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The main benefit of recording Global Images is fewer errors. You can create a Global Image of an actual CD or of files existing on your hard drive.

Global Image: CD
This procedure is useful when you need to make several copies of the same disc, and you do not want to read from the source drive every time. Often when recording a disc from a CD-Rom, the stream of information does not transfer fast enough and results in errors. Also, by having the Global-Image file stored on the hard disk, you may return the source disc immediately.

Global Image: Files on Hard Drive
It is also helpful to make a Global-Image when you are recording several small files from the hard drive. This bonds the files and makes them easier to record, thus also resulting in fewer errors.

Instructions for each method are recording are included. Recording from a CD is first, followed by recording hard drive files.

1. Go to Start/Programs/CD Extreme to open the program. Choose CD Extreme from the CD Extreme Starter Menu.

2. This brings up the screen below. Place the CD of which you will make the Global Image into a drive, and highlight it at the left-hand side of the screen. From the Menu Bar, click on Drive, and select Disc Explorer and Drive Properties.

3. The following window will appear. The information for the CD is displayed under Disc, Sessions and Tracks. Click on the Global Image button, which is located at the right side of the screen.

4. At the bottom of the screen, click the Browse button. The Global Image Where to Build screen appears. Select where to save the Global Image, and type in a file name. Click on Save.

5. Click on Build at the lower right-hand corner, and the Global Image will be created in the name and location that was selected. When the Global Image is complete, the message "Operation completed successfully!" will appear at the bottom of the screen. Now that the Global Image has been saved, click on the Close button at the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

6. The Sony CD Extreme window will appear again. Click on New Global Image or Other Image as shown below.

7. The following window will appear. Click on Select Image File, located near the top center of the screen.

8. The Global Image or Other image to Record explorer window appears. Select the Global Image from the location where it was saved. Click Open.

9. The file name is now in the Disc Image file: section. We are now ready to create the CD. Place a blank disc in the Sony drive. Click on the Start (Record) red circle, as seen below, to begin recording.

End of CD Global Image Instructions

Creating a Global Image of Files on Hard Drive

1. Go to Start/Programs/CD Extreme to open the program. Choose CD Extreme from the CD Extreme Starter Menu.

2. This brings up the screen below. Select New Data Disc, which is the icon fourth from the left depicted as a folder on top of a CD.

3. Once you have the Data Job screen open, select the files that you wish to include in your global image. You can find them by clicking on the Add File icon, or by choosing Add File from the Edit drop-down menu.

4. Once all of the files have been selected, you may save them as a Global Image. From the Edit drop-down menu, choose Tools, and select Build Global Image. (Build ISO Image is another option that you may select for an image file.)

5. Once you've chosen to Build a Global Image, the following window will appear. Name and Save the image file you are creating. (Note: Remember which folder you save it in.) A progress bar will appear briefly showing that the Global Image is being created successfully.

6. After the completion of the Global Image, open a New Data CD job. Click on the New Data Disc icon, as you did in step 2.

7. Find the .gi Global Image file that you created, by selecting Add File, just as you had in step 3. It will be located in the folder where you saved it. Highlight it and click Open.

8. The global image file will then be listed under Folder or File as on Disc. Select the red Record button to begin copying.