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Hewlett Packard: Official Recordable CD Handbook
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Product Description
No matter what recordable CD hardware you own, this ultimate guide to using and troubleshooing your equipment shows you how to make the most of its capabilities. Most people use recordable CDs to back up and store huge data files, but you can also cut your own music CDs, make greeting cards, baby books, wedding albums, design family trees, archive important documents, and more! The Hewlett–Packard Official Recordable CD Handbook walks you through everything from choosing a system that suits your needs and recording your first CD to getting the most out of your investment.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2225938 in Books
- Published on: 2000-06-12
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.co.uk Review
You can't beat a compact disc recorder, also known as a "CD burner", as an accessory for your home computer. You'll be able to make backups of your data and software, transfer files among computers without a network, and compile music CDs containing all your favourite songs. In an office environment, you can take presentations on the road, make demo disks for customers and lots more. Hewlett-Packard Official Recordable CD Handbook shows how to select a CD burner and use it to maximum effect. With remarkable brand neutrality, Mark Chambers explains how to configure a CD recorder, how to use the most popular software for controlling one, and how to put it to use in some interesting home and office CD-recording projects.
Chambers offers no-nonsense buying advice ("For most of us, 4x is fast enough"), straightforward hardware configuration instructions with lots of illustrations, conceptual information about how the CD recording process works and precise directions for using recording software. He's not stingy with procedures for you to follow, but most readers will value his explanatory text more highly. In that prose, Chambers offers facts and hints you can use to get your system out of any jams it may get into, and properly optimised once it's running. The projects described in these pages are pretty cool, too: Chambers shows how to create a CD containing resources for new employees, how to record a video CD (VCD), and how to combine music and video on a single disk. --David Wall, Amazon.com
Topics covered: All aspects of installing, configuring and using a CD recording device. With emphasis on PCs running Microsoft Windows 9x, this book shows how to hook up a CD recorder and get it working well. A large part of the how-to material deals with Adaptec Easy CD Creator, a popular software package for configuring and burning CDs. Specific instructions for various recording projects conclude this book.
From the Back Cover
Official Recordable CD Handbook Record Your Creativity on CD Whether you're looking to buy or upgrade a recordable CD drive or to make the most of the one you already own, you'll find all the information you need in this official Hewlett–Packard handbook.
- Understand the difference between CD–ROM, CD–R, and CD–RW
- See how recordable CDs stack up against Zip, Jaz, and other storage media
- Select and install the best recordable CD drive for your needs
- "Burn" CDs using step–by–step directions for Easy CD Creator, DirectCD, and Toast
- Get up to speed on basic tasks, from backing up files to archiving vinyl records
- Tackle advanced projects, such as recording video CDs and creating custom labels
About the Author
About the Author Mark L. Chambers has been a computer book author, technical writer, and consultant for more than 15 years. His many books include The Recordable CD Bible, Computer Gamer's Bible, Hewlett–Packard Official Printer Handbook, and Building a PC For Dummies®. Foreword by John Spofford, General Manager, Colorado Personal Storage Solutions, Hewlett–Packard Company.
