HP C4392-90100 - Manual

vi Federal Communications Commission R.F. Interference Statement WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in ...

vii FCC Declaration of Conformity According to 47CFR, Parts 2 and 15, Class B Computer Peripherals: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference (2) this device must accept any interferenc...

viii Hewlett-Packard Limited Warranty Statement HP SureStore CD-Writer Plus DriveDURATION OF LIMITED WARRANTY Hardware - 1 year Software - 90 days 1. HP warrants to you, the end-user customer, that HP hardware, accessories and supplies will be free from defects in materials and workmanship after the...

ix HP Software License Agreement ATTENTION: USE OF THE SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO THE HP SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. USING THE SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE LICENSE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE LICENSE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THE SOFTWARE FOR A FULL REFUND. IF THE SOFTWARE I...

1-1 C h a p te r 1 : In st a lli n g C D - W rit e r P lu s a n d S o ft w a re Chapter 1:Installing CD-Writer Plus and Software What’s in the Package Make sure you have the items shown below. (Keep the packaging in case you need to transport the CD-Writer Plus drive.) NOTE: You may not need the dat...

1-2 Tools You’ll Need Tools You’ll Need Locate the following items, before you begin to install the drive: ■ A medium-size Phillips screwdriver ■ Your computer system’s manual (you may need to look up information about the location of your IDE connectors) Before You Begin Before you begin the instal...

Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-3 C h a p te r 1 : In st a lli n g C D - W rit e r P lu s a n d S o ft w a re Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay Follow the instructions in this section if you will be adding a CD-Writer Plus to your computer (not replacing a CD-ROM)...

1-4 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 2. Watch the installation video (about 6 minutes). To do this, click on the Before You Install icon and then click on the Watch Installation Video icon. If you would like to, explore some of the other information options that appear on the screen...

Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-5 C h a p te r 1 : In st a lli n g C D - W rit e r P lu s a n d S o ft w a re Installing the Hardware CAUTION: The discharge of static electricity can damage electronic circuitry. You can avoid static discharge by touching a grounded metal object s...

1-8 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 9A. Set the jumper on the CD-Writer Plus as advised in the Install Recommendation Printout for your computer (page 1-4). or Master Check the back of the new drive and make sure the jumper is on the right- hand location (Master). Don’t use Cable S...

Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-13 C h a p te r 1 : In st a lli n g C D - W rit e r P lu s a n d S o ft w a re One Device The OPTIONAL data cable that came with the CD-Writer Plus drive is only used if there is no cable already attached to the recommended IDE controller in your c...

Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay 1-15 C h a p te r 1 : In st a lli n g C D - W rit e r P lu s a n d S o ft w a re 17A. If you do not have a sound board or only want to listen to music discs using headphones or speakers attached to the front of the CD-Writer Plus, skip this step and ...

1-16 Installing a CD-Writer Plus in an Empty Drive Bay Next, connect the other end of the audio cable to the sound board inside your computer. Tips for connecting the audio cable to the sound board ■ Identify the sound board. To identify the sound board look for microphone connectors on the back of ...

1-34 Installing Software: Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 Installing Software: Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 1. When you have turned your computer back on and it has started up, the CD-Writer Plus software will search for the new drive and make sure that it is communicating pro...

If You Have Problems 1-35 C h a p te r 1 : In st a lli n g C D - W rit e r P lu s a n d S o ft w a re If You Have Problems Did you read the Install Recommendation? (see page 1-4 if you installed in an empty drive bay, or page 1-21 if you replaced a CD-ROM) There are many factors that need to be take...

1-36 If You Have Problems The CD-Writer Plus drive doesn’t show up in My Computer or Explorer. ■ If you cannot find the CD-Writer Plus drive in Explorer, restart your computer, or shut it down and then turn it on again. ■ Is the CD-Writer Plus drive receiving power? (Test this by opening and closing...

