steps 1 Select Insert Text from the Edit menu Text Edit x Enter the text string you want to insert and press OK A new text Cox object will be added to the disc layout o Cancel Enter the text to insert Fill Color frou can add text to your insert Text Color aan Font Help You can add text to your insert F Transparent m Rotation Odegree C 90degrees C 180 degrees C 270 degrees 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 NOTE When text is marked Transparent meaning that you can see the background behind the text you cannot define a fill color Text Color Select the color of the text Font Select the font style and size of the text 4 Click OK The text is added where the cursor is located on the Jewel Case Layout window sj qe7 pue Syesu buge w 1 3deyo How to Makea 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 grap
74. inserting a CD you need to wait a moment to let the CD Writer Plus drive read the disc information wait until the light on the front of the drive stops flashing and stays green then click on the CD Writer Plus drive s icon again TheCD may bein the tray upside down or a little off center try reinserting the CD The label should be facing up You are trying to read from a blank recordable CD Try again after copying some information to the CD In Windows Explorer unable to see the CD label or all the sessions files on the CD Refresh the screen Select the My Computer icon in Windows Explorer and press F5 Printer no longer works after connecting the CD Writer Plus drive Problems printing a file See Check for a conflict with the parallel port some other device using the same IRQ or I O as the parallel port on page 1 10 For example a sound board or fax modem board may be using the same IRQ If you discover conflicts change the IRQ setting on the other device Refer to the manuals that came with your computer and other devices for instructions If your printer is attached to the CD Writer Plus drive printing documents while using the rewritable CD drive for example playing audio CDs writing to disc will yield unpredictable results and is not a supported function This is because the printer and CD Writer Plus drive are sharing the same data cable System does not recognize the CD Writer Plus drive In Window
75. ired version and click the Retrieve File button Older versions of a file can only be retrieved one at atime Importing CDs into HP Simple Trax If you have CDs that were created before you installed Simple Trax you can still have Simple Trax keep track of their contents by importing the CD into Simple Trax When you import a CD HP Simple Trax gathers information about the files on the CD and stores that information on your hard drive This information makes it possible for you to easily find and retrieve files and to browse the contents of the CD without putting the CD in your CD Writer Plus XEL S GWIS dH YUM 3se4sajl4 puly 6 474249 9 18 Importing CDs into HP Simple Trax There are several cases in which you may want to import a CD m To start tracking files that you have previously copied to CDs without using HP Simple Trax m If you want to start tracking files on a CD created by someone else or acommerically made CD m f for any reason the information HP Simple Trax stores on your hard drive is lost or damaged you can reconstruct that information by importing all Simple Trax CDs To import a CD into HP Simple Trax Place the CD you want to import into your CD Writer Plus Run Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button pointing to Programs and clicking Windows Explorer With your right mouse button click on the drive icon for your CD Writer A popup menu appears Point to HP Simple Trax and click
76. king Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer below m If you want to make a data CD to use on your own computer or on different types of computers for example computers running under DOS or Windows 3 x that do not have DirectCD follow the instructions in Making Data CDs to Use on Different Types of Computers on page 5 6 Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer DirectCD enables you to write files directly to a CD Recordable CD R or CD ReWritable CD RW disc in much the same way you would write them to a floppy diskette or a removable media drive This is especially handy for making data discs to use with your own computer For example you might want to m Archive data and then remove it from your hard drive m Back up the files on your hard drive 5 1 sap 23a buie w S waqydey5 5 2 Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer m Transfer alargenumber 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 softwareis set up thesame as it is on your computer However it is more likely that your data discs will be usable on other computers if you create them with Easy CD Creator as described in Making Data CDs to Useon Different Types of Computers on page 5 6 DirectCD lets you read and write files directly to your CD with any software application that can read f
77. layer 4 3 track at once mode 8 1 audio connector 1 7 audio distortion 3 3 A 4 audio tracks 6 2 combined with wave files 6 7 pre recording to wave files 6 6 recording 6 3 automatically copying files 9 3 Simple Trax wizard 9 5 B bi directional parallel port 3 5 A 2 A 3 buffer size A 4 buffer underrun 3 4 3 5 Index 1 C cables audio 1 7 1 14 data 1 6 1 14 power 1 2 printer 1 5 1 14 capacity CD A 4 CD Copier changing temp directory location 8 4 disc copy option 8 4 selecting destination drive 8 3 selecting source drive 8 3 starting 8 2 test options 8 3 types of CDs that can be copied 8 1 CD layout about 6 3 changing song order 6 8 modifying 6 8 opening 6 9 removing songs 6 8 renaming songs 6 8 saving 6 9 CD DA 6 1 CD R sharing 4 3 using 4 3 CD R sharing created with DirectCD 4 3 created with Easy CD Creator 4 4 CD ROM drive changing drive letter 3 6 cleaning CDs 2 4 identifying B 3 identifying drive letter 2 4 MultiRead 4 2 problem reading CDs 3 5 SCSI 2 3 3 using CD RW 4 2 CD ROM drives recording audio 6 4 CD ROM XA 8 2 CD RW audio CDs 4 3 sharing 4 2 x pu Index 2 sharing with standard CD ROM 4 2 using 4 1 CDs cannot find CD 3 6 capacity A 4 cleaning 2 4 copy prevention feature 3 3 importing into Simple Trax 9 17 inserting 2 1 2 2 maintenance 2 4 multi session 3 5 music 1 7 power loss while writing 2 4 3 6 problems inserting 2 2 purchasing 2 3 reading problem 3 5 removing 2 2
