Apple Power Macintosh 4400 - Manual (Page 68)

IMPORTANT Never drag an entire CD-ROM disc icon to your hard disk.
Copying the CD-ROM disc itself will take up most or all of the space on your
hard disk.
Types of compact discs you can use
Not all CD-ROM discs store information in the same way. A disc stores and
displays information according to a particular file format. Your computer’s
system software must understand the file format in order to use the contents
of the disc.
Standard file formats
You can use CD-ROM discs with these standard file formats:
m HFS (Hierarchical File System)—the standard format used by the
Macintosh.
m ISO 9660—the International Standards Organization’s file format for
CD-ROM discs. This format has been adopted by many CD manufacturers
to make their discs compatible with a variety of computers. It is also the
format that allows you to use Photo CDs in your CD-ROM drive.
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Don’t drag extension icons
like these to your hard disk,
even if the CD-ROM disc
tells you to do it.
Drag application icons or
folders like these to your hard
disk, or double-click an
Installer icon.
Hard disk