Dell Dimension 2400 Series Owner's Manual

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16 Setting Up and Using Your Computerw w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o mCopying CDs and DVDsNOTE: Ensure that you follow all copyright laws when you create CDs or DVDs.This section applies only to computers that have a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, orDVD/CD-RW combo drive.The following instructions show how to make an exact copy of a CD or DVD. You can also useSonic RecordNow for other purposes, including creating CDs from audio files on your computerand creating MP3 CDs. For instructions, see the Sonic RecordNow documentation that came withyour computer. Open Sonic RecordNow, click the question mark icon in the upper-right corner ofthe window, and then click RecordNow Help or RecordNow Tutorial.How to Copy a CD or DVDNOTE: If you have a DVD/CD-RW combo drive and you experience recording problems, check foravailable software patches at the Sonic support website at support.sonic.com.NOTE: Most commercial DVDs have copyright protection and cannot be copied using SonicRecordNow.1 Click the Start button, point to All Programs→ Sonic→ RecordNow!→ RecordNow!.2 Click either the audio tab or the data tab, depending on the kind of CD you are planning tocopy.3 Click Exact Copy.4 To copy the CD or DVD:• If you have one CD or DVD drive, ensure that the settings are correct and click Copy. Thecomputer reads your source CD or DVD and copies it to a temporary folder on yourcomputer hard drive.When prompted, insert a blank CD or DVD into the CD or DVD drive and click OK.• If you have two CD or DVD drives, select the drive into which you have inserted yoursource CD or DVD and click Copy. The computer copies the data on the CD or DVD tothe blank CD or DVD.Once you have finished copying the source CD or DVD, the CD or DVD that you havecreated automatically ejects.Using Blank CD-Rs and CD-RWsYour CD-RW drive can write to two different types of recording media—CD-Rs and CD-RWs. Useblank CD-Rs to record music or permanently store data files. After creating a CD-R, you cannotwrite to that CD-R again without changing your method of recording (see the Sonicdocumentation for more information). Use blank CD-RWs to write to CDs or to erase, rewrite, orupdate data on CDs.