External USB CD-RW
User’s Guide
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Software Installation
The bundled mastering software gives you the complete solution for making
CDs right from your desktop. Nero–Burning ROM, allows you to copy files
from your computer to a recordable compact disc (Nero-Burning ROM uses a
special write-once media that provides permanent data storage in a format
that is readable on virtually all CD-Recordable (CD-R) and CD-ROM drives. In
addition, the audio CDs you create with your CD recorder can be played in
your home or car CD player. CD-RW media allows you to record and erase
data on the CD, just like a floppy disk. With Nero-Burning ROM, you can:
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Burn disk images.
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Archive data.
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Back up a hard drive.
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Make CD boot disks.
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Create DOS/MAC Hybrid discs (great for cross platform software
developers)
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Create UDF or UDF/ISO file system discs.
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Mixed mode CDs and many other features
Formats Supported
Nero-Burning ROM supports the following formats:
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CD-ROM
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Compact Disc-Read Only Memory. A standard for CDs used as a
digital memory medium for personal computers. The
specifications for CD-ROM were first defined in the Yellow Book
(see Glossary for information).
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CD-ROM XA
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XA stands for Extended Architecture. CD-ROM XA is an
extension of the Yellow Book standard (see Glossary for
information), generally consistent with the ISO 9660 logical
format but designed to add better audio and video capabilities
so that CD-ROM can more easily be used for multimedia
applications. CD-ROM XA is also the physical format for Photo
CD discs.
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CD-DA
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Compact Disc-Digital Audio. Jointly developed by Philips and
Sony and launched in October 1982, CD-DA was the first