78. laying 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 m Select Display Track Number from the Text menu To display track duration times m Select Display Track Time from the Text menu Fitting Tracks on a Page Fitting tracks means all the track information is centered on each page and aligned along the first character of each track You can move track titles from the inside jacket and the back cover to the front cover However Best Fit will move tracks back to their original location To fit the tracks on the page as described above m Select Best Fit from the Arrange menu Printing Jewel Case Inserts and CD Labels You can print a jewel case insert or a CD label while the Jewel Case Layout tab is open The commands and options available for printing depend on the type of printer connected to your computer For information about these options see your printer s guide To print ajewel case insert or a disc label follow these steps Select Print from the File menu Click OK To preview an insert or label before printing it Select Print Preview from the File menu Click OK Getting Help 7 9 Getting Help For setup and connection problems with your CD Writer Plus refer to the Trou
79. layout select Create CD from the File menu 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 Removing Songs from Your CD Layout You can remove any song you have added to a CD layout at any time before you create a CD To remove asong from your CD layout follow these steps 1 Select the song you want to remove in the Audio CD Layout window 2 Select Cut from the Edit menu Renaming Songs in Your CD Layout To rename a song listed in your CD Layout follow these steps 1 Select the song you want to rename in the Audio CD Layout window 2 Select Rename in the Track menu 3 Type the new name in the text box Playing Music CDs 6 9 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 saD JSN W Bumen 9 JeydeuD 1 Select Save As from the File menu 2 Type in the Filename 3 Select the location where you want to store the file Opening an Existing CD Layout To open aCD layout you
80. le Disc on page 5 6 for moreinformation Or the Auto insert notification option may be disabled this applies to W indows 95 only To check this click Start movethe mouse pointer over Settings and click Control Panel In Control Panel double click System and select the Device Manager tab Double click the CD W riter Plus icon then select the Settings tab Click Auto insert notification if it does not havea check mark next to it and click OK Click OK on the System Properties dialog box Then close the Control Panal Select the first option Click here to create a data CD that will be accessible through a drive letter i e as you would use a floppy drive The Format Disc screen appears If you are formatting a CD R disc continue with the next step If you are formatting a CD RW disc skip to step 5 If you are formatting a CD R disc click Next on the Format Disc screen and skip to step 6 If you are formatting a CD RW disc you can choose between two formatting options To do this click the Advanced button that appears on the Format Disc screen When the next screen appears select either Fast Format or Full Format and click OK Werecommend that you select HP fast format which lets you start writing to the CD RW disc almost immediately while the disc is formatted in the background A Full Format requires you to wait about an hour until the formatting is complete before you can write to the disc Click the Help button
81. mes to the hard drive which will help improve system performance while writing to and reading from the CD Writer Plus drive NOTE Refer to your computer manual or contact your computer vendor if you have any questions about your computer s configuration or capabilities suolqedyinads jedluudel Y Xipueddy A 4 Product Specifications Product 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 4 MB each session MB is defined as 10 bytes UDF 1 5 Disc Data Capacity 74 Minute CD 530 MB for CD RW 618 MB for CD R Performance Buffer size 991 kB to 975 kB depending on writing mode Average access time 1 3 stroke lt 125 ms Data transfer rate recording 150 KB s sustained 1x speed 300 KB s sustained 2x speed Data transfer rate reading 150 KB s 1x speed CLV mode 300 KB s 2x speed CLV mode up to 900 KB s 6x speed CAV mode Error rate lt 1 frame 10 2 bits Audio distortion lt 0 1 Product Specifications A 5 Discs sup
82. o accomplish this Insert your CD RW disc in your CD Writer Plus drive Copy all the information from the CD RW disc to a unique location on your hard drive Replace the CD RW disc in your CD Writer Plus with a blank CD R disc Copy theinformation from your hard drive to the CD R media using DirectCD Sharing CDs across Different Formats 4 3 5 When you eject the disc DirectCD prompts you to either leave the disc as it is or organize the disc so it can be read in most standard CD ROM drives Select the option to organize the CD so it can be read in most standard CD ROM drives NOTE For additional information on sharing CDs with W indows 3 x and DOS users see CD R discs created with DirectCD on page 4 3 Can I play an audio disc I made on a CD RW disc in my car or home CD player Probably not Most car and home CD players are not capable of reading information off of CD RW media You must record your audio on CD R discs to play them on most conventional CD players There are however some newly released auto and home CD players that can read the CD RW media Using CD R Discs When should I use CD R discs The data you put on aCD R can t be erased Use CD R discs m When you want to protect your data so that it cannot be erased m If you want to share your CD with users that have standard CD ROM drives m For audio CDs Can I automatically sharea CD R with anyone Not necessarily The software appl
83. ograms and clicking Windows Explorer XEL S GWIS dH YUM 1524 sajl4 puly 6 JoYdeyy 9 12 Finding Files On Your CD 2 From the Tools menu point to Find then click on In HP Simple Trax The Find Files screen appears dob e Fa Bo c booby 3 In the Filename box type all or part of the name of the file you want to find 4 To limit Simple Trax to searching only specific file types select the appropriate checkboxes in the File type window 5 You may also search by one or more words contained in a file Click on the Words in File tab towards the top of the screen Type the word on which you want to search in the space then click Add to list TT hP Sinple Trax Find Fies Finding Files On Your CD 9 13 In the example shown in the Find Files illustration Simple Trax will find files containing dog or cat or bird If you want to search for a file that was modified on or between certain dates click on the Date Modified tab towards the top of the screen You can search for files between specific dates or over a period of time After you make your selections click on OK When you are finished making selections click on Start Search When the software is finished finding the files the results are displayed in the Refine Results window If you wish to narrow your results read the following section Narrowing Your Search XJ B CWIS dH YUM yse4 S j 4 puly 6 JeJdeyg 9 14 Finding Files On Your CD Narrowin
