Re: Formatting CDs

On 6/26/07, Justin W <jlist@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Justin W wrote:
> Thufir wrote:
>> I'm not sure that it's possible to mount a CD R/W such that you can
>> write and read to it dynamically with random access.
>>
>> Is it possible to do that in windows?
>>
>>
>> -Thufir
>>
>>
> If I remember correctly, a version of Nero on Windows used to be able
> to do that. Unfortunately, I never used it because the only time I
> tried to, the computer glitched and permanently destroyed my CDRW, so
> I've never tried again.
>
> I'd venture to guess that Nero installed a CD-ROM driver in Windows
> and took care of writing to the CD in a proprietary format. In that
> way, I'd also assume that using only software to manage that would not
> be possible, as device driver-level support would also be required.
>
> Totally Guessing,
> Justin W
>
Yep, a quick Google search resulted in finding Nero InCD, which allows
the disc to be used as a (be it, very very very slow) normal writable
filesystem.

http://www.nero.com/nero7/enu/InCD_5.html


Another link regarding formatting CD-RW:
http://forums.support.roxio.com/lofiversion/index.php/t5634.html

Justin W

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