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6. ABOUT THE
IMAGE MANAGER
This duplicator has a highly intelligent and dynamic HDD
management technology. It is different from the traditional
method of formatting, where the number of partitions is
determined by dividing the hard drive’s total capacity by 5GB
for DVD or 1GB for CD. With this method, you have to decide
how many partitions for DVD or CD before you start to format
your hard drive.
However, sometimes you are not able to predict how many DVD’s or CD’s that you are going to
load into the hard drive. You might create too many incomplete partitions. With many different
types of DVD discs coming out such as dual-layer DVD, you need a smarter and more dynamic
way to manage your HDD.
The Dynamic HDD Manager has the following special features:
I. Auto Detect Disc Capacity
1. You don’t have to predict and select DVD or CD partition sizes in the beginning.
2. You can check HDD status in function 12.6 HDD Info. The Hard Drive capacity is
presented in terms of how many FULL DVD or CD disc images you can load. If you
are loading small disc images you will get more images. As an example, if your built-in
HDD is 250GB, the tower will show approximately 45 DVD or 230 CD. If you are
loading 2.5GB DVD images the same hard drive will store 90 images.
3. Every time you load a source disc, the duplicator will auto detect the disc capacity
and assign correct amount of HDD space for it. For example, if you loaded a 7GB dual-
layer DVD disc onto the HDD, the system will automatically allocate space for it.
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When estimating HDD info, the tower assumes DVD=5GB and CD=1GB.
