Copyright: © 2000-2002 by H+H Software GmbH
Citation: © 2000-2002 by H+H Software GmbH


Overview
 – Overview

The Virtual CD Image Writer is the program module that actually creates the virtual CDs. The information window shows information about the writing process.

In this window, you can stop (Pause) or Cancel the writing process, or choose to have More or Less detail shown about the progress.

	The Image Writer is started by the Virtual CD 4 Image Wizard. There is no option for opening the Image Writer directly, as this is not necessary.
	You cannot start the Image Wizard while the Image Writer is running, nor can you start a second instance of the Image Writer.


Information Window
 – Information Window

The upper portion of this window shows information about the entire process involved in creating the virtual CD, including the Source CD/DVD and the Target in which the virtual CD is stored. The Sectors, Track, CD/DVD time remaining and Estimated time remaining indicate the progress of the 'write' process.

	The Estimated time remaining is calculated from the number of sectors read so far and the total number of sectors. With CDs that have defective sectors right at the beginning, the time shown here may be very long. Once the areas with defective sectors have been processed, the time shown here is within a more reasonable range. The Estimated time remaining is never given as longer than 12 hours, as this is generally the longest it takes to create any virtual CD.

The Status box shows detailed information on the process currently running in the Image Writer. There are 5 types of status:

•	Initializing: Shown when the Image Writer is started and is checking for the data it requires to create the virtual CD. This phase is often completed so quickly that you don't even see it shown in the Status box.

•	Creating data track: Shows the progress of this process and the settings used.

•	Creating audio track: Shows the progress of this process and the settings used.

	Creating audio track is shown only if audio tracks are recorded as sound files.
•	On hold: Shown if the process is interrupted by clicking on Pause.

•	Finished: Once the process is completed, the Image Writer shows whether it was successful or not. Please see Error Messages from the Image Writer for details about any error codes shown here.

You can open or close the lowest portion of the window, with the CD/DVD sector overview, by clicking on More >> or Less <<. This box shows which sectors are unread, defective, finished, or in progress. Depending on the total number of sectors, each block shown here can represent 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 sectors. Click on a block to view the range of sectors it contains.

	If a CD or DVD contains sectors marked as defective, this does not mean that the virtual CD created will be defective. Copy-protected and 'home-made' CDs are often made with defective sectors. Because Virtual CD creates a 1-to-1 image, the defective sectors are included in the virtual CD.
	When you use the Editor rather than the Image Wizard to create a virtual CD, the CD/DVD sector overview is not available.