Copyright: © 1995 Information Management Research, Inc.
Citation: © 1995 Information Management Research, Inc.


1-Minute Guide

Learn about your CD-Writer software programs.  Discover the differences between CD's and other storage media.  Learn the ins and outs of this exciting new technology.


Alchemy Personal
Alchemy Personal, The CD-R Information Manager

"Alchemy fills a large hole in CD-R applications....it focuses on turning heaps of data into useful information with an effective, efficient retrieval engine that compensates for CD-R limitations."  - CD ROM Professional review, 1994

"Most premastering packages let you archive data to a recordable CD to some extent.  But finding the right data afterwards demands an efficient search and retrieval engine.  Alchemy fills this gap by adding query-by-example and Boolean full-text search capabilities to CD recording."  -  PC Magazine review, 1994

Alchemy Personal for HP is the intelligent information manager for recordable CD-ROMs, creating indexed CD-ROMs with lightning fast full-text retrieval capabilities.  Finding files on a full 650 MB CD can be frustrating, unless you record using Alchemy.

With Alchemy, you can:

1) Archive seldom-used files on CD and retrieve them in seconds.

2) Find files quickly by full text search or file name.

3) Backup more than 650 MB on a single CD, using Alchemy's data compression.

4) View and print images, word processing and spreadsheet files direct from CD.

5) Create self-contained CDs and send them to others.

Alchemy Personal for HP was developed by Information Management Research (IMR) expressly for HP CD Writer users, and is part of the award-winning Alchemy family of CD-R software solutions.  If you want to archive computer reports on CD, backup data across multiple CDs, place your CD-Rs in a CD jukebox on a LAN, automate CD recording of images, overlay electronic forms on data or sell Alchemy CDs, call IMR for details about Alchemy Gold and Professional versions.

For a limited time, Alchemy for HP users can upgrade to Alchemy Personal Plus, the $495 full featured version, at a very special price of only $49. Call Information Management Research at 1-800-910-0088 to place your upgrade order(Outside the continental United States, call 1-970-339-7150), or fill out the enclosed Registration and Upgrade Card and FAX it to 1-970-339-7022.

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Complete vs. Custom Installation

Complete Installation

A complete installation will install all included components to their default directories on drive C:.  The user will not be asked any further questions.

Custom Installation

A custom installation will install only the selected components into a user-selectable directory.

Component	Default directory	Size
Alchemy Personal	C:\HPCDR\ALCHEMY	3,625 Kb
Easy-CD	C:\WINDOWS	172 Kb
Easy-CD Audio	C:\HPCDR\AUDIO	340 Kb
Magic Lantern	C:\HPCDR\LANTERN	564 Kb
1-Minute Guide	C:\HPCDR\GUIDE	3,500 Kb


Contents
  Setup Help

Welcome to Setup

Complete vs. Custom Installation

Custom Installation Options

Setup Error Messages

Alchemy Personal

Easy-CD

Easy-CD 95

Easy-CD Audio

Magic Lantern

1-Minute Guide


Custom Installation Options

Custom installation allows you to choose which components to install, and where to put them.  The following components are available:

Alchemy Personal

Easy-CD

Easy-CD 95

Easy-CD Audio

Magic Lantern

1-Minute Guide


Easy-CD

Easy-CD is an extension to Windows' File Manager which allows you to quickly and easily write selected files, directories, or entire volumes to recordable compact disc in the ISO 9660 format.  When the program is installed, an extra menu (Easy-CD) appears in File Manager, containing the commands which allow you to record selected files/directories to compact disc.

For a competitive upgrade to the complete Easy-CD Professional Multimedia Mastering package, or other leading Mastering software, please contact Incat Systems at (800)-77INCAT or (408) 379-2400, fax (408) 379-2409.

© 1994 Incat Systems Software USA, Inc.


Easy-CD 95
Easy-CD for Windows 95

Easy-CD 95 allows you to quickly and easily write selected files, directories, or entire volumes to recordable compact disc in the ISO 9660 format.  You simply open the Windows 95 Explorer and drag and drop the files and/or directories of your choice onto the main window of Easy-CD 95.

For a competitive upgrade to the complete Easy-CD Professional Multimedia Mastering package, or other leading Mastering software, please contact Incat Systems at (800)-77INCAT or (408) 379-2400, fax (408) 379-2409.

© 1995 Incat Systems Software USA, Inc.


Easy-CD Audio

Easy-CD Audio is a complete software package that allows you to quickly and easily prepare a compilation of CD audio tracks or audio files and write them to a recordable compact disc in the standard CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) format.  These discs can be played back on any standard audio CD player, home or car stereo, etc.

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Magic Lantern

Magic Lantern is the most powerful and versatile Photo CD viewer on the market.  It allows you to: view, display, convert, process, and export Photo CD images in five resolutions; select and display multiple images; rotate, flip, and crop them (cropped images can be viewed and exported at any resolution, including poster); export images as TIFF, RIFF, PCX, or Encapsulated PostScript, or copy to the Windows clipboard; create slideshows of any or all images on disc, in a specific order or randomly shuffled.

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Numbered Error Messages

The following errors could occur during setup.

Error Number	Error Message
101	Setup is unable to find a hard disk location to store temporary files.  Make at least 500Kb of free disk space available and then try the installation again.
104, 105, 106	Setup is unable to run an intermediate file needed to proceed with the installation.
107	Setup is unable to locate the script file SETUP.INS which is needed to complete the installation.
110	Setup was started with a command line argument that contained an incomplete parameter.
201	Setup is unable to initialize the installation program.  Setup was internally unable to create a main window or create internal window classes, perhaps due to a low memory condition.
202	Setup is unable to initialize the installation program.  Setup was unable to load the script file due to low memory conditions.
420	Setup is unable to copy the installation support file "filename" to a temporary location.
421	Setup is unable to copy the installation support file ~INS0762.LIB to a temporary location.  Make more space available and try again.
422	Setup is unable to expand the installation support file filename.
423	Setup is unable to load the installation script file.
424	Setup has encountered an internal stack overflow error.  Close all applications, restart the sysem and try the installation again.
425	Setup has encountered an incomplete return statement in the script.  Check your script for unmatched return statements.
502	Setup is unable to initialize the installation program.  The script file may be bad.
701	A division by zero error was detected in the script.  Installation will continue.
702	An internal error has occurred.  Insufficient memory to allocate buffer.
703	An internal read error has occurred on filename.  Unable to load installation instructions.
704	Filename file has become corrupted.  Unable to load installation instructions.
> 3000	Error messages ranging from 3000 to 3021 are internal memory-related error conditions.


Other Error Messages

The following errors have been encountered during testing.

IS20INST - An error has occcurred in your application.

This error can have several possible causes.  If you get this error,  remove any other programs that may be running.  Change your display resolution to standard VGA and restart Windows.  The major causes of this error include screen savers, anti-virus programs, and display drivers.  Running Setup again on a "bare-bones" system should work.

~MP files left behind in TEMP directory.

If the installation fails before completion, temporary files may be left behind.  These files should be in the directory pointed to by the environment variable TEMP.  These files are named ~INS0?63 ~MP, and should be deleted before attempting to install.

For any other error message, try the following:

Insure that the TEMP environment variable points to a drive with at least 5 megabytes of free space.

Remove all running programs, including screen savers and anti-virus programs.

Reset the display resolution to standard VGA.


Setup Error Messages

Numbered Error Messages

Other Error Messages


Welcome to Setup

Welcome to HP SureStore CD-Writer setup.  This program will install all or some of the software included with your CD-Writer.