84. on which you want scheduled operations to run Click on the arrows to set the time you want to copy the files When you are finished click on the Add to Schedule button Continue adding dates and times if desired When you are finished selecting your schedule click OK Before an Automatic Operation will Run If you plan to use a new CD for the automatic operation be sure to read the section Preparing a CD for Automatic Operations on page 9 4 It will teach you how to format and name the CD If a prepared CD is not inserted the scheduled operation will not begin Your computer must be left on for the operation to run XJ B GWIS dH YIM yse4 S j 4 puly 6 JeJdeyg 9 8 Automatically Copying Files to CD Adding Custom File Types You can create custom file types For example if you work with text documents html and video clips jpg to create Web pages you may want to create a custom file type called Web Pages To add a custom file type 1 Click the Start button and point to Programs then to HP CD Writer Plus then to HP Simple Trax and click HP Simple Trax Control Panel The Control Panel screen appears 2 Click on the Selection tab towards the top of the screen The Selection screen appears Click here to add a Custom File Type ee cl jg Ind Fies Pin II To Verify Your Schedule Settings 9 9 3 Click on the plus sign button in the Selection window The Custom File Type window appears 8P
85. operations 1 Place the new CD into your CD Writer Plus After a few seconds a screen will appear which asks you to Please select the type of CD you wish to create 2 Choose Click here to create a data CD that will be accessible through a drive letter i e as you would use a floppy drive Follow the instructions on the screen When theCD is done formatting continue with the next steps 3 Run Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button pointing to Programs and clicking Windows Explorer 4 Click the file or folder you want to copy to CD with the right mouse button A popup menu appears On the popup menu point to HP Simple Trax and click Protect SHE MMicrason Word Do DHD croson Word Dos Flags ze MB Werosofl Word Do Pros tew MHE croson Word Do D teatir Erre MKE Abbe Franehlake Quack Ware ntact View Protection Settings Send To Yew Vorons HP Simple Trax will now copy the selected file s and folder s to the CD in your CD Writer Plus and place information about the files into the Simple Trax Index Automatically Copying Files to CD 9 5 5 Simple Trax will then prompt you to type a name to identify the CD This name is used in the HP Simple Trax Index for identification Be sure to write the same name on the CD label with a felt tip pen Using the Wizard to Set a Schedule The Wizard is the easiest way to set up a Simple Trax schedule If you want more control over how you set up the schedule
86. or installing patches or upgrades provided that all other products e g hardware software firmware used in combination with such HP Product s properly exchange date data with it The duration of the Year 2000 warranty extends through January 31 2001 xiii HP Software License Agreement ATTENTION US 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 FORA FULL REFUND IF THE SOFTWARE IS BUNDLED WITH ANOTHER PRODUCT YOU MAY RETURN THE ENTIRE UNUSED PRODUCT FORA FULL REFUND HP SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS License Grant HP grants you a license to Use three 3 copies of the Software but only for Usein conjunction with the HP hardware product that accompanied the Software Use means storing loading installing executing or displaying the Software You may not modify the Software or disable any licensing or control features of the Software Ownership The Software is owned and copyrighted by HP or its third party suppliers Your license confers no title or ownership in the Software and is not a sale of any rights in the Software HP s third party suppliers may protect their rights in the event of any violation of these License Terms Copies and Adaptations You may only make copies or adaptations of the Software for archival purposes or when copying or adaptation is an es
87. peakers or you may have purchased them separately Check the documentation that came with your computer or sound board Example Sound Blaster Parallel port type and system resources in use In general computers manufactured after January 1995 have the required high speed parallel port EPP or ECP Check the manuals that came with your computer to confirm this Older computers generally havea slower standard port Example standard bidirectional In Windows 95 or W indows 98 display the Device Manager Double click on Ports COM amp LPT Double click on the printer port and then click on the Resources tab Example I O Range 0378 037B Interrupt Request 7 ddy woddns Juon g Xipua HP Customer Support 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 To get help with the software that came with CD Writer Plus call the appropriate number listed below free during warranty America Online 00 Keyword hpstor CompuServe 0 cece eens Go HPSYS World Wide Web www hp com isgsupport cdplus Bulletin board site 8 N 1 F 1200 28 8K
88. peed and a 2x write speed if the other minimum system requirements are met TIP Check your computer s specifications to see which kind of parallel port was installed Sometimes a fast ECP EPP port will be set up as a slow standard mode port at the factory Check your computer s manual to find out how to reset it to the faster speed If that doesn t work you can also install a faster parallel port m O and IRQ TheIRQ interrupt request and I O input output range are the computer resources used by the parallel port The CD Writer Plus drive requires a parallel port set to IRQ 7 with I O base address 378 or IRQ 5 with I O base address 278 Most computers automatically assign these But depending on your configuration you may run into conflicts with other devices For example another device such as your sound card may be assigned the same settings If there is a conflict it must be corrected before installing the drive To find out which device isin conflict In Windows 95 98 right click on the My Computer icon select Properties select the Device Manager tab double click on the computer icon to seea list of which device is using each resource setting on your computer m For optimum performance run SCANDISK EXE and DEFRAG EXE on your hard drive before using your CD Writer Plus drive for the first time see your Windows manual for more information Then run them periodically after that These programs improve access ti
