Nero InfoTool

Button Save	Opens the Nero InfoTool – Save/Print window and saves the log generated by Nero InfoTool.
Button Print	Opens the Nero InfoTool – Save/Print window and prints the log generated by Nero InfoTool.
Button Refresh	Refreshes the log generated by Nero InfoTool.
Button Exit	Closes Nero InfoTool.
Drop-down menu Current Drive	Displays all connected recorders for selection.

Area Driver	Shows all of the software drivers installed on the computer.
Area Video codecs	Shows all of the video codecs installed on the computer.
Area Audio codecs	Shows all of the audio codecs installed on the computer.

Area System	Displays information about the computer hardware.
Area Peripherals	Displays information on the peripherals of the computer such as audio output devices and sound cards.

Area System information	Displays information about the installed operating system, DirectX version, and Web browser.
Area Hot fixes	Shows hot fixes and updates of the system.

Drop-down menu Verify the system requirements for:	Displays the tasks for which the system requirements are verified.
Display area Your system	Displays a table, whose columns show the tested components, information about whether an upgrade is required, and the details of the tested components.
Display area Link	Displays whether system upgrades are required and provides a link to the system requirements list.
Display area Your Nero version	Displays whether the current Nero configuration supports the task that you selected in the drop-down menu.

Area General	Displays general information about the installed and selected recorder.
Drop-down menu Read speed	Shows all the available Reading Speeds of the selected drive.
Drop-down menu Write speed	Shows all the available Writing Speeds of the selected drive.
Area Supported read/write features	Displays the formats that the installed recorder can read and write. In addition, general features, such as the modes of supported write features, are listed.
Area General features	Shows the general features of the selected drive, such as buffer underrun protection.
Area Write Modes	Shows the writing mode of the selected drive (e.g. TAO, SAO).
Area DVD Features	Displays any additional DVD burning features of the recorder.

Area General	Shows general information on the disc in the drive.
Area Extended Information	Displays extended information about the inserted disc, such as the number of tracks and sessions on the CD.
Area Content	Displays information about the contents of the inserted disc, such as the name or creation date of the disc.

Folder tree Driver	Displays the driver(s) of the selected entry when it is expanded.
Area Driver Information	Displays information about the driver selected in the tree according to the selection.

Software list

Displays the version numbers of the installed Nero applications.

Track-At-Once (TAO)

Track-at-once refers to a burn method in which each track is burned to the disc individually. The burn process is interrupted briefly after each track, i.e. the laser starts again for each track. With this burn method, it is only possible to continue writing to a DVD sometimes and at a later stage. There is a pause of at least 27 ms between tracks, which can be disruptive for Audio CDs.

SAO

The session-at-once method is mainly used for recording on CD EXTRA. A first session with various audio files is recorded in a single process without switching off the laser. However, the CD is not closed, which means you can still write more data to it. Afterwards a second (data) session is written and then the disc is closed.

Read Speed

The read speed of a drive is a factor of the speed that the laser needs in order to read the data on an optical storage medium, e.g. 8x or 16x speed.

Write Speed

The write speed indicates the speed at which a drive can write data to the optical storage medium, e.g. 8x or 16x speed.