Yves Leclerc
December 6th 03, 09:23 PM
Yes, no CD (CD-R) can be used like a hard drive. That is why CD-RW came to
be. RW is Re-write.
Yves
"Jamie" > wrote in message
news:ucmPJ06vCHA.2472@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> That's interesting, because I had thought that NO cd could be used like a
> hard-drive. So any idea why MS didn't include packet-writing support in
the
> XP cd burning? It sounds like it would be pretty useful . . .
>
>
>
>
> "mrtee" > wrote in message
> ...
> No and yes. Her is why & how;
> CD - RW ERASE FILE
>
> From Lockergnome 11-8-02
>
> Question: I have a Windows XP computer and I get an error message whenever
I
> try to delete a file from one of my CD-RW discs. I am using the CD-RW disc
> in a CD-RW drive, but I can't seem to get around this read-only error.
What
> am I doing wrong?
>
> Answer: Microsoft has confirmed this as a known problem in Windows XP Home
> and Professional. To work around this problem, you need to copy all of the
> CD-RW to your computer, reformat the CD-RW disc, and then burn all of the
> files back onto the CD-RW disc MINUS the file you wanted to delete. The
> built-in Windows XP CD burner software doesn't support a CD-RW disc being
> used for random-access storage. Although Microsoft doesn't have a hot fix
> for this problem, you may be surprised to know that the software that came
> with your CD burner drive may hold the key to a better fix. Some CD
burners
> come with a product called DirectCD. DirectCD is a packet writing system
> that will allow you to use a CD-RW disc as you would use a floppy disk.
The
> major difference is that the CD-RW disc has a ton more storage space. Even
> if your CD burner drive didn't come with DirectCD, I would be very
surprised
> if it didn't come with a replacement packet-writing program. Just refer to
> your CD burner documentation and I am sure you will find exactly what you
> are looking for. Just make sure you look for the key phrase "packet
> writing," and you will be working with your CD-RW disc as random-access
> storage in no time. [BS]
>
>
>
>
> "Jamie" > wrote in message
> news:#G1nEd4vCHA.1624@TK2MSFTNGP11...
> I have a folder named "Ideas", and in that folder I have three word files,
> and I burn this file to the cd. With only the generic XP writer, I can't
> write another word file to that "Ideas" folder. If I want the new word
file
> to appear on the cd within the "Ideas" folder I have to place the file
into
> "Ideas" on my hard drive, and then send the entire folder to the cd. But
> with third party cd burning softare I can simply save the new word file to
> "Ideas"?
>
> Can I do this without getting third party software?
>
> "George Cruppi" > wrote in message
> news:#GQCAx3vCHA.1628@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > Yes, you can move single files to the disk and replace files with
updated
> > ones just about like you do on the harddrive. That's because you use
cdrw
> > disks that you format to be able to do that.
>
>
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be. RW is Re-write.
Yves
"Jamie" > wrote in message
news:ucmPJ06vCHA.2472@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> That's interesting, because I had thought that NO cd could be used like a
> hard-drive. So any idea why MS didn't include packet-writing support in
the
> XP cd burning? It sounds like it would be pretty useful . . .
>
>
>
>
> "mrtee" > wrote in message
> ...
> No and yes. Her is why & how;
> CD - RW ERASE FILE
>
> From Lockergnome 11-8-02
>
> Question: I have a Windows XP computer and I get an error message whenever
I
> try to delete a file from one of my CD-RW discs. I am using the CD-RW disc
> in a CD-RW drive, but I can't seem to get around this read-only error.
What
> am I doing wrong?
>
> Answer: Microsoft has confirmed this as a known problem in Windows XP Home
> and Professional. To work around this problem, you need to copy all of the
> CD-RW to your computer, reformat the CD-RW disc, and then burn all of the
> files back onto the CD-RW disc MINUS the file you wanted to delete. The
> built-in Windows XP CD burner software doesn't support a CD-RW disc being
> used for random-access storage. Although Microsoft doesn't have a hot fix
> for this problem, you may be surprised to know that the software that came
> with your CD burner drive may hold the key to a better fix. Some CD
burners
> come with a product called DirectCD. DirectCD is a packet writing system
> that will allow you to use a CD-RW disc as you would use a floppy disk.
The
> major difference is that the CD-RW disc has a ton more storage space. Even
> if your CD burner drive didn't come with DirectCD, I would be very
surprised
> if it didn't come with a replacement packet-writing program. Just refer to
> your CD burner documentation and I am sure you will find exactly what you
> are looking for. Just make sure you look for the key phrase "packet
> writing," and you will be working with your CD-RW disc as random-access
> storage in no time. [BS]
>
>
>
>
> "Jamie" > wrote in message
> news:#G1nEd4vCHA.1624@TK2MSFTNGP11...
> I have a folder named "Ideas", and in that folder I have three word files,
> and I burn this file to the cd. With only the generic XP writer, I can't
> write another word file to that "Ideas" folder. If I want the new word
file
> to appear on the cd within the "Ideas" folder I have to place the file
into
> "Ideas" on my hard drive, and then send the entire folder to the cd. But
> with third party cd burning softare I can simply save the new word file to
> "Ideas"?
>
> Can I do this without getting third party software?
>
> "George Cruppi" > wrote in message
> news:#GQCAx3vCHA.1628@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > Yes, you can move single files to the disk and replace files with
updated
> > ones just about like you do on the harddrive. That's because you use
cdrw
> > disks that you format to be able to do that.
>
>
>
> ---
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