If You Have Problems 1-37 C h a p te r 1 : In st a lli n g C D - W rit e r P lu s a n d S o ft w a re ■ If you are sharing the IDE data cable between the CD-Writer Plus drive and another device, did you change the data-cable (middle/end) connector attached to the device that was already inside your ...

2-1 C h a p te r 2 : U sin g Y o u r C D - W rit e r P lu s Chapter 2:Using Your CD-Writer Plus This chapter describes how to use, purchase, and care for CDs, how to take care of your drive, and how to find out its drive letter. Using CDs Inserting a CD 1. Press the eject button on the CD-Writer Plu...

2-2 Using CDs 3. Press the eject button again or push gently on the front of the tray to shut the tray. When you access the CD-Writer Plus drive from within a program, you should be able to read the files on the inserted CD. If you have problems: ■ The CD may be in the tray upside-down or a little o...

Using CDs 2-3 C h a p te r 2 : U sin g Y o u r C D - W rit e r P lu s ■ Create personalized presentations ■ E-mail storage NOTE: MultiRead CD-ROMs may require a UDF reader to read CD-RW discs, depending on the application used to write them. When to Use CD-RW Ideas for using CD-R (Recordable or writ...

2-4 Maintenance ■ If you ever lose power to the computer or have to press CTRL-ALT-DEL while writing to a CD, do not open the CD tray. You may still be able to salvage your CD. For instructions on how to do this read the pertinent section on page 3-5. ■ Do not mix audio and data files on the same CD...

3-1 C h a p te r 3 : P ro b le m S o lv in g Chapter 3:Problem Solving Read this section if you run into trouble with your CD-Writer Plus drive. If after reviewing the section you need further assistance, call the phone numbers listed in ”Appendix B: Customer Support”. Gather the information on page...

3-2 Common Symptoms Common Symptoms ■ Now your computer won’t boot up! (see page 1-35) ■ Not sure which drive letter was assigned to the CD-Writer Plus? (see page 1-36) ■ The CD-Writer Plus drive doesn’t show up in My Computer or Explorer. (see page 1-36) ■ The device that is sharing the IDE data ca...

Solutions to Some Common Symptoms 3-3 C h a p te r 3 : P ro b le m S o lv in g Solutions to Some Common Symptoms The computer is trying to boot up from the CD-Writer Plus drive or receiving “Invalid Media” error message. ■ If the computer is trying to boot up the operating system from the CD-Writer ...

3-4 Solutions to Some Common Symptoms ■ If you copied wave files from the hard drive to a CD, try listening to the wave files on your hard drive to see if they sounded poor before copying them to CD. (You can use the Media Player program found under Multimedia in Windows’ Accessories.) Video is chop...

3-6 Solutions to Some Common Symptoms Hard Drive compression software. We do not recommend using hard drive compression software. If you use hard drive compression software, it estimates free hard drive space based upon a compression ratio (often user selectable). Programs may check your hard drive ...

Solutions to Some Common Symptoms 3-7 C h a p te r 3 : P ro b le m S o lv in g ■ If your computer has a power-management feature, disable it (see the manual that came with your computer). ■ Run SCANDISK.EXE and DEFRAG.EXE periodically on your hard drive (see your Windows manual for more information)...

4-1 C h a p te r 4 : S h a rin g Y o u r C D s Chapter 4:Sharing Your CDs How you write your data to CD and the type of CDs that you use will determine who else can read the data from your discs. This chapter briefly explains some of the options you have in creating CDs that can be shared with other...

Sharing CDs across Different Formats 4-3 C h a p te r 4 : S h a rin g Y o u r C D s Using CD-R Discs When should I use CD-R discs? The data you put on a CD-R can’t be erased. Use CD-R discs: ■ When you want to protect your data so that it cannot be erased ■ If you want to share your CD with users th...

