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Copyright © 2003 Ahead Software AG REV 1.4 Mount Rainier and EasyWrite Reader are properties of the Mount Rainier Group. Be aware that some early versions of InCD 4 do not include all of the features presented herein. Check for the newest version on www.nero.com. Contents 1 About InCD......................................................................................... 5 1.1 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 Information about InCD ................................................................... 5 Hints on working with InCD............................................................. 5 Operating systems ............................................................................. 5 Existing packet writing software ......................................................... 6 CD-MRW / DVD+MRW (Mount Rainier) ............................................ 7 UDF reader driver............................................................................... 8 2 Installation ......................................................................................... 9 2.1 2.2 2.3 Introduction ...................................................................................... 9 Installation ........................................................................................ 9 Uninstalling InCD ........................................................................... 10 3 Working with InCD........................................................................... 11 3.1 3.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.3 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.4 3.5 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.6 3.7 Starting InCD .................................................................................. 11 Discs supported by InCD............................................................... 12 CD-RW ............................................................................................. 12 CD-MRW .......................................................................................... 12 DVD-RW .......................................................................................... 13 DVD-RAM......................................................................................... 13 DVD+RW and DVD+MRW ............................................................... 13 Format ............................................................................................. 14 Background formatting ..................................................................... 16 Disc verification ................................................................................ 16 Quick formatting............................................................................. 16 Ejecting a disc ................................................................................ 19 Ejecting a CD-RW or a DVD-RAM ................................................... 19 Ejecting a CD-MRW, a DVD+RW or a DVD+MRW.......................... 19 Ejecting a DVD-RW.......................................................................... 19 Loading a disc .................................................................................. 20 Copying data to a disc formatted using InCD ............................. 21 Erasing discs .................................................................................. 22 InCD Contents · 3 4 Commands....................................................................................... 24 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Introduction .................................................................................... 24 About ............................................................................................... 24 Help ................................................................................................. 24 Options............................................................................................ 25 Drive properties.............................................................................. 26 InCD format..................................................................................... 28 InCD delete...................................................................................... 29 Eject................................................................................................. 29 5 Index ................................................................................................. 30 InCD Contents · 4 1 About InCD 1.1 Information about InCD InCD is a program which formats rewritable discs (CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW and DVD-RW) in such a way that they can be used like hard disks or floppy disks. This means that you can save, copy or delete files from any application onto the disc. InCD uses only rewritable discs (CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW). Discs which can only be written to once (CD-R, DVD+R or DVD-R) cannot be used with InCD. 1.2 1.2.1 Hints on working with InCD Operating systems The system requirements for InCD are as follows: Hardware Software CD/DVD-Rewritable compatible recorder (MMC Compliant, Multiread RW Recorder) Windows 95 (Version B / Service Release 2 onwards) with the DCOM95 update (available if you install Internet Explorer 4.0) Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT 4.0 with IE 4.0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Rewritable disc (CD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM) Disc type Note for users of Windows 95/98/Me! InCD is not compatible with the 'Adaptec CD-Burning Plug-in' which is installed as part of Windows Media Player 7.x. Please uninstall the plug-in using 'Add/Remove Programs' from the Control Panel. InCD About InCD · 5 To Windows XP users! If InCD causes a serious error, you can send the error log to Microsoft by clicking on the 'Send Error Report' button. Microsoft will then forward it to Ahead Software, so that our software developers can analyze the error and improve the software. Thank you for your support! 