External USB CD-RW
User’s Guide
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• Refresh the screen. Select the My Computer icon in Windows
Explorer and press F5.
• Make sure if your CD-ROM drive reads CD-RW discs. CD-RW discs
can only be used in CD-ReWriter or newer MultiRead CD-ROM.
• See if the CD-ReWriter or other CD-ROM drives can read the CD
disc properly. If so, then the problem is probably with the CD-ROM
drive. Contact the manufacturer of the drive for updated drivers or
patch files.
Q: Unable to see the CD label or all files on the CD within Windows
Explorer.
Refresh the screen. Select My Computer icon in Windows Explorer and
press F5.
Q: Applications cannot locate the CD in CD-ReWriter.
Some programs only locate the first logical drive letter assigned to a CD-
ROM or a CD-ReWriter drive. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is
assigned drive D: and CD-ReWriter is assigned drive E:, the program
locates drive D: only and will not locate drive E:. Thus you need to
reassign drive letters to both your CD-ROM and CD-ReWriter drives in
case you need to run the program in CD-ReWriter.
• Windows: right-click My Computer icon. Click Properties item, open
Device Manager and double-click CD-ROM drive, then click Setting
tab. Under Reserved drive letters, select the drive letter after the
existing letter (for both start and end drive letter) and click OK.
Then double-click CD-ReWriter icon, then click Setting tab. Under
Reserved drive letters, select the drive letter before current one
and click OK.
Q: Can I use hard drive compression software?
It is not recommended to use hard drive compression software when CD-
ReWriter is installed. CD-R and CD-RW writing program may check free
space to estimate needed space. However, due to the hard drive
compression software’s compression ratio may vary from time to time.
The actual free space available may not be enough for disc copying.
Q: To maintain optimal writing performance
Regularly run disc de-fragmentation and scanning programs on your hard
drive (please refer to your Windows manual for detailed information).
Doing this improves the access time to the hard drive, and thus ensures
writing in higher performance.
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