4-4 Sharing CDs across Different Formats will write a disc in the proper format for Windows 3.x and DOS users. Follow the instructions given in the section “Making a Copy of a CD” on page 8-3 to accomplish this task. NOTE: CDs created with CD Copier will display long filenames when viewed in Windows...

5-2 Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer ■ Transfer a large number of files from the computer you use at work to the computer you use at home NOTE: Other people may be able to read data discs you create with DirectCD on their computers if their CD-related hardware and software is set up the s...

5-4 Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer Writing Data to a DirectCD Disc Once your CD is formatted as a DirectCD disc, you can write data to it in several different ways: ■ Drag and drop files from Windows Explorer onto the CD-Writer Plus icon. ■ Select Save As from a Windows 95/NT applicatio...

Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer 5-5 C h a p te r 5 : M a k in g D a ta C D s Writing More Data to a DirectCD Disc If you previously formatted a blank disc for DirectCD use, you can add more data to the disc until it is full. To do so, follow these steps: 1. Insert the DirectCD disc into ...

5-6 Making Data CDs to Use on Different Types of Computers Fixing an Unreadable Disc If no window appears on the screen after about 15 seconds when you insert a disc in the CD-Writer Plus, the disc may have an unreadable format. DirectCD has a ScanDisc application that may be able to recover data on...

5-8 Getting Help Getting Help For setup and connection problems with your CD-Writer Plus, refer to the Troubleshooting section of the user’s guide. For information about Easy CD Creator and DirectCD, refer to the appropriate topics in the online Help. To access the online Help, select Help Topics fr...

6-1 C h a p te r 6 : M a k in g M u sic C D s Chapter 6:Making Music CDs A music CD is a compact disc (CD) containing digital audio tracks recorded in the Compact Disc-Digital Audio (CD-DA) format. Music CDs can store up to 74 minutes of music and may contain up to 99 tracks, each usually representi...

6-2 Making a Music CD 3. Select the third option: Click here to create an audio CD that will be playable in any CD player. The Adaptec Easy CD Creator Wizard window appears. Making a Music CD You can make a music CD by recording songs from: ■ Tracks on an existing CD ■ Wave files stored on your hard...

Making a Music CD 6-3 C h a p te r 6 : M a k in g M u sic C D s Using the Wizard The easiest way to make a music CD is to use the Easy CD Creator Wizard, which appears when you first start Easy CD Creator. The Wizard guides you step-by-step in making a simple music CD. Follow these steps to make a m...

6-4 Making a Music CD 2. Select New CD Layout from the File menu or open an existing CD layout. 3. Click the Audio CD Layout tab: The top part of the window is Windows Explorer, where you can select the songs you want to record. The bottom part is the Audio CD Layout window, which allows you to view...

Making a Music CD 6-5 C h a p te r 6 : M a k in g M u sic C D s 7. Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6 for each existing music CD from which you want to record songs. 8. Select Create CD from the File menu when you have placed all of the songs that you want to record into the Audio CD Layout window. The CD Cre...

6-6 Making a Music CD 6. Select Create CD from the File menu when you have finished adding all of the songs you want to record to your CD layout. The CD Creation Setup box appears. 7. Make changes, if any, to the CD Creation Setup settings (see “CD Creation Setup Settings” in the Easy CD Creator Onl...

Making a Music CD 6-7 C h a p te r 6 : M a k in g M u sic C D s 6. Type in a file name for the Wave file and choose a different location on your hard drive if you do not want to record your Wave file to your Temp directory. 7. Click Save. Easy CD Creator pre-records your Wave file to your hard drive...

6-8 Modifying Your CD Layout Modifying Your CD Layout The following sections describe how to make changes to your CD layout. Changing the Order of Your Songs Once you have added more than one song to your CD layout, you can change the order of the songs at any time before creating the CD. To change ...

