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  • Page 1 Blaster CDRW 6424 User Guide On-line Version...

  • Page 2: Getting Started

    Prassi™ abCD™ Software Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Latest Information............................xi System Requirements ..........................xii Firmware Version Number........................xii To check the Firmware version number..................xii Disk Backup .............................. xii Document Conventions ........................... xiii Installing Blaster CD-RW What You Need............................1 Installing the BlasterCD-RW Drive......................2 Installing the Blaster CD-RW Software......................4 Windows 95/98..........................4 Advanced Configurations Changing the Settings in Windows 95/98....................7...
  • Page 4 Using Prassi abCD Introduction..............................11 Installing Prassi abCD ..........................11 To Install abCD in Windows 95/98 ....................11 To Uninstall abCD.........................12 Using Prassi abCD.............................12 The Taskbar Icon ...........................12 Mounting CD..........................12 Ejecting a Disc..........................13 Formatting a Disc ..........................13 Notes................................14 Using Ahead Software Nero - Burning Rom Installing Nero in Windows 95/98 ......................15 To Uninstall Nero ..........................15 Starting Nero..............................16...
  • Page 5 Limited Warranty Creative warrants, as the sole warranty, that the disks on which the Software is furnished will be free of defects, as set forth in the Warranty Card or printed manual included with the Software. No distributor, dealer or any other entity or person is authorized to expand or alter this warranty or any other provisions of this Agreement. Any representation, other than the warranties set forth in this Agreement, will not bind Creative.

  • Page 6: Latest Information

    Latest Information The README file on the disk labeled “Creative Drivers Disk” contains the latest information and changes not available at the time this manual was printed. Please read the file before continuing. To view the file in Windows 95/98: Start Windows 95/98 Insert the disk into your floppy disk drive.

  • Page 7: System Requirements

    In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab. Double-click CDROM, select Creative CD-RW 6424E and click the Properties button. In the Settings tabbed page of the Creative CD-RW 6424E Properties dialog box, note the Firmware revision number shown.

  • Page 8: Document Conventions

    Document The following typographical conventions are used throughout this document: Conventions Bold Bold face type identifies words and phrases that are to be entered exactly as shown. For example: SET SOUND=C:\SB16 Italic Italic type identifies words and phrases that are to be replaced by you. For example: DEVICE=C:\SBCD\DRV\SBIDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:xxx,yy In the example, you must supply a value for xxx,yy.

  • Page 9: Installing Blaster Cd-Rw

    Data Cable Installing your Blaster CD-RW Driver requires you to perform the Installation Disc following steps: • Install the CD-RW drive • Install the Creative CD-RW software CD Audio Cable Creative CD-RW Drive Screws for the CD-RW Drive Phillips Screwdriver...
  • Page 10 Installing the To install the Creative CD-RW drive: Turn off your computer, and Creative disconnect the power cable. CD-RW Drive Disconnect the monitor and other devices that are connected to the back of the computer. Remove the computer cover. Before you remove the computer...
  • Page 11 Insert the drive into the open 5¼” bay, feeding the cables through the bay. Secure the CD-RW drive to your computer’s frame using the supplied screws. Locate an available power The power supply is generally supply cable, and attach it to located in a rear corner of your Power Supply computer, housed in a metal box...

  • Page 12: Windows 95/98

    Creative CD-RW Software Windows 95/98 The Creative CD-RW drive functions as a CD-ROM drive in Windows once it is connected correctly to the Enhanced IDE connector on your motherboard. To use the read-write features, you must install the Creative CD-RW software.
  • Page 13 The README.TXT file appears. Read this file before you proceed with the installation. Choose Next. The Choose Destination Location dialog appears. The default path is C:\Program Files\Sbcd\. To change the destination directory, choose Browse. Installing Blaster CD-RW 5...
  • Page 14 When the destination path is correct, choose Next. The installation program copies the files to your computer. The Device Selection dialog appears. Select the device that you have connected to the CD-RW drive. Choose “IDE Hard Disk Controller Card” if you have daisy-chained the CD-RW drive to the primary port on your motherboard.

  • Page 15: Advanced Configurations

    Advanced Configurations Blaster CD-RW is installed dependent on the I/O address (port) and interrupt (IRQ) setting. The information that follows explains how to change the interface port and interrupt settings in case of a conflict. If you connect the CD-ROM drive to an Enhanced IDE connector on the motherboard, the drive settings are based upon the controller’s...

  • Page 16: Adding A Cd-Rom Drive

    You can daisy-chain a CD-ROM drive to your computer by connecting the drives with a data cable. You can connect two IDE CD-ROM drives to an IDE port. If your second drive is not a Creative IDE CD- CD-ROM Drive ROM drive, consult the documentation for the second drive before connecting the two drives.

