HP CD-Writer Plus User's Guide - Not Orderable

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Table of Contents
Contents of the Electronic User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Installation Notes
Read the Installation Poster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
How to Set the CD-Writer Plus as Master or Slave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
How to Find the IDE Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How to Connect the IDE Data Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
How to Connect an Audio Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
About Making CDs
When Should I Use CD-R (Recordable or Write-Once) Discs? . . . . . . . .15
When Should I Use CD-RW (ReWritable) Discs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
How do I Make CDs That Can be Read on Other Computers?. . . . . . . .16
When is the DirectCD Software Useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
How do I Make Audio CDs?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Can I Avoid Swapping Audio CDs In and Out of the Drive? . . . . . . . . .17
Can I Use the New 80 Minute Audio CDs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
HP Disaster Recovery
Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Recovering Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Solving Installation Problems
Things to Try First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Installation Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Customer Support
HP Customer Care Online www.hpcdwriter.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Your Local Reseller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
HP Customer Care by Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Before You Call HP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Telephone Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Returning a Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40