1.2.2 Existing packet writing software InCD can handle discs formatted by other packet writing software. However, InCD is not compatible with other packet writing software. You must uninstall any other packet writing packages prior to your InCD installation. Before the installation begins, InCD checks the installed applications and exits the set-up procedure if it finds another packet writing program. A window is displayed with a message explaining this. InCD About InCD · 6 1.2.3 CD-MRW / DVD+MRW (Mount Rainier) To format discs in the so-called MRW (Mount Rainier) format using InCD, check the corresponding check box (if InCD detects a recorder that supports MRW, then this option will be enabled by default). The RW disc will then become an MRW disc once formatting is complete. The check box is to be found in the InCD Options dialog box for overall control, and in the drive properties InCD tab for per drive control. In both places, this option is only modifiable if the recorder supports this function. There is more on this in the 'Options' and 'Drive properties' sections. In contrast to CD-RW, MRW discs can be written to after only about one minute of formatting. This does not mean that the MRW is fully formatted after two minutes, but simply that it is formatted enough for you to be able to write data on it. The remainder of the formatting goes on in the background. Mount Rainier is also known as 'EasyWrite'. You can find additional information about Mount Rainier at http://www.mt-rainier.org. You can only write data in MRW format with drives that support the format. You must also ensure that the 'MRW Format on all MRW capable drives' checkbox has been ticked. Drives that do not support Mt. Rainier can only read such discs with a remapper (see the 'Remapper' section). Most drives supporting Mount Rainier feature the EasyWrite logo: The EasyWrite logo is a registered trademark of Philips. InCD About InCD · 7 1.2.3.1 Disc type CD-MRW discs are standard CD-RW discs formatted as MRW on a recorder that supports Mt. Rainier. In addition, DVD+MRW discs are standard DVD+RW discs formatted as MRW on a Mt. Rainier-supporting recorder. 1.2.3.2 Remapper In order to be able to read discs in Mount Rainier format on drives that do not support this format (CD-MRW/DVD+MRW), you will need a so-called remapper (the 'EasyWrite Reader'). It is not installed as part of the InCD installation process, so you will need to install it separately. Depending on the operating system in use, you may also have to install InCD. You can find the information you need in the following table: You need the remapper in order to be able to read CDWindows 95 MRW/DVD+MRW. You can download it free of charge Windows 98 Windows Me from http://www.nero.com. Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows NT You cannot read CD-MRW/DVD+MRW using only the remapper. For this operating system you must install InCD as well as the remapper. The remapper will not allow you write MRW discs. Only recorders that are MRWwrite compliant can write MRW discs. 1.2.4 UDF reader driver On a PC running Windows 95B or Windows 98 or Windows ME and on which InCD is not installed, in order to be able to read a disc formatted using InCD, you need a UDF reader driver. This driver is part of the above-mentioned EasyWrite Reader. You can download it free of charge from Ahead Software AG's web site at www.nero.com. Note for users of Windows NT4: The current UDF driver version does not support Windows NT4. If you are running NT4, you must install InCD instead of the UDF driver. InCD About InCD · 8 2 Installation 2.1 Introduction InCD comes in several installation packages. CD-ROM multi-installer. This pops up when you insert the Nero CD-ROM in your drive and when the auto-insert notification is enabled on your system. CD-ROM standalone installer. You can install InCD, bypassing the multiinstaller, by directly launching the InCD installer to be found on the CD-ROM. Internet standalone installer. You can download its Web installer, but if you want to install InCD you must have a registered version of either Nero or Nero Express. 2.2 Installation You must have administrator rights to install the software on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro or Windows Server 2003. 1. Close all the Windows applications you are not running and close any antivirus software that may be running. 2. Put the InCD disc in the CD or DVD drive, or download InCD's Web installer (from www.nero.com, for instance). 3. Start installation CD-ROM multi-installer - click on the InCD area of the start window. CD-ROM standalone installer ­ browse your CD-ROM and, there, open a folder called 'InCD' if the CD-ROM is a Nero 5.5 CD-ROM (or 'InCD4' if you have a Nero 6 CD-ROM). Launch the 'Setup.exe' file, which is located in this folder, by double-clicking on it. Internet standalone installer ­ launch the downloaded file. 4. Click on the 'Next' button to install the software. If there is an existing version of InCD 4 installed, you can update it by clicking on the 'Next' button. InCD Installation · 9 You cannot update from InCD 3.x to InCD 4. You first have to uninstall InCD 3.x before installing InCD 4. 5. Read the license terms and conditions carefully and then choose the 'I accept the terms in the preceding license agreement' option, if you agree to the terms of the agreement. Then click on the 'Next' button. You cannot install InCD unless you agree to the license terms. 6. Enter your user name in the 'User name' field. If InCD is installed on a company computer, you must also enter the firm's name in the 'Company name' field. This is obligatory - you must enter data in this field. We recommend that private users repeat their user name in this field. The default installation folder is 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD'. You can change this folder by clicking on the 'Change' button and entering the folder of your choice. When all the details are correct, click on the 'Next' button. 7. You must restart your computer before you can use InCD. Click on the 'Restart' button to restart your computer. If you click on the 'Exit' button, the installation program will be closed. You cannot use InCD u ...