If you have a DVD-Recordable (DVD+RW) drive, you can record data stored on your hard disk to a data DVD. Making a data DVD is similar to making a data CD in Easy CD Creator.
Note: There are several types of DVD-Recordable drives available today. Please go to the Roxio Web site at http://www.roxio.com for a list of currently supported DVD-Recordable drives.
DVD-Recordable technology, like CD-RW, allows you to record and erase information on DVDs. The advantage of DVD-Recordable is the amount of data that a single DVD-Recordable disc can hold: up to several GBs as compared to 650 MB on a blank 74-minute CD-R or CD-RW disc, or 700 MB on a blank 80-minute CD-R disc.
Here are just some of the things you should know about a data DVD:
Unlike a video DVD, a data DVD is used for data storage only and cannot be played on your home DVD player.
DVD-Recordable drives can only read DVD-Recordable discs manufactured specifically for the type of DVD-Recordable drive. For example, only DVD+RW drives can read a DVD+RW disc.
Making a Data DVD
To make a data DVD:
Start a new data DVD project. From the Easy CD Creator Project Selector window, click Make a Data CD, then click Data DVD Project. An untitled data DVD project appears.
Insert a blank DVD into your DVD-Recorder (the destination drive).
In the Select Source Files drop-down list box, select the folder where your files are located; a list of all files in the folder appears in the Source window.
Select the file (hold down the Ctrl or Shift key to select multiple files) in the Source window, and then click Add. The file is added to the data DVD project.
Click Record. The Record CD Setup dialog box appears.
Click Start Recording.
Working with Files and Folders in the Data DVD Project
Once you have added one or more files to your data DVD project, you have the following options:
Creating a New Folder
Removing Files and Folders
Renaming Files and Folders
Finding Files
Creating a New Folder
You can create a new folder in your data DVD project and then add files and folders to that new folder.
To create a new folder:
From the Edit menu, select New Folder.
Removing Files and Folders
Removing a file or folder from the data DVD project does not remove the original file or folder from your hard disk.
To remove a file or folder from the data DVD project:
Select the file or folder in the data DVD project.
Click Remove.
Click Yes.
Renaming Files and Folders
You can rename files and folders in the data DVD project. Renaming a file or folder in the data DVD project does not change the original name of the file or folder on your hard disk.
To rename a file or folder:
Right-click the file or folder you want to edit in the data DVD project.
Select Rename.
Type a new name.
Finding Files
To find a file in your system:
In the Source window, click the Find Files button.
In the Named text box, type the name of the file you are looking for.
In the Look In drop-down list box, select the drive or folder where you want to search.
Click Find Now.
Viewing the Status Bar
The Status bar at the bottom of the data DVD project displays messages about the function of the selected command or button.
The Status bar also displays the following information about the data DVD project:
Number of files and folders in the data DVD project
Type of DVD (Double-click this field to display the CD Project Properties dialog box.)
File System Option--Joliet, ISO 9660, or UDF (Double-click this field to display the CD Project Properties dialog box.)
DVD-Recorder (Double-click this field to display the CD Drive Properties dialog box.)
Write Method--Disc-at-Once (DAO) or Track-at-Once (TAO).
To hide or show the Status bar:
From the View menu, select Status Bar.
Viewing the CD Info Bar
The CD Info bar at the bottom of the data DVD project displays the amount of free space available (in MBs) on the DVD.
To show or hide the CD Info bar:
From the View menu, select CD Info Bar.
Saving and Opening a DVD Project
You can create a DVD project, save it, then use it to record a DVD at a later time.
Note: When saving a DVD project, you are saving a file that contains only the instructions that specify which files to include in the DVD project.
To save a DVD project:
From the File menu, select Save Project List As.
Type a file name, and select a location for the file.
Click Save.
To open a DVD project:
From the File menu, select Open CD Project.
Select the DVD project (.cl5) you want to open.
Click Open.
Erasing a DVD
To erase the contents of a DVD-Recordable disc in your DVD-Recordable drive:
Note: You cannot erase the contents of a DVD-R disc.
From the Source window, select the DVD-Recordable drive that contains the DVD-Recordable disc you want to erase.
From the CD menu, select Erase Disc.
Validating a DVD Project
Validating a DVD project allows you to verify that the source contents have not been moved, deleted, renamed, or modified since you added them to the DVD project. If an item cannot be found, you are prompted to delete the item from the DVD project before recording the DVD project.
