It is important before installing DiscJuggler to make sure your system is properly configured and meets all previously described System Requirements. Particular emphasis should be put into the drive interface. Currently the most popular interfaces used by reading and writing drives are FireWire, IDE, SCSI, Serial ATA, and USB.

If possible, always refer to the interface manufacturer installation and configuration instructions. The correct operation of these interfaces is crucial to the success of the entire disc writing process. The speed of these interfaces is also an important element to consider when writing discs. If information is not transferred fast enough to the writing drive, errors may occur that could ruin the blank disc. The importance of this is multiplied when using multiple drives at once on the same bus.

For many years, DiscJuggler has "talked" directly to the reading and writings drives using a proprietary communication protocol. DiscJuggler no longer requires the presence of a software component usually referred to as an "ASPI layer" that is provided in some versions of Microsoft Windows or with your interface card. Furthermore, DiscJuggler has been carefully designed not to interfere with existing ASPI layers should these components exist on your system.