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.
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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

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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.

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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

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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