HP Pavilion Media Center 884, Supplementary Manual

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Recording with DLA 

Important: 

Format a blank CD or DVD before copying 

files directly to a CD or DVD. If you don’t, a 
message appears telling you to format the disc or 
telling you that your drive is not accessible. 

1 

Press the Eject button on the drive and insert the 
blank disc. 

2 

Click 

Start

, and then click 

My Computer

. 

3 

Right-click the 

drive

 icon and select 

Format

. 

4 

Under Volume Label, type in the title of the disc. 

5 

Under Format type, select 

Full

 or 

Quick 

(erase)

. You must select the quick format for all 

CD-R or DVD+R discs. You must select the full 
format for a CD-RW or a DVD+RW disc the first 
time you format it. 

Note:

  Full format can take up to 45 minutes. Quick 

format usually takes less than a minute. 

6 

Click 

Start

 to format the disc. 

7 

Click 

Yes

 to the message that all files on the 

disc will be erased. 

8 

Click 

OK

. 

When the disc formatting is complete, 
you can copy your files directly to the disc 
in My Computer by: 

Dragging a file from a Windows Explorer 
window to your drive icon. 

Or 

Selecting 

Save As

 from within some 

programs, and then saving the file to your 
drive. 

Or 

Right-clicking a file, selecting 

Send To

, and 

then selecting your drive. 

After you record your files, if you want to read the 
DLA-formatted disc on most other CD-ROM drives, 
you must make the disc compatible: Insert your 
disc into your drive, right-click the 

DVD Writer/

CD Writer

 drive icon, and then select 

Make 

Compatible

.