Nero Express

Once the DVD recorder or DVD Image Recorder has been selected, the option to burn DVD files will appear in your "Start" menu.

Step 1: From the project selection page, select DVD-Video files.

Step 2: From this next window, you are now ready to start adding existing DVD-Video files with extensions such as .VOB, .IFO, .BUP. To ensure a proper functioning of the DVD-Video disc, it is best to add all the files of the VIDEO_TS folder.

Step 3: When you are ready, click "Next" to proceed to the next window to start the burn process.

In the "Final Burn Settings" window, you will only have the option to change back and forth between your DVD burner (if you have one available to you) and the DVD Image Recorder and to label your disc under "Disc Name". All other options will be grayed out and not available to you.

Step 4: When ready, click "Burn"!

Nero DiscCopy

On a computer running the Windows Vista™ operating system, Nero DiscCopy is automatically available in the sidebar following installation of the Nero Suite. It can be displayed using the Gadgets button.

Displaying Nero DiscCopy

To display Nero DiscCopy in the sidebar of Windows Vista proceed as follows:

1. Click on the + sign on the Gadgets button in the top right of the sidebar.

A window showing all the gadgets is displayed.

2. Click on the Nero DiscCopy icon and drag it to the sidebar or onto the desktop as you wish.

The Nero DiscCopy gadget is then available. If you dragged the icon to the sidebar you can access it whenever you need.

Settings

In the Settings window you can define the source and destination drive, specify the number of copies to be burned, and define the actions to take place after the burn process. You can Nero DiscCopy also select a number of display options and specify the folder where an image file is to be stored.

Defining Settings

To define the settings, proceed as follows:

1. Move the mouse pointer near the Nero DiscCopy icon. The button bar is displayed.

   

2. Click on the button. The Settings window is displayed.

3. Select the source drive you want in the Source drive drop-down menu.
4. Select the destination drive you want in the Destination drive drop-down menu.
5. Specify the number of copies you want in the Number of copies text box.
6. Check the Verify box if you want the data to be verified once burning is complete.
7. Check the Shut down box if you want the computer to be shut down once burning is complete.
8. If you do not have a recorder connected to your computer, in the Image file drop-down menu select the path and folder where you want to store the image file.
9. Check/uncheck the Show all messages box if you want to be notified with a fly-out window for every action/only for error messages and questions directed at the user.
10. Check/uncheck the Show animation box if a small animation of the Nero DiscCopy icon is to accompany the copy/burn process.
11. Check/uncheck the Display number of copies on gadget box if the number is to be displayed on the Nero DiscCopy icon and can be adjusted there.

    

12. Click on the OK button.

Copy And Burn Process

Using Nero DiscCopy you can either copy and burn discs directly to a blank disc or create an image file of a disc for burning later. The button is used for this:

In its default setting, Nero DiscCopy will create exactly one copy of the source disc. Depending on the disc drives connected, the copy/burn process will proceed as follows:

Two Disc Drives Connected To The Computer, At Least One Is A Recorder

The contents of the source disc in the source drive are burned directly "on-the-fly" to the destination disc in the recorder.

If two to 99 copies are required, the contents of the source disc are temporarily stored on the hard drive and from there automatically burned to the destination discs in succession.

Copying A Disc Using Only One Drive

The contents of the source disc are read and temporarily stored on the hard drive. The source disc is ejected and a prompt to insert the blank disc displayed. As soon as this is inserted, the first copy is burned.

Copying A Disc Without A Recorder Connected To The Computer

When you first start Disc Copier, it opens in the Simple mode as shown below. The main parts of the Disc Copier window in Simple mode are identified below.

Note: Disc Copier has two modes of operation, Simple and Advanced. Simple mode lets you quickly copy a disc. You choose your source and destination drives, insert your discs and copy. The Advanced mode has additional options for selecting and copying disc image files and DVD-Video folders. The Simple/Advanced button toggles between the two modes.

Copying A Disc Using Only One Drive

You can copy a disc even if you have only one drive, as long as that drive is also a recorder. You might want to do this for one of these reasons:

• You only have one recorder connected to your computer
• You want to minimize the possibility of a buffer underrun occurring
• You selected "Always cache" from the Options dialog box

Note: You must have enough free space on your hard disk to temporarily store the entire contents of your source disc.

Step 1: With Disc Copier open, insert the disc that you want to copy into your source drive.

Step 2: In the Source list, select the drive containing the source disc. (This may be selected by default.)

Step 3: In the Destination list, select the same drive that is selected for the source drive.

Note: If you only have one drive, this drive displays by default.

Step 4: Click the Copy button.

The Recording Progress dialog box appears, displaying the progress as the contents of the source disc are temporarily saved to your hard disk.

When Disc Copier is finished copying the contents of the source disc to your hard disk, the Insert Media dialog box appears.

Step 5: Remove the source disc from the drive, and replace it with a blank disc.

Step 6: If the blank destination disc has a faster write speed than the source disc, you can select a faster speed from the Write Speed drop-down list.

Step 7: When you are ready, click Continue Recording.

The Recording Progress dialog box appears once again, displaying the progress as the contents of the source disc are copied from your hard disk to the blank destination disc.

Copying A Disc Using Two Drives

This procedure explains the simplest way of copying a disc using a source drive and a destination recorder.

To copy a disc:

Step 1: With Disc Copier open, insert the disc you want to copy into your source drive.

Step 2: In the Source list, select the drive containing the source disc. (This may be selected by default.)

Step 3: In the Destination list, select the destination recorder that contains the blank disc.

Step 4: Click the Copy button. The Burn Progress dialog box appears, displaying the progress of the copy.