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Tutorial Guide:
II.
Make Hard Drive(HDD)-to-Disc Copies (For Duplicator w/
HDD installed)
Copying from the Hard Drive is the best way to make copies.
Overall, there are 4 benefits to copying from the Hard Drive:
i.
Performance
– Duplicating from the Hard Drive will be
able to boost the DVD duplication speed to 8x or above.
ii.
Stability
– Duplicating from Hard Drive will stabilize
the duplication process compared to the Disc to Disc
duplicating.
iii.
Durability
– Hard Drive is a much better storage device
than DVD recordable discs. First of all, DVD recordable
discs are composed of chemical materials tend to
degrade over a period of time while Hard Drives are
made of magnetic disks which will last over 100 years.
Secondly, DVD recordable discs are often exposed and
can very easily be scratched on its surface, while Hard
Drives are covered with metal and mounted inside the
duplicator.
iv.
Convenience
– With your master discs stored inside the
Hard Drive, you can have access to each one easily.
There is no need to carry your master discs; they are all
stored inside the duplicator.
If your duplicator has a Hard Drive installed, your built-in
Hard Drive will be divided into a number of partitions, or slots.
Each partition/slot will hold ONE and ONLY ONE master disc
regardless of the capacity of your master disc.
The number of partitions is determined by dividing your Hard
Drive’s total capacity by 1GB for CD format, 5GB for DVD-5
format or 9GB for DVD-9 format (Double Layer) and
subtracting one partition for system use.
