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4 To name your disc, select Volume Label, and then type your name over it. RecordNow! will assign a name based on the recording date if you don't type in a name. 5 Add your data files to the file selection window: • Click the Add Files and Folders button, click the browse folder icon to find and select your file, and then click Add. Repeat this step until all files are added. About Storing Data Files on Disc When storing data files on a disc, it is important to note that: • You can add new data files to a CD-R and a DVD+R in a later recording session, until the disc is full. With DVD+R discs, you need to select the correct setting in RecordNow! to record files in a later session. To do this, insert your recorded DVD, open RecordNow!, click the Options icon (wrench), select the Advanced tab, select the recording option you want, and then click OK. • When you record files that have the same name as previously recorded files, RecordNow! updates the file and the previous version is overwritten. • RecordNow! allows you to change file names and titles of files you want to record and files that were previously recorded. • As you select data files to record to your disc, RecordNow! calculates and displays the amount of recording space available on your disc. Copying a DVD or CD Or • Drag your file from your desktop or from anywhere in Windows Explorer into the file selection window. Repeat this step until all files are added. NOTE: You can rename your files in the file selection window by selecting and typing over the current name. This does not affect the original files on your hard disk drive. 6 Click the Burn icon when all of your files have been added. 7 Click Done when recording is complete. Click ? and then click RecordNow! Help for more information about recording data files with the RecordNow! program. IMPORTANT: HP supports the lawful use of technology and does not endorse or encourage the use of our products for purposes other than those permitted by national copyright law. RecordNow! allows you to make a copy of a music or data disc from your collection. You can't copy commercial DVDs because they are protected by copyright laws and are encoded to prevent illegal duplication. To make a copy of a music or data disc from your collection: 1 Click Start, choose All Programs, CD (DVD) Recorder, RecordNow!, and then click RecordNow! again. 2 You can select the Audio Projects, the Data Projects or the Backup Projects tab. 3 Select Exact Copy. 4 Insert the CD or DVD you want to copy. 4 Creating DVDs and CDs

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Creating DVDs and CDs
4
To name your disc, select
Volume Label
, and then
type your name over it. RecordNow! will assign a
name based on the recording date if you don’t
type in a name.
5
Add your data files to the file selection window:
Click the
Add Files and Folders
button, click
the
browse
folder icon to find and select your
file, and then click
Add
. Repeat this step until
all files are added.
Or
Drag your file from your desktop or from
anywhere in Windows Explorer into the file
selection window. Repeat this step until all files
are added.
NOTE:
You can rename your files in the file
selection window by selecting and typing over the
current name. This does not affect the original files
on your hard disk drive.
6
Click the
Burn
icon when all of your files
have been added.
7
Click
Done
when recording is complete.
Click
?
and then click
RecordNow! Help
for more
information about recording data files with the
RecordNow! program.
About Storing Data Files on Disc
When storing data files on a disc, it is important to
note that:
You can add new data files to a CD-R and a
DVD+R in a later recording session, until the disc
is full. With DVD+R discs, you need to select the
correct setting in RecordNow! to record files in
a later session. To do this, insert your recorded
DVD, open RecordNow!, click the
Options
icon
(wrench), select the
Advanced
tab, select the
recording option you want, and then click
OK
.
When you record files that have the same name
as previously recorded files, RecordNow! updates
the file and the previous version is overwritten.
RecordNow! allows you to change file names and
titles of files you want to record and files that were
previously recorded.
As you select data files to record to your disc,
RecordNow! calculates and displays the amount
of recording space available on your disc.
Copying a DVD or CD
IMPORTANT:
HP supports the lawful use of
technology and does not endorse or encourage the
use of our products for purposes other than those
permitted by national copyright law.
RecordNow! allows you to make a copy of a music
or data disc from your collection. You can’t copy
commercial DVDs because they are protected by
copyright laws and are encoded to prevent illegal
duplication.
To make a copy of a music or data disc from your
collection:
1
Click
Start
, choose
All Programs
,
CD (DVD)
Recorder
,
RecordNow!
, and then click
RecordNow!
again.
2
You can select the
Audio Projects
, the
Data
Projects
or the
Backup Projects
tab.
3
Select
Exact Copy
.
4
Insert the CD or DVD you want to copy.