HOW TO CREATE A DATA CD WITH A CD-RW DRIVE

(TO INSURE GREATEST COMPATABILITY WITH ALL OTHER CD DRIVES)

1. FIRST OF ALL: Do not run any programs or work on any programs while writing a CD. You might even want to reboot the computer first to be safe.

2. Do not create a CD using files that are stored on the network (e.g. your H: drive). They must be copied to the local D: drive. Networks are unreliable in speed and throughputs and CD writing needs dedication!

3. Use D:\CDStorge to store your files for writing to CD. You can delete files from CDStorage to start clean but DON'T delete all files in all folders on D:\.

   1. You can use ftp to put your files into the D:\CDStorage drive (see FTP HOWTO).
   2. If you are duplicating a CD, use Easy Creator CD Copier (see picture under #7).

4. Insert your CD in the CD-RW drive with the greenish side down.

5. Even the screen saver even needs to be turned off. To make sure, click anywhere on the desktop background. On the pop-up menu, select Properties. In Display Properties windows, select Screen Saver tab. In the box under Screen Saver select (None).

6. From the light gray taskbar at the very bottom of the screen, click on the Easy CD Creator icon (far bottom right corner of screen ) or go through Start, Programs, Roxio Easy CD Creator 5, Applications, Project Selector.
   

7. The following Easy Creator menu will appear. If your screen doesn't look the same as below, position your cursor over the "make a data CD" button.

   

1. On the Easy CD creator menu, select Data CD (assuming you are not simply duplicating a CD).

2. On the next screen, select File and then CD Project Properties. Under General tab, enter the label you want in the Volume Label box. Spaces and dashes are NOT allowed in the volume label but letters and numbers are.

3. Leave default File System set to JOLIET.

4. At the bottom of this window select the MODE 1: CDROM bulleted item. ( The Automatically import previous session box is checked if you want to include the data already on the CD-R. Otherwise, any data already on the CD-R will not be visible after recording the current session.) . Click OK at the bottom of the screen to continue.

1. The top half of the DATA CD Layout window is very much like Windows Explorer. Highlight the desired files or folders in the top half of the window. Click on Edit, then Copy.

2. In the bottom half of the windows, highlight the Volume label of the CD-R, then click Edit, Paste.

3. Disk space usage appears in the bottom gray box of the window detailing approximately how much of the 650MB of CD space will be used by the files you've selected.

4. Prepare the layout for writing by selecting File, the Validate Project.

1. From menu bar, select File, then Record CD.

2. Under Advanced tab you can choose to test-write CD-R. This is safest route but takes twice as long to write the CD.

3. Click the OK button. The CD creation Process will begin and a check of the data transfer rate will occur.