Playing Music CDs 6-9 C h a p te r 6 : M a k in g M u sic C D s Saving a CD Layout You can create a CD layout, save it, then use it to record a CD later. To save a CD layout, follow these steps: 1. Select Save As from the File menu. 2. Type in the File name. 3. Select the location where you want to ...

6-10 Getting Help Getting Help For setup and connection problems with your CD-Writer Plus, refer to the Troubleshooting section of the user’s guide. For information about Easy CD Creator, refer to the appropriate topics in the online Help. To access the Easy CD Creator online Help, select Help Topic...

7-2 How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label When you make a music CD, Easy CD Creator uses the CD layout information to create a basic jewel case insert, including the CD title, artist name, and list of songs. You can then click the Jewel Case Layout tab...

How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label 7-3 C h a p te r 7 : M a k in g In se rt s a n d L a b e ls Zooming To view a section of an insert page or label in greater detail, you can magnify the view. To change the magnification of the page, follow these steps: 1. Select Zoom from the Page menu. 2. ...

7-4 How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label Using Grids Grids help you to more precisely position objects with respect to other objects on the insert or label. To snap objects to a grid—meaning the objects are automatically moved to the grid line—do the following: 1. Select Grid from the Layout m...

How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label 7-5 C h a p te r 7 : M a k in g In se rt s a n d L a b e ls Adding Text You can add as much text as you like to the jewel case insert or CD label. When you add text, you can define some attributes, such as font style, color, and background fill color. To ad...

7-6 How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label Editing Text Objects To change the attributes of any text object, follow these steps: 1. Double-click the text object you want to edit. 2. Select the text attributes you want to change. (See “Adding Text” on page 7-5.) 3. Click OK. Adding Graphics The g...

How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label 7-7 C h a p te r 7 : M a k in g In se rt s a n d L a b e ls If you select Microsoft Clipart Gallery , you will see a window with small images of the available graphics. Select the graphic you want and click Insert . 6. Move or resize the graphic, as require...

7-8 How to Make a Jewel Case Insert or a Label Displaying Track Numbers and Duration Times Easy CD Creator includes the track number and duration time for each audio track. The track number indicates the order in which the audio tracks are recorded. The duration time is shown in minutes and seconds....

8-1 C h a p te r 8 : C o p y in g C D s Chapter 8:Copying CDs CD Copier is a convenient tool for making copies of your CDs. The most common reason for making a copy of a CD is to create a working copy of a CD and archive the original in a safe place. NOTE: CD Copier is designed to assist you in repr...

8-2 Starting CD Copier Starting CD Copier Follow these steps to start CD Copier: 1. Start up your computer. 2. Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc in the CD-Writer Plus. After a few seconds a screen will appear which asks you to “Please select the type of CD you wish to create.” NOTE: If no screen app...

Making a Copy of a CD 8-3 C h a p te r 8 : C o p y in g C D s 3. Select Click here to create a duplicate of an existing audio CD or data CD. The CD Copier Source and Destination tab appears. NOTE: You can also start CD Copier by clicking the Windows Start button (located on the left side of the task...

8-4 Making a Copy of a CD ■ Test & Copy —Select this option to perform a test in which the files to be recorded are passed to the CD recorder. Recording begins after a successful test. ■ Copy —Select this option when you do not want to perform the test. Use this option if you have successfully r...

9-1 C h a p te r 9 : H P S im p le T ra x Chapter 9:HP Simple Trax Use Simple Trax to index the contents of your CDs. Locate stored files without inserting a single CD. Welcome to HP Simple Trax HP Simple Trax protects your data by copying files and folders to a CD and saving information about them ...

9-2 Protecting Files and Folders Immediately HP Simple Trax is installed along with your other CD-Writer Plus software. No special installation or configuration is necessary. All you need to do before using HP Simple Trax is to prepare a CD for writing with your CD-Writer Plus. The method to prepare...

