Compaq 250029-001 Laptop User Manual


 
MY PRESARIO—GETTING STARTED USING YOUR COMPUTER 2-19
Creating Your Own CDs
CDs are created using the Easy CD Creator software (available on
select models). Various uses of the CD-RW drive are shown
below.
Note: Confirm that the Easy CD Creator software is installed before you begin
trying to create CDs.
The Easy CD Creator software is intuitive. When you place the
cursor over any of the functions, a description of the function is
displayed.
Note: There is extensive online Help built into the software. To view online
Help you must load Adobe Acrobat Reader from the My Presario—Learning
More CD.
Disk Drive, Hard
Drive, CD-ROM,
CD-RW,
DVD-ROM, and
DVD-R/RW
Drives, cont.
The CD-RW drive allows you
to create your own CDs. You
can buy two types of media:
CD-R and CD-RW discs.
CD-R media can be played
on most of the newer CD
players, CD-ROM,
DVD-ROM, and DVD-R/RW
drives. CD-R media can be
written to only once.
However, you can write to
CD-RW media using multiple
recording sessions until you
close out the disc.
CD-RW media can be used
to make backups of your
personal CDs or hard disk.
These discs are re-usable and
can be erased and rewritten to
numerous times.
See also ...
For more information about
using the CD-ROM, CD-RW,
DVD-ROM, or DVD-R/RW
drives, refer to the
My Presario—Learning More
CD.
Media Uses
Audio Create personal music CDs with your favorite music
tracks and MP3/WMA files.
Data Create a data CD to store data, such as files or folders
from the hard disk. This feature is useful for backing up
important files or for sharing data with other people.
Direct CD Write files directly to a CD-R/CD-RW just like you copy
files to a disk drive. Drag-and-drop files from one drive
to another in Microsoft Explorer without accessing Easy
CD Creator.
CD Copier Create an entire copy of a CD or a backup of data files.
Jewel Case
Creator
Make custom jewel case inserts and CD labels to
indicate the title and contents of a CD (labels are sold
separately).