directcd

Making Multimedia CDs With Adaptec's Direct CD

Start-Up

Double-click the CD-RW drive icon on the right side of the taskbar
DirectCD Wizard appears and guides user step-by-step to prepare CD to allow writing data directly to it

Writing Data to a CD the 1^st Time

Insert a black CD into CD-RW drive
Double-click the CD-RW drive icon on the taskbar
Adaptec Direct CD Wizard window appears
Click NEXT
If more than one CD-R or CD-RW drive exists, select drive containing the blank CD and click NEXT
In Format Disc window, select the option that says:

I will be using Direct CD to read and write the CD through the drive letter associated with the CD-R drive.

NOTE: Formatting a blank CD-RW disc may take approximately one hour. The process also requires additional space on the disc (possibly more than 100 MB). As a result, CD-RW discs have less than 500 MB of available space while CD-RW discs can store over 600 MB of data.

Click NEXT to continue
Type in name for CD in Volume Information window and click FINISH
When formatting complete the DirectCD Disc Ready window appears
Click OK

The disc is ready for input of information Ways of Adding Data to a DirectCD Disc

Drag and drop files from Windows Explorer onto the CD-RW drive icon
Select SAVE AS from a Windows 95/NT application File menu and select the drive letter og the CD-RW drive
Use SEND TO command
Use MS-DOS command prompts from DIS window in Windows 95/NT

Ejecting a DirectCD Disc

When you are done inputting data and want to read CD using either CD-RW drive or another CD-R system that supports DirectCD, the disc must be formatted to make possible using DirectCD
When you eject a disc, Direct CD automatically formats it for you
To eject a DirectCD disc, execute the following steps:

Right-click the CD-RW drive icon on the taskbar
Select EJECT from the drop-down list box

Writing More Data to a DirectCD Disc

Insert DirectCD disc into your CD-RW drive
Wait for DirectCD Disc Ready window to appear
Click OK and continue writing more data to CD

Erasing the Contents on a DirectCD Disc

While in Windows Explorer, select the file(s) you want to erase
Select DELETE from the File menu
Click YES to confirm that you want to erase the files from the CD (DirectCD erases the selected file(s) from the CD)