Creating a Protection List 9-3 C h a p te r 9 : H P S im p le T ra x 4. Point to HP Simple Trax and click Protect... from the HP Simple Trax menu. The View Versions option only appears if you have selected a single file. HP Simple Trax copies the selected file(s) and folder(s) to the CD in your CD-W...

Scheduling a Protection Session to Run Automatically 9-5 C h a p te r 9 : H P S im p le T ra x For a scheduled protection session to run unattended you will need to have a CD that already has a name for use in HP Simple Trax. If it is the first time you use the CD in HP Simple Trax the software will...

9-6 Retrieving Protected Files and Folders ■ All files in the list: Protects every item in your Protection List, whether changed or not. ■ Only changed files: Protects only those items in your Protection List that have changed since the last protection session. 6. Click OK to schedule the protection...

Retrieving Protected Files and Folders 9-7 C h a p te r 9 : H P S im p le T ra x 3. Double-click the CD label for the CD from which you want to retrieve files or folders. Open the folder containing the file(s) and folder(s) you want to retrieve. If you do not know which CD contains the files or fold...

Searching the HP Simple Trax Information Vault 9-9 C h a p te r 9 : H P S im p le T ra x The File Protection History dialog box appears: To retrieve an older version of a file, click the desired file version in the File Protection History dialog box and click the Retrieve button. Older versions of a...

Reconstructing the HP Simple Trax Information Vault 9-11 C h a p te r 9 : H P S im p le T ra x If you do not know the name of the file(s) or folder(s) you want to find, click the Date tab to search the information vault for items created, modified, or protected during a specified period of time. Cli...

9-12 HP Simple Trax Control Panel Overview ■ If you want to start tracking files on a CD created by someone else. To import a CD into HP Simple Trax: 1. Place the CD whose contents you want to import into your CD-Writer Plus. 2. Run Explorer by clicking the Start button, pointing to Programs, and cl...

HP Simple Trax Control Panel Overview 9-13 C h a p te r 9 : H P S im p le T ra x To run the HP Simple Trax Control Panel, double-click the HP Simple Trax Control Panel shortcut on your desktop or click the Start button, point to Programs , then to HP CD-Writer Plus , then to HP Simple Trax , and cli...

9-14 HP Simple Trax Control Panel Overview ■ Folder List: Click the folder you want to open. ■ File List: Displays the files in the selected folder that meet the criteria specified by the File Selection radio buttons. ■ File Selection Radio Buttons: Control how files are displayed and selected for p...

HP Simple Trax Control Panel Overview 9-15 C h a p te r 9 : H P S im p le T ra x All files in the list: Protects every item in your Protection List, whether changed or not. Only Changed files: Protects only those items in your Protection List that have changed since the last protection session. ■ St...

10-1 C h a p te r 1 0 : H P D is a st e r R e co v e ry Chapter 10:HP Disaster Recovery HP Disaster Recovery is an application that will help you to recover your data and operating system after a hard drive failure. It is important that you create a Disaster Recovery Set as soon as possible. Should ...

10-2 Getting Started What you will need To create the Disaster Recovery Set, you will need the following items: For Windows 95 and Windows 98 ■ One or more blank, formatted 1.44MB diskettes* ■ Windows 95/98 installation CD ■ One or more blank HP CD-R/CD-RW discs* For Windows NT ■ Four (4) blank, for...

Testing your Disaster Recovery Set 10-3 C h a p te r 1 0 : H P D is a st e r R e co v e ry Testing your Disaster Recovery Set NOTE: This section applies to Windows 95 and Windows 98 only. After you have created the Disaster Recovery Set, you will be asked if you would like to test the DR Set. Testin...

10-4 Recovering Your Data Recovering Your Data If you are certain that you have lost your data due to a major system problem, such as a hard drive failure, it will be necessary to recover your data by using the most recent Disaster Recovery Set. Please note that the process for recovering data in Wi...

