This section describes the settings that are available in the Options pane.
Recording Speed. This pop-up menu enables
you to choose the recording speed that will be used for writing the CD.
In general, you should leave this set to "Fastest," which will
use the highest speed available for your CD-writer depending on the piece
of media you are using in that drive. If you receive error messages in
the Log pane when simulating or while actually writing a CD, you should
experiment with lower speed settings. For example, if your CD-writer is
rated at a 6x speed, you should try the 4x setting.
Be aware that some brands of blank CD media (particularly inexpensive
brands) may not record reliably at the higher speeds. If you have trouble
creating a CD with a certain brand of CD media, try using this menu to
choose a lower recording speed or try another brand of media.
Mode. This setting is used to specify
the write mode for the recording process. Selecting the Write option will
cause the CD recorder to write the data to the CD. Simulate Only causes
Dragon Burn to go through all of the procedures of creating an actual
CD, and will report any potential errors in the Log pane but no CD is
created. Selecting Simulate & Write will cause the first pass to simulate
(test) the recording process and then actually write the CD on the second
pass.
This setting is useful of you are having problems copying a particular
CD, and want to experiment with different settings (such as a lower Recording
Speed).
Buffer underrun error protection. This option enables or disables the buffer underrun error correction on the target CD-R/CD-RW recorder. Drives supporting this technology will prevent the creation of bad CDs due to the data flow to the target drive.
Session-At-Once/Disc-At-Once. This option causes Dragon Burn to copy the disc using Session-At-Once when you use the Write Session option and Disc-At-Once when you click the Write Disc from the Write Tab. Dragon Burn will copy your CD using Track-At-Once when this option is unchecked.
Erase Disc Before Writing. If you're working with a CD-RW (CD-re-writable) disc, Dragon Burn offers the option of erasing any previous data that may be on the disc. This allows you to erase all of the data on a CD-RW disc before you write your new data to the disc