Creating Recovery Cd/Dvds For The Pc; Setting Automatic Recording Options - HP Compaq Presario,Presario S7300 Supplementary Manual

Creating Recovery
CD/DVDs for the PC
For more information about creating Recovery
CDs/DVDs, refer to the User's Guide that came with
your PC.
Setting Automatic
Recording Options
When you first insert a blank CD into your DVD
Writer/CD Writer drive, Microsoft
may give you options for the type of disc you insert.
When you insert a blank DVD into your
NOTE:
DVD Writer/CD Writer drive, an options window
does not appear. You must open the program you
want to use with your DVD, and then perform an
action.
For example, if you insert a blank CD-RW disc, you
can select any of these options:
•
Open writeable CD folder using Windows
Explorer.
•
Create a disc using RecordNow!
•
Take no action.
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Windows XP
If this window of options does not appear, you can
click Start, My Computer, right-click the DVD
Writer/CD Writer drive icon, and then select one
of the available options.
You can also open a program before you insert a
disc. After the program is opened, select an action
and follow onscreen instructions within the program.
You can choose to have a specific action occur
automatically each time you insert a blank CD by
selecting the Always do the selected action box.
If you later decide that you want to change the option
you have set:
1 Click Start.
2 Click My Computer.
3 Right-click the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive
icon and select Properties.
4 Click the AutoPlay tab.
5 Click Select an action to perform, select an
action, and then click OK.
Or
Click Prompt me each time to choose an
action, and then click OK.
If you insert a blank or data disc, a window with
options for blank or data discs opens.
If the option you want is not listed, you can select
Take no action, and then click OK. The window
closes, and you can then manually select a different
option through the Start menu on the desktop.
Here are some of the other options you can choose:
•
To view the files on the disc you inserted, click
Start, My Computer, and then right-click the
DVD Writer/CD Writer drive icon and choose
Explore.
•
To view the files on the disc you inserted, click
Start, My Computer, and then double-click the
DVD Writer/CD Writer drive icon.
•
To open a particular program, click Start, choose
All Programs, and then click the program
you want.
Creating DVDs and CDs
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