89. ported 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 5 Interface Electrical interface parallel port EPP ECP Loading mechanism tray Logical recording format depending on application used ISO 9660 UDF 1 5 CD DA Dimensions Height 66 mm 2 6 Width 180 mm 7 1 Depth 284 mm 11 2 Weight net 2 157 Kg 4 7 Ibs Environmental Temperature operating 10 C to 35 C 50 F to 95 F nonoperating 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F Humidity no condensation allowed operating 10 to 80 RH nonoperating 5 to 90 RH Shock and Vibration HP Corporate Environmental Test Class B1 Power requirements Typical usage 10 7 W Maximum usage 12 4 W suoljqedyinads jedluudel Y Xipueddy Appendix B Customer Support Before You Call HP 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 Information For your computer CD Writer Plus drive model Drive firmware version Drive serial number Computer brand and model Operating sy
90. program by pressing Esc twice then type EDIT REPORT TXT After reading the text press Alt then press X to exit the editor For more information on files that could not be recovered see Files Not Recovered on page 1 9 Your recovery is complete Remove any diskettes and CDs from your drive s and restart your computer NOTE It may be necessary to restart your computer more than once if any hardware in your system has changed since your DR Set was created For Windows NT The Disaster Recovery process for Windows NT begins with a minimal install of the Windows NT Workstation performed from the Disaster Recovery Set HP Disaster Recovery screens will display messages instructing you when to insert the diskettes and CD s from your Disaster Recovery Set Once the Setup portion of the minimal install has been completed the Disaster Recovery Wizard will appear and guide you through the rest of the recovery process To recover your data 1 You should first decide if another recovery method is possible For example if the problem appears to be associated with the Windows operating system such as a corrupt registry try to recover by following the steps outlined in your Microsoft Windows User s Manual before attempting the following procedures If you have determined that a hard drive failure has occurred proceed to Step 2 2 Replace any damaged hard drives with comparable drives deyo J N02 Y 4eqsesi
91. q dH OT 40 10 8 Recovering Y our Data In order to recover all of your information HP Disaster Recovery must have at least as much hard disk space as existed before the drive failure Insert the Windows NT Workstation Setup Boot Disk diskette 1 of the DR Set into into the 3 5 floppy drive from which your computer boots and restart your computer You will be guided through a partial NT installation When prompted insert Windows NT Workstation Setup Disk 2 into the 3 5 floppy drive from which your computer boots The NT Setup screen should now appear Choose Express Setup recommended or Custom Setup from the NT Setup screen m Express Setup Should be selected if you do not need to partition any drive s or if you are testing your DR Set Select this option by pressing Enter m Custom Setup Should be selected if your primary partition needs to be set up or if your backup device is not located Also if the SCSI card your device is attached to is not detected you will need to go through a Custom Setup with your Controller Card Installation Diskette Select this option by pressing C on your keyboard You should attempt to partition any new drive s to the same settings as were set before the drive failure In order to partition your drive s select Custom Setup and follow theinstructions on your screen Only the boot drive and the NT installation drive need to be partitioned at this time You will
92. ration m If you havea printer connected to the CD Writer Plus drive check to see if your computer can detect the CD Writer Plus drive when the printer is disconnected m Check to makesurethat your parallel port istruly configured as either EPP or ECP Check the manual that came with your computer to find out how Check for a conflict with the parallel port some other device using the same IRQ or I O asthe parallel port In Windows 95 or Windows 98 to find out if there is a conflict Right click on the My Computer icon Select Properties Select the Device Manager tab Under the heading SCSI Controllers find Shuttle EPAT External ATAPI Adapter and select Properties AND Under the heading Ports find Printer Port and select Properties If you see a yellow exclamation mark to the left of this line you do havea conflict Determine which other device is using the same settings as your parallel port and change the settings on the other device If you discover you do havea conflict to find out which deviceisin conflict m In Windows 95 or Windows 98 right click on the My Computer icon select Properties select the Device M anager tab double click on the computer icon to seea list of which device is using each resource setting on your computer Error message when I double click on the CD Writer Plus drive s icon m Thereisno CD in the CD Writer Plus drive insert a CD and try again If You Have Problems 1 11 After
93. re Disc 1 during installation and located in the WINNT SYSTEM 32 DRIVERS directory 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 havein creating CDsthat can be shared with others using different computer and CD setups Varying Formats CD technology has progressed rapidly over the last few years from CD ROM to writable CD and on to the technology you now own in your rewritable CD Writer Plus One of the results of these developments is that data can be written in several formats and on different types of CDs Sharing CDs across Different Formats Using CD RW Discs When should I use CD RW discs CD RW media is the ideal solution if you need more storage space on your computer Your CD Writer Plus drive coupled with CD RW media can function as an extension of your hard drive You can write erase and rewrite data easily from applications and from the Windows Explorer Use CD RW media m To save work in progress like presentations documents etc m Make weekly archives of fileson your hard drive m Shuttle files between the office and home if you have a CD Writer Plus at each location or have an external CD Writer Plus to use on both computers 4 1 sdo Jno Huieus Pp saqdeyD 4 2 Sharing CDs across Different Formats Can I share a CD RW disc Yes You
94. rom and write to a drive letter Some examples include m Software applications such as Microsoft Word when you use the Save or Save As commands m Windows Explorer when you drag and drop files m Windows 95 Windows 98 NT when you usethe Send To command m MS DOS when you use command prompts from within Windows 95 NT DirectCD provides a file system based on UDF v1 5 specifications and writes data to the CD R or CD RW disc using packet writing technology This technology together with the file system gives you drive letter access to your CD Writer Plus A DirectCD wizard guides you step by step through the process of preparing and ejecting CD R and CD RW discs Preparing a Data CD Follow these steps to start DirectCD and prepare a blank CD R or CD RW disc for reading and writing data If you want to write more data to a disc that you already formatted in DirectCD see Writing More Data to a DirectCD Disc on page 5 5 Start up your computer Insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc in the CD Writer Plus After a few seconds a screen will appear which asks you to Please select the type of CD you wish to create If the DirectCD Disc Ready window appears the disc has already been prepared and you can start writing data to it 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 Unreadab
