Displaying Disc Information

Additional information about the contents and status of a CD can be displayed from the CD Writer Tab of any layout or the Source Tab of the Copy a CD layout.

Disc Type

The disc type can be one of the following: (1) CD-DA or CD-ROM disc; (2) CD-I disc; (3) CD-ROM XA disc.

Disc Status

1. Blank Disc: a blank CD-R disc.

2. Recordable Disc: not a blank disc but you can still use this disc to record. That means the disc has not been finalized yet.

3. Unrecordable Disc: either a conventional CD or Disc-At-Once CD-R disc. You cannot use this disc to record.

Used Space

This field shows the used space on the disc, as expressed in "minutes: seconds: frames."

Free Space

This field shows the free and available space on the disc, as expressed in "minutes: seconds: frames". If you insert a finalized this field will be zero, indicating no free space and the status will be displayed as unrecordable.

• To display the status of a CD-R/RW disc:

1. Select the CD burner that contains the disc you wish to check the status.

2. Click the Disc Info button.

3. Check the Detail Mode to see additional details about the disc.

4. Click Ok to close the Disc Info dialog.

This procedure is complete.