Toast 4 Users Guide

Adaptec Toast 4 User’s Guide Copyright © 1994-2000 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035. CDDB™ Music CD Database. Copyright © 1999 CDDB, Inc. All rights reserved. All copyrights for the music accompanying this product are owned by the individual copyright holders. All rights are reserved. Trademarks Adaptec, the Adaptec logo, DirectCD, Toast, Web-CheckUp, and CD Spin Doctor are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Third-Party Trademarks Apple, Macintosh, and PowerBook are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries, used under license. FireWire and the FireWire logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., used under license. CDDB, the CDDB Logo, “Accessing CDDB,” “CDDB Enabled,” CDDB Music Database and Service, and the CDDB Server Access Sound are trademarks of CDDB, Inc. Supplied by CDDB, Inc., 2141 4th Street, Berkeley CA 94710. For more information, go to www.cddb.com and www.escient.com. All other trademarks are owned by their respective owners. Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, Adaptec, Inc. assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. Adaptec reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users. Disclaimer IF THIS PRODUCT DIRECTS YOU TO COPY MATERIALS, YOU MUST HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES. ii Contents 1 Getting Started System Requirements for Toast 4 1-2 CPU 1-2 Memory 1-2 System Software 1-2 SCSI Recorders 1-2 The Optimal System Configuration 1-3 Installing Toast 1-3 About Toast CD Reader Extension 1-3 Setting Up and Turning On Your CD Recorder 1-4 For SCSI Devices 1-4 For IDE Devices 1-4 For USB and FireWire Devices 1-4 Additional Factors 1-5 Creating Your First CD with Toast 1-5 How to Make an Audio CD 1-6 Where to Find What You Want 1-7 Copying Data 1-7 Making an Audio CD 1-7 Creating a Bootable CD 1-8 2 Using the Basic CD Formats Basic CD Formats 2-2 Using Check Speed and Simulation Mode 2-2 How Does Transfer Rate Affect Recording? 2-3 Using Check Speed to Check the Transfer Rate 2-3 What to Do if Check Speed Fails 2-5 Using Simulation Mode to Check t…