Compaq 285558-001 - Manual (Page 18)

1–12 Software Guide
CD and DVD Software
Creating and Copying CDs and DVDs
This section provides procedures for creating or copying CDs or
DVDs, depending on the optical drives on your PC, using Easy
CD Creator (provided on selected models). If Easy CD Creator is
included with your notebook, the Easy CD Creator software is
provided on the Easy CD Creator Basic CD.
Using Optional or Windows Software
Easy CD Creator and similar software is available from most
software retailers. To use the optical disc copying features within
the operating system, refer to the operating system Help file. To
access the Help file, select Start > Help.
Understanding Easy CD Creator Features
Easy CD Creator is a transfer utility that enables you to create or
duplicate optical drive media.
Easy CD Creator includes 2 applications: DirectCD and Easy CD
Creator. The Easy CD Creator application includes CD Copier.
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Use DirectCD with Windows Explorer to drag-and-drop data
files between your hard drive and a medium or between your
hard drive and a network drive. DirectCD is often used to
back up data files or to share them with other people.
Although it can be used with most application data files,
including Microsoft Office data files, DirectCD cannot be
used with audio files such as MP3 files.
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Use Easy CD Creator, which includes CD Copier, to copy
either data files such as Microsoft Office files, or audio files
such as MP3 files, to an optical drive medium.
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Use Easy CD Creator to copy individual audio files to a
medium, for example, to create a CD containing only
your favorites.
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Use CD Copier to duplicate an optical drive medium.