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Installing a CD-ROMÊon your hard disk
As a hard drive is much faster than a CD-ROM drive, using an installed catalog
will increase the speed of chart manipulations (opening, scrolling·).
An installed catalog allows you to use several regions at the same time, even
if you have only one CD-ROM drive.
With an installed catalog, you can work without your BSB CD-ROM. All the
charts are kept inside your computer, and your CD-ROM drive is free for other uses.
To install a BSB chart catalog on your hard disk, you will have to use the
windows 95 explorer if you have a PC or the finder of MacOS if you have a Macintosh.
You want to install the whole CD-ROM (all the charts) onto your hard disk
First, make sure that your hard drive has enough free memory to contain the
whole CD-ROM. Then:
ð create a new folder, that will contain your installed catalog
ð drag the CD-ROM to this folder
To open your installed catalog, you will have, as previously, to select the
folder INDEX located in your new folder, and choose the REGnn.IDX, nn being the
number of the region.
You want to install only a part of the CD-ROM
For example, you want to install 2 charts, corresponding to the area youâre using to navigate.
Take note of the identification number of charts you want to install.
In our example, 11385_1 and 11388_1
On your hard disk, create a new folder, that will contain your installed
catalog.
In our example, this folder has been named BSB.
The BSB chart files are located in the BSBCHART folder of the CD-ROM. A BSB
chart file can be identified by its extension .kap.
Copy all the chart files you want to install to your new folder.
Copy the catalog file, REGn.IDX (with n = the number of the region), from the
folder INDEX of the CD-ROM, to your new folder. In the example, the catalog
file is REG8.IDX
To open your installed catalog, select the REGnn.IDX on your new folder.