Recovering Your Data 10-5 C h a p te r 1 0 : H P D is a st e r R e co v e ry A DOS screen appears. 3. At the prompt, type A:\README then press Enter . The README.TXT appears. 4. After reading the text, press Alt + F , then press X to exit the editor. 5. If a Windows Startup Diskette #2 was created (...

10-8 HP Disaster Recovery Glossary HP Disaster Recovery Glossary This glossary contains common computer terms used in this chapter, and terms that relate specifically to HP Disaster Recovery. BIOS An acronym for Basic Input Output System, a low-level operating system that runs below Windows and DOS....

HP Disaster Recovery Glossary 10-9 C h a p te r 1 0 : H P D is a st e r R e co v e ry dual boot system A system that has two OS (operating systems). For example, Windows 95 and Windows NT. hard disk A storage-media disk fixed permanently within a drive unit and used for storing computer data. partit...

A-1 A p p e n d ix A : T e ch n ic a l In fo rm a tio n Appendix A:Technical Information Minimum System Requirements Your computer should meet or exceed these requirements: ■ IBM or compatible computer with Pentium/100 Mhz processor or above ■ Microsoft ® Windows 95 ® , Windows 98 ® , or Windows NT ...

A-2 What Affects System Performance Insert the diskette you just made, into your computer’s floppy drive and run A:\ASSIST. You can also order the Install Assistant diskette kit (part number C4392-60020) by calling:(U.S.) 970-635-1500.(Europe) Your country’s support number is listed under “Telephone...

Drive Specifications A-3 A p p e n d ix A : T e ch n ic a l In fo rm a tio n NOTE: Refer to your computer and mother board manuals or contact your computer vendor if you have any questions about your computer’s configuration or capabilities. Drive Specifications ISO 9660 Disc Data Capacity (74 Minut...

B-1 A p p e n d ix B : C u st o m e r S u p p o rt Appendix B:Customer Support Before You Call HP If your own troubleshooting efforts fail, contact Customer Support. Make sure you are at your system and have your drive installed when you call. Phone numbers begin on page B-5. Before you contact them...

B-2 Before You Call HP Where to Find This Information CD-Writer Plus drive model The CD-Writer Plus drive model number appears on a small sticker on the underneath side of the tray of the CD-Writer Plus drive, as well as on the box. Example: 8100i (internal) Drive firmware version In Windows 95, the...

Before You Call HP B-3 A p p e n d ix B : C u st o m e r S u p p o rt Computer brand and model The computer brand appears on the front of your computer and in the documentation that came with your computer. Example: Dell Dimension XP-90. Operating system and amount of RAM installed In Windows 95, fr...

B-4 Before You Call HP IDE adapter board brand/model If you are using a paddle board to add another IDE controller to your computer system, check the manual that came with your IDE board. Example: GSI 2C

HP Customer Support B-5 A p p e n d ix B : C u st o m e r S u p p o rt HP Customer Support If you need help with your CD-Writer Plus drive, your local reseller has the latest information regarding HP products and services and can provide support under HP's comprehensive menu of reseller services. If...

B-6 HP Customer Support Asia/Pacific Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (03) 9272 2627China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8610) -65055280Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

HP Customer Support B-7 A p p e n d ix B : C u st o m e r S u p p o rt Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08 61 92 170Switzerland (French, Italian, and German) . . . . . . . . 08 48 80 11 11Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

B-8 Returning a Drive Returning a Drive If your Hewlett-Packard product requires repair or replacement, call the appropriate number for your country from the list beginning on page B-6 in Appendix B: Customer Support, to receive instructions.

Index-1 In d e x Index A access time 3-7, A-2, A-3adding graphics to inserts 7-6application software installing A-1uninstalling 1-34 arranging track titles 7-7assigning drive letter 3-4–3-5audio cable 1-15, 1-29, 3-3 purchasing 1-17, 1-31 Audio CD Layout window 6-4audio CDs CD-RW in car CD player 4-...