Example 1: To search your CD-ROMs for files 

If you need a tool such as Winzip or CuteFtp, but you forget which CD collects this software. So you search and search, inserting the CD-ROMs into the drive one by one, after a long time of hard work, you still can't find it. Maybe you would even get angry.  OK, CDShelf can help you. Just two click, you can promptly get to know which CD includes the software you want. Thus, you may first find out the right CD, and then insert it into the Driver. Don't you think CDShelf can prolong the working life of your CD Driver? 

Example 2: To tell friends your CD collection

If you want to tell friends your CD collection, but it is too expensive to make so many calls, too tiring to visit them yourself, ...... What shall you do? Well, CDShelf can help you. What you need to do is just email your friends your CD Catalog files. 

Example 3: To prolong working life of your CD Driver

If you want to view a CD by the Explorer, it takes 10 minutes, therefore your CD Driver needs to run for at least 5 minutes. However, if you firstly scan the CD with CDShelf, it takes only tens of seconds for the drive to work. After that, you may view the files on CD by CDShelf without making the CD Driver run. Thus you may prolong the working life of your CD Driver.

Example 4 : To collect some info on a certain subject from all your CD-ROMs

If you want to collect some info on a certain subject from all your CD-ROMs, just search by inputting the key words, and you'll see all the relevant files. Then you may directly tick searching results, and copy ticked files to hard disk by one click. Furthermore, if you'd like, you can easily create a downloading website on a subject by CDShelf.

Example 5: To swiftly collect elite files from various CD-ROMs and burn them onto a writable CD 

If you have a CD-Recorder (CD-burner), and you would like to burn some elite files collected from various CD-ROMs onto a writable CD, what is needed is just to tick these elite files. The files can be batch copied to your hard disk with a description of total size of all these files. Adding up to 600M, burn them to a writable CD. It is very easy for CDShelf to search for these elite files.

Example 6: To help the readers to view the CD-ROMs from the library website 

Generally there are plenty of CD-ROMs in the libraries, but the readers seldom know about the contents of the CD-ROMs. CDShelf can automatically create a web page in accordance to the directory structure of CD-ROMs for the online readers. The library can also upload files on CD to hard disk of the website by CDShelf.
What's more, the libraries may help the readers to burn their CD-ROMs which are attached with the books. By CDShelf, it is easy to scan the CD-ROMs and create CD catalog files (*.wcd), then upload them to the website of library for the readers' view. The readers can tick their wanted files, and go to the CD-Burning Center of the library to burn all ticked files onto a writable CD.

Example 7: To collect your favorite files when viewing CD-ROMs 

You may collect your favorite files into Favorite library by the pop-up menu "add file to Favorite". When you want to view these files, just click "Favorite" tab, and get to know the files with detailed description of CD name and file path so as that you can find these files as soon as possible later. 

Example 8: To quickly preview the files when viewing CD-ROMs 

You may quickly preview the files by using "upward" and "downward" keys when preview window open. The files format includes web pages, images, text files and office documents.