HP Compaq Presario,Presario 5116 Quick Start Manual page 139

You can do other tasks on
your computer while the CD
is being formatted. The
DirectCD CD Ready window
is displayed when CD
formatting is complete.
By formatting a disc within
DirectCD, you can read and
write files directly to your
CD-R/CD-RW disc while
within any software
application that can read
from and copy to a drive
letter.
Some examples include:
Software applications
such as Microsoft
Word, when you use
the Save or Save As
commands.
Windows Explorer,
when you drag and
drop files from one
drive letter to another.
DirectCD is designed to complement, not replace, pre-mastering
software.
DirectCD is useful and convenient to use if you want to
incrementally add data to your disc. You can save files directly
to your CD-R/CD-RW disc from Windows Explorer or directly
from your spreadsheet, word processor, or other application
using the Save or Save As function. For example, you might
want to:
Archive data and then remove it from your hard drive.
Back up the files on your hard drive to a CD.
Transfer files from a computer at work to a computer used at
home.
Before creating a DirectCD CD, you must verify that the
DirectCD component is installed. DirectCD is software that
makes it much easier to record data to CD-R or CD-RW than in
the past because it allows your CD-RW drive to appear just like
any other drive letter in Windows Explorer. In other words, your
CD-RW drive handles files just like a hard drive or diskette
drive. Using Windows Explorer, you can drag and drop, rename,
add or delete files and directories directly to your CD-R or CD-
RW disc. You can use the Save or Save As command in your
spreadsheet, Word document, or any other application to save
files directly to a CD-R or CD-RW disc.