User manual FARSTONE VIRTUALDRIVE & BURNING SUITE

[. . . ] VirtualDriveTM Utility & Burning Suite 9 WINDOWS 98/ME/2000/XP/Server 2003 User's Guide Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be copied, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of FarStone Technology, Inc. FarStone grants you the right to use one copy of the enclosed software program ("SOFTWARE") on a single computer. If the SOFTWARE is installed on a network, or more than one user can run the SOFTWARE at the same time, you must purchase an additional license for each additional user or computer. Trademarks FarStoneTM, VirtualDriveTM, VirtualDrive NetworkTM and VirtualDrive Utility & Burning SuiteTM are trademarks of FarStone Technology, Inc. [. . . ] When the Image has been successfully built, select Finish to close the Image Build window. 7. 5. 1-2 Making an Image from an Existing Disc TM With VirtualDrive , you can build an Image (VCD) from almost any type of CD, including: CD-ROM Audio CD DVD-ROM Video CD Mixed-Mode CD Photo CD DVD Video (unprotected) Multi-Session CD CD-Extra CD-Cops CD-Text VirtualDrive supports DVD-ROM games, encyclopedias, multimedia content and other very large file formats. To start building an Image: 70 Do any of the following: Select VirtualDrive Make Image from the VirtualDrive Utility & Burning Suite Quick Start. Select VirtualDrive VirtualDrive Manager from the VirtualDrive Utility & Burning Suite Quick Start, or select VirtualDrive Manager from the Start Menu to launch the VirtualDrive Manager. Then: Select File Make Image. Click the Make Image button. There are different cases depending on the disc type being built: Case 1: Building an Image from a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Video CD, DVD Video or Photo CD. Case 2: Building an Image from an Audio CD. Case 3: Building an Image from a Mixed Mode CD. Case 1: Building an Image from CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Video CD, DVD Video or Photo CD If you are using a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Video CD, DVD Video o r Photo CD to build, follow the steps below: 1. Select the corresponding physical CD drive. Verify the disc type and general information of the inserted disc. You can preview the disc content in the Preview area on the right. Verify that the selected hard drive has sufficient free space to store the new Image, and then use the file browser button to select a location to save the new Image file. Give the new Image file a name and select Next to continue. (If no new name is entered, the new Image will use the name of the folder in which it is to be stored as the Image file name. ) (Fig. 33 72 3. Select the CD read method and use data compression if desired. The default read method "Intelligent Extraction" is successful for most CD formats. In most cases, you can use the "Intelligent Extraction" read method to build your Images. But if you know which protection is on the CD, you can choose to build with that protection by using Other Protected CD type. Using data compression will save hard disk space but will also require a longer Image build time. Enter a description of the new Image in the description box. 35 (Optional) If the CD does not have an auto-run file, you can specify a program to run when the Image is inserted. You can use the Browse button to locate the executable program. (Optional) If you want to eject the CD from the CD drive once the build operation is complete, check Eject the CD-ROM when the build process has completed. [. . . ] The CD can be played on home stereo equipment. Packet Writing (PW): This method allows you to write data to a CD in small increments instead of large blocks as with disc-at-once and track-at-once. It eliminates the session closing overheads inherent in the multi-session method of adding data to a disc in more than one write. Red Book) audio discs using packet writing. [. . . ]