Copyright: © 2000-2003 by H+H Software GmbH
Citation: © 2000-2003 by H+H Software GmbH


Overview
 – Overview

The Virtual CD  Image Writer is the program module that creates the image files. The information window shows information about the image writing process.

	The Image Writer is started by the Virtual CD Image Wizard. You cannot start it directly yourself--but you won't need to.
	You cannot start a second instance of the Image Wizard nor of the Image Writer while the Image Writer is running.


Information Window
 – Information Window

The upper portion of the Information window shows general information about the virtual CD created, including the file type and the path on which it is stored.

The lower portion of this window shows a summary of the "write" process for creating the virtual CD. The following information is shown here:

•	Source CD/DVD: Drive letter for the drive in which the source CD is inserted. If the virtual CD was composed using the Virtual CD Editor, "Editor" is shown here.

•	Estimated time remaining: An estimation of the time required for completing the virtual CD.

•	Total time: The amount of time already elapsed.

•	Track: The track currently being written and the total number of tracks to be written.

•	Sectors: The sector currently being written and the total number of sector to be written.

•	Bad sectors: Number of bad sectors found.

	The Estimated time remaining  is calculated from the number of sectors read so far and the total number of sectors. With CDs that have defective sectors right at the beginning, the time shown here may be very long. Once the areas with defective sectors have been processed, the time shown here is within a more reasonable range. The Estimated time remaining  is never given as longer than 12 hours, as this is generally the longest it takes to create any virtual CD.
	The Estimated time remaining shown here applies only to the creation of the container file. The "Time remaining" display remains at 00:00:00 during any subsequent evaluation of the CD geometry.

Below this information is a progress bar indicating the progress of the operation currently running. If you opt to have Virtual CD evaluate the geometry of the source CD, the overall creation process consists of two separate steps:

1.	Creation of the virtual CD

2.	Evaluation of source CD geometry

	The evaluation of CD geometry is only performed if you select this option in the Image Writer.

The progress bar starts again at 0 for each operation.

The following options, located below the progress bar, can be activated or deactivated at any time:

•	 Close application automatically

•	 Eject physical CD when the virtual CD is finished

	The settings you choose for these options are active again the next time you open this application to create a virtual CD.

You can open or close the lower portion of this window by clicking on More >> or << Less. The two dialog pages here show information about the virtual CD "write" settings and an overview of CD/DVD sectors.

The Information for creating the virtual CD shows messages from the different operations that run during creation of a virtual CD, and indicates when each message was output.

	If an error occurs, this portion of the window opens automatically to show you the error message.

The CD/DVD sector overview indicates skipped sectors, defective sectors, completed sectors, and the sector currently being processed. Depending on how many sectors are on the CD or DVD, a block may consist of 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 sectors. Click on a block to view information about the range of sectors it represents.

	If any sectors are marked as "bad," this does not generally mean the virtual CD will be defective. Copy-protected or "home-made" CDs often have "bad" sectors. Since Virtual CD creates a 1-to-1 copy, the defective sectors are included on the virtual CD.
	The CD/DVD sector overview is not shown if the virtual CD was composed using the Virtual CD Editor.