  • Page 17: Troubleshooting

    Solutions: If your headphones or speakers are connected to the jack on the front of the Creative CD-RW drive, adjust the volume control on the drive. If your headphones or speakers are connected to an audio card, adjust the through the audio card mixer or volume control.

  • Page 18: Using Prassi Abcd 11

    (while formatting, for instance) and by the UDF Windows installable file system that answers requests made by the Windows file system. To Install abCD in Insert the Nero/Prassi abCD CD into the Creative CD-RW drive. Windows 95/98 Start Windows Explorer and browse to the abCD folder of the installation CD.

  • Page 19: Using Ahead Software Nero - Burning Rom 15

    Restart your computer when the installation is complete. because there may be driver conflicts between these Note: Nero software will not operate if you do not have a Creative CD-RW drive installed in your applications. This may cause system. defective CDs to be written or may even cause your system to become unstable.

  • Page 20: Starting Nero

    Nero program. To check your You should see the SCSI/IDE identification string of your Creative CD-RW drive (for example, “CREATIVE CD-RW6424”) on the lower right corner of Nero’s main window. CD-RW drive If the message “No recorder selected” is displayed, you may have problems with your system configuration.

  • Page 21: Creating Your First Cd

    Creating Your First The following sections only describe the more common CD Recording operations that you may more likely use. They contain instructions to create data and audio CDs, and duplicate discs. For more detailed information on other functions and settings, refer to Nero’s online Help or manual (.pdf Acrobat document).

  • Page 22: To Create An Audio Cd

    To Create an Audio CD There are two ways to create audio CDs: Compiling .CDA audio files: Selected audio tracks are copied directly “on-the-fly” from the source CD in the CD-ROM drive to the disc in the CD recorder. Compiling .WAV files: The audio tracks are saved as Wave files first, compiled, and then written to the disc in the CD recorder.

  • Page 23: To Duplicate A Cd

    Compiling .Wav Files If the audio tracks you want to write to a CD are not in Wave format yet, then create these Wave files first by using the menu command CD-Recorder > Save track. In the New Compilation dialog box, click the Audio-CD icon on the left side-bar. The Audio-CD tabbed page is displayed.
  • Page 24 Creating your CD copy In the New Compilation dialog box, click the CD-Copy icon on the left side-bar. The Burn tabbed page is displayed. Click the Copy options tab. Do not select the On the fly check box if you want an image copy. If you have selected the On the fly check box, insert the original CD into your CD-ROM drive.

  • Page 25: Troubleshooting

    contain one data Mode 1 track, several audio tracks, followed by a data track again. Many PC games have this track layout. Most of them also need to be written onto 80-minute CDRs. To backup such CDs, do the following: Use the image copy method of duplication (Do not select the On the fly option.) Select the following (if available) in the Read options tabbed page: Read media catalog number and ISRC...
  • Page 26 Nero is unable to detect the CD-RW drive. Solutions If you cannot select your CD-RW drive by using the menu command CD-Recorder > Choose Recorder, check if: you have installed DOS drivers for your CD-ROM drive in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.
  • Page 27 Nero does not support my CD-ROM drive. Solution Nero uses auto-detection to determine drive parameters of new CD-ROM drives it does not recognize. This feature is required to get the best possible reading performance of your CD- ROM drive. To auto-detect your CD-ROM drive: Auto-detection will only work for CD-ROM drives but NOT for 1.Click CD-Recorder on the menu bar.

  • Page 28: More Support

    Is Nero Year 2000 compliant? Yes. Nero will work correctly until the year 2037. In 2037, some Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) objects will cause errors, since they count the seconds since 1.1.1970. Their 32- bit counter will cause an overflow in 2037. Since Nero uses the MFC, it will also work only until 2037.
  • Page 29 To Uninstall abCD Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Select “Prassi abCD” and then click the Remove button. Using Prassi abCD Once abCD is installed and the CD-RW disc in the CD-RW drive is formatted and mounted, you can use it just like a floppy or other removable storage device.
  • Page 30 Ejecting a Disc When you want to eject the disc, you can use the normal function in the Shell interface, the Eject function in the abCD menu or just press the button on the drive. While ejecting, abCD performs an operation that can slow down the tray opening for few seconds. During that period, a message box is displayed.
  • Page 31 Notes Prassi abCD disc An abCD UDF Packet Writing disc can be read in Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 98 when the compatibility abCD reader driver is installed. Refusing to Format a new disc If the automatic request to format is refused by the user because, for instance, he inserted a blank RW when requested disc just to make a CD copy, abCD recognizes this and it will not try to mount until the disc is ejected and inserted again.
  • Page 32 PROBLEM: The message “Out of environment space” is displayed. Cause: The system environment space is insufficient. Solution: Add the following statement to the CONFIG.SYS file: SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P The /E switch sets a new size for the system environment space. If the message reappears after changing the size to 512, reset it to 1024.

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