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Installing DLA Software

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Installing DLA Software The DLA software is not preinstalled on your PC. Important: Installing the DLA program disables the CD Writing Wizard program. DLA allows you to use your DVD Writer/ CD Writer drive as you would a diskette drive, by copying files to disc or by using a drag-anddrop method. To get and install the DLA program: 1 Go to the Web site: http://www.hp.com/cposupport 2 Type your model number into the Search box (for example, Media Center 863n). 3 Click drivers and downloads for your model. Click applications, if it is present. 4 Choose DLA, and then follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the program. Recording with DLA Important: Format a blank CD or DVD before copying files directly to a CD or DVD. If you don't, a message appears telling you to format the disc or telling you that your drive is not accessible. 1 Press the Eject button on the drive and insert the blank disc. 2 Click Start, and then click My Computer. 3 Right-click the drive icon and select Format. 4 Under Volume Label, type in the title of the disc. 5 Under Format type, select Full or Quick (erase). You must select the quick format for all CD-R or DVD+R discs. You must select the full format for a CD-RW or a DVD+RW disc the first time you format it. Note: Full format can take up to 45 minutes. Quick format usually takes less than a minute. Updated HP Media Center PC Information 11

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Updated HP Media Center PC Information
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Installing DLA Software
The DLA software is not preinstalled on your PC.
Important:
Installing the DLA program disables the
CD Writing Wizard program.
DLA allows you to use your DVD Writer/
CD Writer drive as you would a diskette drive,
by copying files to disc or by using a drag-and-
drop method.
To get and install the DLA program:
1
Go to the Web site:
2
Type your model number into the Search box
(for example,
Media Center 863n
).
3
Click
drivers and downloads
for your
model. Click
applications
, if it is present.
4
Choose
DLA
, and then follow the onscreen
instructions to download and install the
program.
Recording with DLA
Important:
Format a blank CD or DVD before copying
files directly to a CD or DVD. If you don’t, a
message appears telling you to format the disc or
telling you that your drive is not accessible.
1
Press the Eject button on the drive and insert
the blank disc.
2
Click
Start
, and then click
My Computer
.
3
Right-click the
drive
icon and select
Format
.
4
Under Volume Label, type in the title of
the disc.
5
Under Format type, select
Full
or
Quick
(erase)
. You must select the quick format for
all CD-R or DVD+R discs. You must select the
full format for a CD-RW or a DVD+RW disc the
first time you format it.
Note:
Full format can take up to 45 minutes. Quick
format usually takes less than a minute.