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7. Installing Drivers and the Writer Software
7. INSTALLING DRIVERS AND THE WRITER
SOFTWARE
As a general precaution the installation of the hardware has to be carried
out as desribed before. The software installation starts with activating
the reading functionality of the drive as this is well known with any
conventional CD-ROM drive. If the reading functionality is available the
next installation step is to achieve the writing functionality provided of
the writer software. More details according the installation of your writer
software you will find in its manual.
7.1 Installing Drivers with Windows 95/98
According to the Plug-and-Play conventions the CD-RW drive is
recognized as a standard CD-ROM drive first. To make this possible
the drives hardware installation must have been carried out correctly.
After switching on your computer, Windows 95/98 will install the
necessary driver automatically. This part of the installation is aided by
some menus. Please follow the instructions on the screen. More details
concerning the installation you will find in your Windows manual.
Caution:
Do not install any additional drivers with Windows 95/98.
7.2 Installing Drivers with Windows NT 4.0 and OS/2
After installing the hardware, the reading functionality of the CD-RW
drive is activated with installing the drivers shipped with the
corresponding operating system. The drivers may be configured and
activated aided by the system control. Please refer to the manual of
your operating system for any details.
