Gateway 400SD4 General instructions

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Using a Recordable Drive

You can use your CD-RW, DVD/CD-RW, or DVD-RAM/-R/-RW/CD-RW drive

to create data CDs, music CDs, or copies of CDs. You can use your

DVD-RAM/-R/-RW/CD-RW drive to create data or video DVDs.

Identifying drive types

Your Gateway notebook may contain one of the following drive types.

Look on the front of the drive for one of the following logos:

CD drive Use a CD drive for installing

programs, playing audio CDs, and

accessing data.

You cannot use this drive to create

CDs or DVDs or play DVDs.

CD-RW drive

(recordable

CD drive)

Use a CD-RW drive for installing

programs, playing audio CDs,

accessing data, and recording music

and data to CD-R or CD-RW discs.

You cannot use this drive to create or

play DVDs.

DVD drive Use a DVD drive for installing

programs, playing audio CDs, playing

DVDs, and accessing data.

You cannot use this drive to create

CDs or DVDs.

Combination

DVD/CD-RW

drive

(recordable

CD drive)

Use a combination DVD/CD-RW

drive for installing programs, playing

audio CDs, playing DVDs, accessing

data, and recording music and data to

CD-R or CD-RW discs.

You cannot use this drive to create

DVDs.

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Creating data CDs and DVDs

Use Roxio Easy CD Creator to create data CDs and DVDs. Data CDs and DVDs

are ideal for backing up important files such as tax records, letters, MP3s, digital

movies, or photos. For information on creating music CDs, see “Creating music

CDs” on page 7.

Use your movie creator software to create video DVDs. For more information

about using the movie creator software that came with your notebook, see its

online help.

Combination

DVD-RAM/

-R/-RW/CD-RW

Drive

(recordable CD

and DVD drive)

Use a combination

DVD-RAM/-R/-RW/CD-RW drive for

installing programs, playing audio

CDs, playing DVDs, accessing data,

recording music and data to CD-R or

CD-RW discs, and recording video

and data to DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or

DVD-RW discs.

Important We recommend that you do not use your notebook for

other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs.

Important If you record copyrighted material on a CD or DVD, you

need permission from the copyright owner. Otherwise, you

may be violating copyright law and be subject to payment

of damages and other remedies. If you are uncertain about

your rights, contact your legal advisor.

RECORDER

Using a Recordable Drive

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To create a data CD or DVD:

1Insert a blank, writable CD or DVD into your recordable CD or DVD drive.

2If a CD Drive dialog box opens, click Create a CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator,

then click OK. The Select a Project window opens.

- OR -

If a dialog box does not open, click Start, All Programs, Roxio Easy CD Creator,

then click Project Selector. The Select a Project window opens.

make a data CD dataCD project dataDVD project

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3Move your pointer over make a data CD, then click dataCD project or dataDVD

project. The Easy CD Creator window opens.

4Click the arrow button to open the Select Source Files list, then click the

drive or folder where the files you want to add to the writable CD or DVD

are located. If you do not see the folder you want, browse through the

folders in the Source pane.

Source Pane Add

Select Source Files

Using a Recordable Drive

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5Click the file you want to record (hold down the CTRL or SHIFT key when

you click to select multiple files) in the Source pane, then click Add.

6After you have added all of your files, click record. The Record CD Setup

dialog box opens.

7Click Start Recording.

record

Start Recording

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Creating video DVDs

Use your movie creator software to create video DVDs. For more information

about using the movie creator software that came with your notebook, see its

online help.

After you connect your digital camcorder to your notebook, creating a video

DVD typically consists of three basic steps: capture the video, edit the video,

and record the video to a DVD-R or DVD-RW disc.

To create a video DVD:

1Insert a blank, writable DVD-R or DVD-RW disc into your recordable DVD

drive. You cannot use a DVD-RAM disc to create a video DVD.

2If a dialog box opens, click Take no action, then click OK.

3Use your video authoring and recording program, such as Pinnacle

Expression, to create video DVDs. For more information about using the

program that came with your notebook, see its online help.

Important We recommend that you do not use your notebook for

other tasks while creating DVDs.

Important If you record copyrighted material on a DVD, you need

permission from the copyright owner. Otherwise, you may

be violating copyright law and be subject to payment of

damages and other remedies. If you are uncertain about

your rights, contact your legal advisor.

Using a Recordable Drive

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Creating music CDs

Use Roxio Easy CD Creator to create music CDs from other music CDs or MP3

files. For information on creating data CDs, see “Creating data CDs and DVDs”

on page 2.

To create music CDs:

1Insert a blank, writable CD into your recordable CD drive.

Important We recommend that you do not use your notebook for

other tasks while creating CDs.

Important If you record copyrighted material on a CD, you need

permission from the copyright owner. Otherwise, you may

be violating copyright law and be subject to payment of

damages and other remedies. If you are uncertain about

your rights, contact your legal advisor.

Important Some CDs have copy protection software. You cannot

create MP3 files from these CDs and you may not be able

to listen to these CDs on your notebook.

Tips & Tricks Most home and car stereos can read CD-R discs, but

cannot read CD-RW discs. To make sure that the CD that

you create will play on home and car CD players, use a

CD-R disc.

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2If a CD Drive dialog box opens, click Create a CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator,

then click OK. The Select a Project window opens.

- OR -

If a dialog box does not open, click Start, All Programs, Roxio Easy CD Creator,

then click Project Selector. The Select a Project window opens.

make a music CD musicCD project

Using a Recordable Drive

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3Move your pointer over make a music CD, then click musicCD project. The

Easy CD Creator window opens.

4Click the arrow button to open the Select Source Files list, then click the

drive or folder where the music files that you want to add to the writable

CD are located. If you do not see the folder you want, browse through the

folders in the Source pane.

Source pane Add

Select Source Files

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5Click the file you want to record (hold down the CTRL or SHIFT key when

you click to select multiple files) in the Source pane, then click Add.

Tips & Tricks You can add any combination of music tracks or MP3 files

to a music CD project. You can add up to 99 tracks and

files, or up to 650 MB (74-minute CD) or 700 MB

(80-minute CD) of tracks and files to a music CD project.

record

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