[. . . ] 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. For more information about using the movie creator software that came with your notebook, see its online help. 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. 2 www. gateway. com Using a Recordable Drive To create a data CD or DVD: 1 2 Insert a blank, writable CD or DVD into your recordable CD or DVD drive. If a CD Drive dialog box opens, click Create a CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator, then click OK. - 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 www. gateway. com 3 3 Move your pointer over make a data CD, then click dataCD project or dataDVD project. The Easy CD Creator window opens. Select Source Files Source Pane Add 4 Click 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. 4 www. gateway. com Using a Recordable Drive 5 Click 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. record 6 After you have added all of your files, click record. The Record CD Setup dialog box opens. Start Recording 7 Click Start Recording. www. gateway. com 5 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. 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. 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. If you have only one optical drive and it is a recordable CD or DVD drive, go to "Copying with one drive" on page 12. -ORIf you have two optical drives and one of the drives is a recordable CD or DVD drive, go to "Copying with two drives" on page 15. Copying with one drive Important You must have enough free space on your hard drive to copy a CD or DVD using one drive. To copy a DVD, you need up to 5 GB free. To copy a CD or DVD using one drive: 1 2 Insert the CD or DVD you want to copy into your recordable CD or DVD drive. If a dialog box opens, click Take no action, then click OK. 12 www. gateway. com Using a Recordable Drive 3 If a CD Drive dialog box opens, click Create a CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator, then click OK. - 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. CD copier CD copier www. gateway. com 13 4 Move your pointer over CD copier, then click CD copier. The Disc Copier window opens. Copy 5 6 7 On the Source and Destination tab, click the arrow button to open the Copy from list, then click the recordable drive. Click the arrow button to open the Record to list, then click the recordable drive. [. . . ] The Disc Copier window opens. Copy 5 6 7 On the Source and Destination tab, click the arrow button to open the Copy from list, then click the recordable drive. Click the arrow button to open the Record to list, then click the recordable drive. CD Copier copies the information on the source CD or DVD to your hard drive, prompts you to insert the blank CD or DVD, then copies the information from the hard drive to the blank CD or DVD. 14 www. gateway. com Using a Recordable Drive Copying with two drives To copy a CD or DVD using two drives: 1 2 3 4 Insert the CD or DVD you want to copy into your non-recordable CD or DVD drive. Insert a blank, writable CD or DVD into your recordable CD or DVD drive. [. . . ]