95. s 95 or W indows 98 simply click on the Connect or Disconnect external drive icon on your desktop gt Ci Select Shuttle EPAT External ATAPI Adapter then click Disconnect Restart your computer or shut it down and then turn it on again Watch for the green light on the front of the CD Writer Plus drive to blink as the computer boots up Select Shuttle EPAT External ATAPI Adapter then click Connect WM JemMYOS peasy pue Snid Je qI PUIPSUUOI T sajydeyD Bul 1 12 Uninstalling the Software Programs m Makesure the CD Writer Plus drive s cables are connected properly m See Check for a conflict with the parallel port some other device using the same IRQ or I O as the parallel port on page 1 10 For example a sound board or fax modem board may be using the same IRQ If you discover a conflict s change the setting on the other device Refer to the manuals that came with your computer and other devices for instructions m Thepower supply should havea steady green light when connected at both ends If it is flashing try a different power outlet If it is still flashing the power supply could be damaged Uninstalling the Software Programs You can remove all of CD Writer Plus s programs or individual programs CAUTION If you want to reinstall the CD W riter Plus drive s software first be sure to uninstall the original software 1 Click the Start button m Point to Programs m Point to HP CD Writer Plus
96. s drive for additional information Click on Start then point to Programs HP CD Writer Plus Tools and Information User Reference then click README TXT m Check the HP web site listed on page B 4 for the most recent information m Printers in General If your printer came with a program that notifies you about the status of the printer such as when it is out of paper this printer status monitor software might cause problems The printer status monitor software checks the status of your printer every few seconds If this happens while you are writing data to your recordable CD with the BHUIAJOS Wa qodJd E Jaydeys 3 8 Common Symptoms and Solutions Easy CD Audio or CD Copier software it will cause data corruption Turn off the printer status monitor software to prevent this problem Check the information that came with your printer to find out how to do this Finding the CD Writer Plus driver files In Window 95 98 the following file is needed for your CD Writer Plus drive to work successfully attached to a parallel port EPATAP9X M PD mini port driver file This file will be copied from Software Disc 1 during installation and located in the WINDOWS SYSTEM IOSUBSYS directory In Window NT the following files are needed for your CD Writer Plus drive to work successfully attached to a parallel port EPATAPNT MPD mini port driver file SHARSHTL SYS printer driver support file These files will be copied from Softwa
97. select the Ruler option from the View menu to hide rulers sj qe7 pue Syesu buge w 1 3deyo 7 4 How to Makea 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 Select Grid from the Layout menu Select Snap to Grid from the Layout menu The objects snap to the nearest grid marker when you move them around on the page To display or hide the grids do the following m Select the Grid option from the Layout menu to view grids m Deselect the Grid option from the Layout menu to hide grids Positioning Inserts You can position the insert or CD label at any location on the physical page For an approximate position use the box at the intersection of the two rulers To position the insert or label follow these steps m Drag the box at the intersection of the ruler to the position on the page where you want the upper left corner of the insert or label to be located For more precise control over the position of the insert or label use the Origin settings in the preferences See Setting Insert Layout Options in the Easy CD Creator online Help How to Makea 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 def
98. sential step in the authorized Use of the Software You must reproduce all copyright noticesin the original Software on all copies or adaptations You may not copy the Software onto any bulletin board or similar system No Disassembly or Decryption You may not disassemble or decompile the Software unless HP s prior written consent is obtained In some jurisdictions HP s consent may not be required for limited disassembly or decompilation Upon request you will provide HP with reasonably detailed information regarding any disassembly or decompilation You may not decrypt the Software unless decryption is a necessary part of the operation of the Software Transfer Your license will automatically terminate upon any transfer of the Software Upon transfer you must deliver the Software including any copies and related documentation to the transferee The transferee must accept these License Terms as a condition to the transfer Termination HP may terminate your license upon notice for failure to comply with any of these License Terms Upon termination you must immediately destroy the Software together with all copies adaptations and merged portionsin any form Export Requirements You may not export or re export the Software or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations U S Government Restricted Rights The Software and any accompanying documentation have been developed entirely at private expense They are
99. some other program verify that you are using version 2 23 of the MSCDEX EXE file First restart your computer and when you see Starting MS DOS appear on your monitor press F8 Each linein your CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT file will load one at atime Press Y until you see a line containing MSCDEX EXE Then press Y and the version number of your MSCDEX file will display The number must be 2 23 or greater Call Microsoft for an updated file if you need it See if the CD Writer Plus drive or other CD ROM drives can read the CD If so the problem is probably with the CD ROM drive Contact the manufacturer of this drive for updated drivers BHUIAJOS Wa qodJdg E Jaydeys 3 6 Common Symptoms and Solutions Applications cannot find your CD in the CD Writer Plus drive Some programs CD ROM games etc look only for the first logical drive letter assigned to a CD ROM drive or CD Writer Plus drive For example if your CD ROM drive is assigned drive D and the CD Writer Plus drive 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 for these types of programs reassign the drive letters making the CD Writer Plus drive come before the CD ROM drive as follows m In Windows 95 or Windows 98 display the Device Manager and double click on CDROM Double click on the CD ROM drive and then click on the Settings tab Un
