Copyright: Copyright © 2000 by H+H ZfRk - GmbH
Citation: Copyright © 2000 by H+H ZfRk - GmbH


  Overview

The Virtual CD 3 Start Wizard guides you through the first steps of the Virtual CD program and provides an easy way for beginners to access the main program functions.

The first time you start Virtual CD, the Start Wizard gives you a brief introduction to the program. The introduction given depends on whether the program is installed for the first time, or an earlier version exists in the system.

The Virtual CD 3 Start Wizard has the following pages:

First steps - Welcome

First steps – Image Wizard

First steps - Management

First steps – Find image files

Once you have been through the first steps, the Start Wizard offers direct access to the main program functions.

For subsequent program starts, the Start Wizard has the following dialog pages:

Welcome

Select an action


First Steps - Welcome
  First Steps – Welcome

The first time it runs, the Start Wizard welcomes you with this page.

Select the option that applies in your case—are you a first-time user, or have you already created virtual CD images in your system with an earlier version of Virtual CD? If the latter is the case, the Start Wizard proceeds to search for these files.


First Steps - Image Wizard
  First Steps – Image Wizard

The first step in becoming familiar with Virtual CD is to create an image and insert it into a virtual drive.

To do this, start by placing a CD of your choice in your computer's physical CD-ROM drive. When you click on Next, the Image Wizard is started and prompts you step by step for all of the information needed to create an image from this CD.


First Steps - Management
  First Steps – Management

Once the image has been created, click on Finish and the Virtual CD Management program opens so you can insert the image into a virtual drive.


  First Steps - Find Image Files

If you have already created images using an earlier version of Virtual CD, select the option to have the program search for these earlier files. When you select this option, the Virtual CD Management program is started and automatically opens the dialog for finding existing image files. When the search operation has been completed, you can add the desired files to the Virtual CD 3 Management program.


  Welcome

Once you have completed the inistal steps of the Start Wizard, the welcome page will be displayed. If you select the option at the bottom of this page, Do not show this page in the future, this page is skipped the next time you start the program. Once you select this option, the "Welcome" page will not open again.


  Select an Action

This page shows the main functions in the Virtual CD program. Select the desired function and click on Finish. You can choose from the following options:

•	Create a virtual CD: Starts the Image Wizard for creating a new virtual CD image.

•	Start the Virtual CD 3 Management program: Starts the Virtual CD 3 Management program. This is the main program in Virtual CD.

•	Start the Virtual CD 3 Editor: Starts the Virtual CD 3 Editor for creating custom CD images.

•	Search all hard drives for existing image files: Starts the Virtual CD 3 Management program and automatically searches all hard drives for existing image files.

•	View the program documentation: Opens the Virtual CD 3 Help.

•	Change the number of virtual drives: Starts the Drive Wizard for changing the number of virtual CD drives in your system.

•	Do not run the Start Wizard in the future: Disable the Start Wizard. If you have selected this option but find at a later point that you wish to reactivate the Start Wizard, simply change the corresponding setting in the Virtual CD settings under the View menu in the Virtual CD Management program.


  About

Select this item to view information about the program.