User manual FARSTONE VIRTUALDRIVE PRO 11.5 FOR WINDOWS XP-VISTA-2000-SERVER 2003

[. . . ] VirtualDrive Pro 11. 5 VirtualDrive Pro Version 11. 5 for Windows® XP, Vista, 2000 & Server 2003 ® User's Guide VirtualDrive Pro 11. 5 Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be copied, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the express written permission of FarStone Technology, Inc. FarStone grants you the right to use one copy of the enclosed software program ("SOFTWARE") on a single computer. If the SOFTWARE is installed on a network, or more than one user can run the SOFTWARE at the same time, you must purchase an additional license for each additional user or computer. Trademark FarStone®, VirtualDrive®, VirtualDrive Network and VirtualDrive Professional are trademarks of FarStone Technology, Inc. Microsoft®, Windows® and MS-DOS® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Right click on a file or folder anywhere in the CD/DVD Burning Manager and select Properties. A dialog box will show general information about the file, including type, location, size, time created, and attributes. Click File Open from the menu bar and browse for the project you want to open. Renaming or Deleting a Project You can rename a project in the Project Pane. Select the project and click Edit Rename from the menu bar. To delete a project from the Project Pane (this does NOT remove the file from your hard drive): 1. Select the project and click Edit Delete Project from the menu bar. Setting Project Properties The project properties dialog box displays the general, file system, CD archive, and audio properties of a project. General Edit the CD label and view the type, location, size, and attributes of the project, the number of files and folders it contains, etc. File System Set the disc file system as UDF, ISO9660, or ISO9660+Joliet. An ISO9660 disc has the best compatibility with other operating systems and devices, and can be read from all operating systems. However, ISO9660 (+Joliet) discs have the following limitations: The folder depth is restricted to 8 levels, including the root directory. ISO9660 supports file names in 8. 3 format: 8 characters for the file name and 3 characters for the file extension. If you choose UDF, the burned disc can only be used on operating systems with a UDF file system reader installed. Currently, Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP3), Windows XP and later versions support UDF discs. Advanced Set the disc format and times. 17 VirtualDrive Pro 11. 5 Format CD-ROM Mode 1: CD-ROM Mode 1 is used for error-intolerant discs like software CDs, game discs, and documentation discs. Data is stored in sectors, with each sector holding 2, 352 bytes of data. For Mode 1 CD-ROM data storage, the sectors are broken down even further. 2, 048 bytes are used for the expected data, while the other 304 bytes are devoted to Sync, Header, EDC (Error Detection Code) and ECC (Error Correction Code). Create Time Use the date and time of the original file: Sets the date and time stamps of the files and folders on the burned disc as the date when the source files or folders were created. Use the current data and time: Sets the date and time stamps of the files and folders on the burned disc as the date and time when the disc was burned. Use this time: Lets you specify a date and time stamp for the files and folders on the burned disc. Burning a Project to Disc 1. Set the Default Recorder to a physical CD/DVD recorder in your computer. To launch the Burning Setup window, select File Burn from the menu bar. Choose your settings and click Record. Note If the Autorun function of your recorder is enabled, an Autorun warning dialog box will appear before the Burning Setup dialog box is displayed. [. . . ] If you would like Virtual Hard Drive Pro to automatically save your Ram disk as an image, be sure to check the box next to this option. 5. 2 Loading an Image as a RAM Disk You can load a previously created image file on your hard drive as a Ram Disk (Virtual Hard Drive). In the Virtual Hard Drive Pro console, select Load a RAM Disk image file. Select the image you want to load and click Finish. 5. 3 Saving a RAM Disk Due to the nature of physical memory, the data in the memory-based RAM Disk will be lost when you shut down your computer, unless you save the data as an image. Click Save Now. 5. 4 Removing a RAM Disk If you would like to free up the memory used by your RAM disk or modify the file system, drive letter, and disk space of your RAM disk, you will need to remove the RAM disk in use. [. . . ]