100. stem and version Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 Version for NT Service Pack Number Amount of RAM installed Other CD ROM drives yes no If yes list them Sound card yes no Type Parallel port type EPP ECP other and system resources in use IRQ 1 O port B 1 ddy poddns J2WOISNJZ g Xipua B 2 Before You Call HP Information For your computer Printer connected to the CD Writer Plus drive What kind CD Writer Plus in warranty See page xi Where to Find This Information CD Writer Plus drive model The CD Writer Plus drive model number appears on the front of the CD Writer Plus drive as well as on the box Example 7500 Series Drive firmware version In Windows 95 and W indows 98 the drive firmware version and model number above appear in the CD ROM settings Right click on the My Computer icon select Properties select the Device M anager tab double click on CDROM Double click on the CD Writer Plus drive and then click on the Settings tab Example Firmware revision 1 00 In Windows NT the drive firmware version and model number above appear in the CD ROM settings Open the Control Panel Then do one of the following m Click on SCSI Scroll down thelist double click on ATAPI Double click on the CD Writer Plus drive and then click on the Settings tab Example Firmware revision 1 00 m Click on SCSI Scroll down thelist
101. t that can be read by virtually all CD ROM drives and operating systems Windows95 Windows NT Windows 3 x and DOS Sharing CDs across Different Formats Interchange Summary 4 5 The following table is a brief summary of which CD drives can read discs created with certain application media combinations Application used to make Type of CD Drives that can read the CD used a CD DirectCD CD RW MultiRead CD ROM with UDF reader Windows 95 98 and NT 4 0 CD R M ost CD ROMs closed Windows 95 98 and NT 4 0 CD Copier CD RW MultiRead CD ROM CD R Any CD ROM Easy CD CD RW MultiRead CD ROM Creator Audio CD R Any CD ROM homeor car CD player Easy CD CD RW MultiRead CD ROM Creator Data 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 Sd JNOA Buneus y saydeyD 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 dataCDsin 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 m If you want to make a data CD to use on your own computer follow theinstructionsin Ma
102. tCD discs 8 2 files from CD in Simple Trax 9 15 files to CD with Simple Trax 9 2 mixed mode CDs 8 2 photo CDs 8 2 video CDs 8 2 copying CDs making mulitple copies 8 4 steps 8 3 copying files scheduling 9 3 to CD in Simple Trax 9 2 copying from CD to CD 3 3 copyright notice 6 2 8 1 creating audio CDs 6 5 CTRL ALT DEL 2 3 3 6 Customer Support contacting B 1 customizing jewel case inserts 7 2 cycling power 1 8 1 9 3 1 D data cable connecting 1 6 disconnecting 1 14 defining text attributes 7 5 Device Manager 1 10 3 6 A 1 B 2 B 3 digital audio extraction 6 4 dimensions A 6 Direct CD 3 5 DirectCD sharing CD R 4 3 starting 5 2 DirectCD discs about formatting CD RW disc 5 3 adding data 5 4 5 5 ejecting 5 4 formatting 5 3 disaster recovery 10 1 disaster recovery set creating 10 2 testing 10 3 disc labels printing 7 8 disconnecting audio cable 1 14 CD Writer drive 1 13 1 14 data cable 1 14 printer cable 1 14 discs sharing CD R 4 3 sharing CD RW 4 2 using CD R 4 3 using CD RW 4 1 displaying Index 3 grids 7 4 track numbers 7 8 track times 7 8 distortion audio 3 3 video 3 4 3 4 drive letter changing 3 6 identifying 2 4 driver installation A 2 drivers finding 3 8 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 4 environmental specifications A 6 erasing files
103. ter Recovery is complete the HP Disaster Recovery Wizard will report that your data was either successfully recovered in which case you may remove any diskettes and CDs from your drive s and restart your computer or a Report button will appear If a Report button does appear on the Wizard screen click on Report to view any files that could not be recovered For more information on any files that could not be recovered see the following section Files Not Recovered Files Not Recovered HP Disaster Recovery will report any file s that could not be recovered along with a brief explanation for the reason the file s could not be recovered in the REPORT TXT file To view this file For Windows 95 98 After recovering the volume s you must first exit the program by pressing Esc twice then type EDIT REPORT TXT After reading the text press Alt F then press X to exit the editor For Windows NT When the recovery is complete the final Wizard screen will display a Report button if there were any files that could not be recovered Click on Report to view this file deyo J N02 Y 4eqsesiq dH OT 40 10 10 Recovering Y our Data Busy Files If any files were inaccessible at the time you created your Disaster Recovery Set or at the time of the recovery process these files will be listed in the Report file as not having been recovered Damaged M edia If the media containing your Disaster Recovery
104. the CD W riter Plus drive S1EMJJOS HM peasy pue Snid Je d2 bulpauuo T saqydeyD Bul 1 14 Moving CD W riter Plus to Another Computer 3 Disconnect the CD Writer Plus data cable and audio cable if any from the back of the computer Data cable 4 Disconnect the printer cable if any from your CD Writer Plus drive and reconnect it to the printer port on the back of your computer other cables not shown but still attached 5 You are ready to connect the CD Writer Plus driveto another computer To connect the CD Writer Plus drive to another computer 1 Follow the directions for Connecting CD Writer on page 1 2 2 The first time you attach the CD Writer Plus drive to this computer follow the directions in Installing the Software for Windows 95 98 or Windows NT 4 0 on page 1 8 Moving CD W riter Plus to Another Computer 1 15 Each additional time after connecting all the cables m In Windows NT reboot your computer m In Windows 95 or Windows 98 simply click on the Connect or Disconnect external drive icon on your desktop gt Ed Select Shuttle EPAT External ATAPI Adapter then click Connect WM JemMYOS eIsu pue SNid Je Bun qI PUIPSUUOZ T saqydeyD Chapter 2 Using Your CD Writer Plus 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 b
