Archiving Files Using Media Center; Working With Image Files; Creating An Image File - HP Pavilion Media Center m7300 - Desktop PC Software Manual

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Your DVD Writer or
CD Writer drive will
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commercially
available DVD
movies. Most
commercial DVDs are
encoded to prevent
unauthorized
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Software Guide — HP Media Center PC

Archiving files using Media Center

The Sonic DigitalMedia Archive software is included
with select models only.
To archive your hard disk drive files:
1
Press the Media Center Start button
the remote control, or, with your mouse, click
Start on the taskbar, and then
click Media Center.
2
Select More Programs.
3
Select Media Archive.
4
Select the drive where your files are located
by selecting (+) or (–).
5
Select the type of files to archive, by placing
a check next to Music, Pictures, Video,
and Recorded TV.
6
Select the drive where you want to archive
your files by selecting (+) or (–).

Working with Image Files

The Sonic recording programs can convert all the
files from a CD or DVD into a single image file (.iso)
file, or a series of Global-Image files (.gi) (none
exceeding 2 GB). You can use the image file
to reproduce the original disc. Image files are
typically used when you need to make multiple
copies of the same disc.
An image file is not a traditional picture file. An
image file can be used to reproduce an original
disc.

Creating an image file

To make an image file using Sonic DigitalMedia
Plus:
1
Open the Sonic DigitalMedia Plus program by
clicking Start, All Programs, Sonic, and
then DigitalMedia Home.
2
Click Copy, select .iso or .gi (if prompted for
file type), and then click Save Image.
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Select Archive. Follow any onscreen
instructions.
An .iso or .gi file is not like a graphic or a
photograph file. Instead, the term image is like a
master file from which duplicates can be
reproduced. This type of image file is used to group
several data files under one single file. Such image
files are typically used to burn multiple CD or DVD
discs with identical content.
3
Insert the CD or DVD from which you want to
make a image file.
4
Click Browse to select the location where the
image file will be created.
5
Click the Save Image icon to create the
image file.
6
Click Done after the image file has been
created.