User manual NERO NERO BURNING ROM

[. . . ] CD-Recording Software for Windows 95, Windows 3. 1x, Windows NT This manual and the included software Nero - Burning Rom are protected under copyright. Claims against ahead software that are above and beyond the warranty are invalid. Specifically ahead software accepts no responsibility for the validity of the contents of this manual. Thanks very much to all helping hands - and there were a lot! Copyright © 1995 - 1998 by ahead software gmbh Contents Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1. 1 CD-Recording as a New Technology 1. 2 Applications for CD-Recording 1. 3 Layout of the Manual 1. 4 Conventions 5 5 5 6 7 2 INSTALLING NERO 2. 1 System Requirements 2. 1. 1 Hardware Requirements 2. 1. 2 Overview: Components for CD-Recording 2. 2 The Installation 2. 2. 1 Installation of the SCSI Host Adapter 2. 2. 2 Installation of the CD-Recorder 2. 2. 3 Installation of Nero 2. 2. 3. 1 Windows 95 and Windows NT 4. 0 2. 2. 3. 2 Windows 3. 1x 2. 2. 4 Uninstalling Nero 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 3 QUICKSTART 3. 1 Create a New Compilation 3. 2 Determining Maximum Write Speed 3. 3 Simulation of the Write Procedure: 3. 4 The Burn Process (Write Process) 13 14 14 15 15 4 FUNDAMENTALS OF CD-RECORDING 4. 1 The Rainbow Books 4. 1. 1 Red Book 4. 1. 2 Yellow Book 4. 1. 3 Green Book 4. 1. 4 Orange Book 4. 1. 5 White Book 4. 1. 6 Blue Book 4. 2 Definition of Concepts 4. 2. 1 Tracks 4. 2. 2 Sectors 4. 2. 3 Table of Contents 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 1 Contents 4. 2. 4 Single-Session, Multi-Session 4. 2. 5 Disc At Once, Track At Once 4. 3 Recording Formats 4. 3. 1 Audio-CD 4. 3. 2 CD-ROM 4. 3. 3 ISO 9660 4. 3. 4 Mixed-Mode CD 4. 3. 5 Enhanced Music CD 4. 3. 6 Photo-CD 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 23 23 5 NERO 5. 1 Basic Process 5. 2 Terms and Concepts 5. 3 User Interface 5. 3. 1 Title Bar 5. 3. 2 Menu Bar 5. 3. 3 Toolbar 5. 3. 4 Status Bar 5. 3. 5 Right Mouse Button - Context-Related Menus 5. 3. 6 Nero Windows 5. 3. 6. 1 The File Browser Window 5. 3. 6. 2 The CD-ROM Compilation Window 5. 3. 6. 3 The Audio-CD Compilation Window 5. 3. 6. 4 The Mixed-Mode-CD Compilation Window 5. 3. 6. 5 The Multisession-CD Compilation Window 5. 4 Finally: Nero burns. . . [. . . ] All of the selected steps will now be carried out in sequence up to the burn process. So that you can follow exactly what is happening, a 48 Step by Step status window is displayed in which the individual steps are listed. As a last step, you will see a message like "burn process was successful with 2x(300 KB/s)". You may now check to see for yourself what was written onto your new CD by re-inserting the CD and clicking on the CD info icon. 49 Chapter 6 6. 6 Multisession CD 1. Click on the CD-ROM icon in the New Compilation dialog window which opens after you start Nero. If you have already opened Nero, you can also reach this dialog window through the icon for "New Compilation" 2. Make sure that the No Multisession box is not activated, otherwise you are not going to write a multisession CD but an ISO CD!If you just start to record a multisession CD, please select the appropriate option. Only by clicking on the Continue Multisession disk box, the options in the lower part of this property sheet will be enabled. You may now check over all of the settings on this property sheet and make any necessary changes. It will be generally the last ISO track, that is why Nero selects it by default. This window displays all information concerning the track you have selected. Depending on the refresh options selected in the multisession property sheet, you will see some Folders and files shown in black or in grey. Folders and files shown in black means: they have been changed or recorded on your hard disc since your last session. Folders and files shown in grey means that they are already on your CD. To do this, click on the FILE>Save command or the corresponding icon. The compilation name is prompted as the file name in the File Name field of the window which is opened now. The easiest way to do this is to click on the Write CD icon in the toolbar. You will then go to the Write CD dialog box, which will undoubtedly look familiar to you: it is the same box which you saw for the creation of a new compilation, only now the Burn property sheet is shown on the top. Determine maximum speed, simu50 Step by Step late, and write are already selected. Don't activate it, unless you don't want to write you CD, after this session!You may now check over all of the settings on this and the other property sheets and make any necessary changes. [. . . ] Mixed Mode-CD Music and computer data are stored on one CD with this type of CD. The computer data are generally located on track 1 and audio data are located in the ensuing tracks. Multi-Session-CD A CD which is written in several sequential sessions is known as a multisession CD. On-The-Fly A process for burning data onto a CD-R. With the classical and older method, all of the data which are to be recorded onto the CD are first stored in a buffer in a large file known as an image file. [. . . ]