105. to the back of the CD Writer Plus drive and the LINE IN connector of the sound card on the back of the computer Your sound board may be labeled differently m Verify that you do not have a sound muting feature turned on by way of the monitor or software m Check thesound coming from the CD Writer Plus drive by plugging earphones or speakers to the audio connector on the front of the CD Writer Plus drive Ifthesound quality is good the problem is probably with the sound board speakers or audio cable Refer to the documentation that came with your sound board and speakers for help If you are not already doing so try using the audio cable that came with the CD Writer Plus drive m 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 Multimediain Windows Accessories BHUIAJOS Wa qodidg E Jaydeys 3 4 Common Symptoms and Solutions Video is choppy This can be caused by the same situations that cause buffer underruns This can also happen if your video card is slow Try the following m Try the solutions for buffer underruns page 3 4 m Reduce the size of the video window and close any other programs that are running m If the previous suggestions don t work you may want to consider upgrading your video card Buffer underrun error messages CD recordable devices require an uninterrupted data stream from the har
106. tor The Wizard guides you step by step in making a simple music CD Follow these steps to makea music CD with the Wizard saD JSN W Bumen 9 4JeydeuD 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 Adaptec Easy CD Creator Wizard Welcome Easy CD Creator Wizard guides you step by step to make an audio or data CD Select Data CD if you want to make a CD containing data files from your computer This type of CD can be read back on any computer s CD ROM drive Select Audio CD if you want to make a CD containing music This type of CD can be played back on a home or car CD player Click Cancel if you wish to create CDs without using the Easy CD Creator Wizard Cs C DataCD Ea 2 Follow the on screen instructions in the Wizard windows As you add tracks to write to the CD alist of these tracks will appear in the main Easy CD Creator window at the bottom of the screen A final message box notifies you when the recording is complete Recording Audio Tracks from an Existing Music CD To record songs audio tracks from an existing music CD you need to first create a CD layout a file that contains the list of songs and the order in which they will be recorded then record the layout to a blank CD To do so follow these steps 1 Start Easy CD Creator if it isnot already running Making a Music CD
107. tware If you use hard drive compression software it estimates free hard drive space based upon acompression 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 Run SCANDISK EXE and DEFRAG EXE on your hard drive before using your CD Writer Plus drive for the first time see your Windows manual for more information Then run them periodically after that 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 Printer Status Monitor Software NOTE This is only an issue if your printer is connected to the back of the CD Writer Plus drive If your printer came with a program that notifies you about the status of the printer such as when it is out of paper this printer status monitor software might cause problems The printer status monitor software checks the status of your printer every few seconds Ifthishappens while you are writing data to your recordable CD it will cause data corruption Turn off the printer status monitor software to prevent this problem Check the information that came with your printer to find out how to do this Known Compatibility Problems m Check the Readme file that came with the CD Writer Plu
108. u lose power while writing to your CD the CD Writer Plus drive s red light is on OR if you exit an application or press CTRL ALT DEL snid JOYIM d9 Anoy Buisn z 1 3deyp 2 4 Maintenance while writing to CD you may be able to salvage your CD but ONLY if you LEAVE YOURCD IN THE DRIVE DO NOT OPEN THE CD TRAY Turn your machine off Turn it back on Then re enter the application you were using a a o Once the application tries to access the CD Writer Plus drive the recovery operation will make it appear that the last session is there However in reality only a part of the CD s directory may be there Your recordable CD is still usable if you can read the directory Repeat the entire copy operation to make sure that your files are copied to the recordable or ReWritable CD m 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 Maintenance AM The CD Writer Plus drive requires no maintenance or cleaning If you simply keep your CDs clean you will prevent most problems CAUTION DO NOT usethe CD ROM cleaning CDs that rely on a small brush to sweep dirt off the laser DO NOT use high pressure air to clean the inside of the drive These cleaning techniques will damage the CD W riter Plus drive Identifying CD Writer Plus s Drive Letter Not sure
109. utton on the CD Writer Plus front panel 2 Set the CD in the tray with the labeled side up 2 1 snid J PIM q9 JNO Buisn z 1 3deyp 2 2 3 Using CDs 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 m TheCD may bein thetray upside down or a little off center try reinserting the CD The label should be facing up m After inserting a CD you need to wait a moment to let the CD Writer Plus drive read the disc information wait until the light on the front of the drive stops flashing and stays green then click on the CD Writer Plus drive s icon again m Are you trying to read from a blank recordable CD Try again after copying some information to the CD Removing a CD 1 2 3 Press the eject button on the CD Writer Plus front panel Remove the CD from the tray Press the eject button again or push gently on the front of the tray to shut the front panel Choosing CDs for Your CD Writer For best results use Hewlett Packard CD RW ReWritable or CD R Recordable or write once media available from your local vendor When to Use CD RW Ideas for using CD RW ReWritable discs which can only be used in CD ReWritable drives or newer MultiRead CD ROMs m Useasif it were alarge capacity floppy disk m Copy your important f
110. which drive letter was assigned to the CD Writer Plus drive The CD Writer Plus drive has a drive icon just like a CD ROM driveicon You can determine which icon is your CD ROM drive and which icon is your CD Writer Plus drive by double clicking on the My Computer icon right clicking on the CD drive icon and selecting Eject 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 Gather the information on page B 1 before calling for help Having this information ready will greatly facilitate your call Things to Try First Does your computer meet the minimum system requirements see Minimum System Requirements on page A 1 Make sure your computer and CD Writer Plus drive are plugged in and that each device attached to your computer is turned on Turn off the computer s power unplug the CD Writer Plus drive and wait 20 seconds Then plugin the CD Writer Plus drive and turn on your computer This is called cycling power Disconnect all the cables and then reconnect them Sometimes just reconnecting a cable aligns it correctly or adjusts the pin connections fixing a faulty connection Check for bent pins on the connectors and straighten them Make sure that you are using the right type of CD See Choosing CDs for Your CD Writer on page 2 2
