Making Data Cds To Use On Different Types Of Computers - HP CD-Writer Plus User Manual

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Fixing an Unreadable Disc
1. Double-click the CD icon
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
Making Data CDs to Use on Different
Types of Computers
1. Start up your computer.
2. Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc in the CD-Writer Plus. After a few

Making Data CDs to Use on Different Types of Computers

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:
If the disc is unreadable, the ScanDisc window will appear.
when ScanDisc is finished.
NOTE: You can also start ScanDisc through the Start menu. To do this, click
Start on the Windows taskbar. Move the mouse pointer over Programs, HP
CD-Writer Plus, Tools and Information, and Utilities. Then select ScanDisc.
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 by different types of computers. This is handy if, for example,
you want to create a CD for someone who has a 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:
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 a MultiRead CD-ROM drive or in another
CD-RW drive.
on the right side of the Windows taskbar.