111. x or DOS Some additional steps are required if you want to share this disc with Windows 3 x or DOS users You will need to create a copy of your original CD R disc on another piece of CD R media using the CD Copier application This 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 W indows 95 98 and NT When viewed in Windows 3 x and DOS file names are shortened to the DOS standard of aight characters with a three character extension Files and executables that expect a specific file name may not function as anticipated in Windows 3 x and DOS CD R discs created with Easy CD Creator Audio This application automatically writes the audio format understood by millions of car and home CD players in existence today You will be able to share this disc with virtually any user CD R discs created with Easy CD Creator Data Use Easy CD Creator Data when you want to create data CDs you can share with other users for example if you want to send the CD to your co workers For instructions on how to use Easy CD Creator Data go to Making Data CDs to Use on Different Types of Computers on page 5 6 Easy CD Creator is called a mastering application since when used with CD R media it is capable of directly writing discs using a forma
112. yY Jejsesiq dH OT 0 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 m Oneor more blank formatted 1 44M B diskettes m Oneor more blank HP CD R CD RWs m Windows 95 98 installation CD or install set What is an install set An install set is the list of files used to install a product or operating system Computers shipped with pre installed operating systems i e Windows 95 98 may not include a Windows installation CD In this case HP Disaster Recovery will require your Windows install set to create the Disaster Recovery Set For Windows NT m Four 4 blank formatted 1 44MB diskettes m Oneor more blank HP CD R CD RWs m Windows NT installation CD Thenumber of diskettes and CD R CD RW s required will depend on the amount of data on your system Creating the Disaster Recovery Set To create your Disaster Recovery Set 1 Click the Start button located on the Windows taskbar Select Programs HP CD Writer Plus HP Disaster Recovery then select Disaster Recovery HP Disaster Recovery Wizard appears 2 Follow the instructions on the Wizard screens to create your Disaster Recovery Set It is recommended that you label your diskettes and CD s when prompted in the Wizard and store them in a safe place A new DR Set should be created when new hardware or software has been added to your system or if many changes have b
113. you might want to review the section Using the Control Panel to Set up a Schedule on page 9 6 To use the Wizard 1 Click the Start button and point to Programs then to HP CD Writer Plus then to HP Simple Trax and click HP Simple Trax Control Panel The Control Panel appears Click to start the Wizard 2 Click on the Run Wizard instead button near the bottom of the Control Panel 3 Follow the instructions on the screen Before an Automatic Operation will Run If you plan to use a new CD for the automatic operation be sure to read the section Preparing a CD for Automatic Operations on page 9 4 It will teach you how to format and name the CD If a prepared CD is not inserted the scheduled operation will not begin XEL S GWIS dH YUM 3se4sajl4 puly 6 474249 Automatically Copying Files to CD Your computer must be left on for the operation to run Using the Control Panel to Set up a Schedule Click on the boxes to select or deselect file types you want copied to CD ona regular basis The HP Simple Trax Control Panel allows the most customization when setting up a schedule To use the Control Panel Click the Start button and point to Programs then to HP CD Writer Plus then to HP Simple Trax and click HP Simple Trax Control Panel The Control Panel appears Click on the Selection tab towards the top of the Control Panel The Selection screen appears Ge Sapte Tres Comtret P
114. you suspect problems with your drive service must be performed by a certified HP technician See Appendix B Customer Support Shutdown Windows and turn OFF your computer NOTE The CD W riter Plus drive can be used with laptops desktops and towers that meet Minimum System Requirements on page A 1 Connect one end of the power cord into the power supply and the other end to a wall outlet or power strip The power plug and outlet may look different in your country To CD Writer Plus drive Green light Power cord Power supply a w Connecting CD W riter 3 Connect the power supply to the power connector on the back of the CD Writer Plus drive with the arrow on the cable facing up To power supply Check that you have power to the CD Writer Plus drive by opening and closing the CD tray by pressing the eject button NOTE Thereis no power switch on the CD W riter Plus drive or power supply The energy efficient power supply automatically switches into power saving mode when the drive is not in use and may be safely left plugged in at all times However you may Safely unplug the power supply without causing damage to the CD W riter Plus drive eMYOS WHM peasy pue Snid Je d2 bulpeauuo T sajydeyD Bul Connecting CD W riter 4 Locate the parallel port printer port connector on your computer If you are having trouble finding the parallel port connector your printer may already be atta
115. you wish to create NOTE If no screen appears 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 W indows 95 and Windows 98 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 Doubleclick the icon for the CD W riter Plus then select the Settings tab Click Auto insert notification if it does not have a check mark next to it and click OK Click OK on the System Properties dialog box Then close the Control Panel Making a Copy of a CD 8 3 3 Select Click hereto create a duplicate of an existing audio CD or data CD The CD Copier Source and Destination tab appears S CD Copier oP x Eile Help Source and Destination Advanced r Source Writer Plus 7200 Contents No media inserted r Destination CD Recorder Drive 3 F HP CD Writer Plus 7200 x Contents No media inserted NOTE You can also start CD Copier by clicking the W indows Start button located on the left side of the taskbar selecting Programs pointing to HP CD W riter Plus and selecting Copy CDs 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 C

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