leaving a session open when burning CDs with Windows XP

[Wink]

Can you leave a session open when burning a cd using only
XPs drag and drop utility on the burner.

[Jim]

Only used the XP built-in CD-R/RW supports a few times, but as I recall, it
was a one shot deal, not multi-session (might be wrong, but don't recall
otherwise). It essentially builds a cache of files from one or more
drag-n-drop operations, then you when you're done, writes the CD. I'm
pretty sure is closes the session (in fact, is only single session),
probably for maximum compatibility. Without a close/single-session, the TOC
(Table of Contents) won't be written and some CD-ROM drives might not be
able to read it.

If you want real drag-n-drop support, consider packet writing. If your
CD-R/RW drives supports it, you can usually obtain the packet driver from
your mastering sofware. For example, Nero provides InCD packet writing.
Install it and now you can drag-n-drop to CD-RW as necessary, delete stuff,
etc., your CD-R/RW drives just becomes (essentially) a big floppy drive!
One disadvantage though, to read it back on other system will obviously
require similar packet reading support. But for single system usage, a
viable solution. Btw, eventually MS is suppose to support Mount Ranier,
which will standardize packet writing w/o proprietary drivers, but until
then, the proprietary works well enough in most cases.

HTH

Jim


"Wink" > wrote in message
...
> Can you leave a session open when burning a cd using only
> XPs drag and drop utility on the burner.

[Peter R. Fletcher]

I am not a CD format expert, but I think that XP must default to a
multi-session format, at least on multi-session capable writers, since
you can repeatedly add new files and directories to a "closed" CD-R (I
do it all the time!). What it certainly doesn't support "natively" is
packet writing on CD-RWs


On Fri, 30 May 2003 10:33:28 -0700, "Jim" > wrote:

>Only used the XP built-in CD-R/RW supports a few times, but as I recall, it
>was a one shot deal, not multi-session (might be wrong, but don't recall
>otherwise). It essentially builds a cache of files from one or more
>drag-n-drop operations, then you when you're done, writes the CD. I'm
>pretty sure is closes the session (in fact, is only single session),
>probably for maximum compatibility. Without a close/single-session, the TOC
>(Table of Contents) won't be written and some CD-ROM drives might not be
>able to read it.
>
>If you want real drag-n-drop support, consider packet writing. If your
>CD-R/RW drives supports it, you can usually obtain the packet driver from
>your mastering sofware. For example, Nero provides InCD packet writing.
>Install it and now you can drag-n-drop to CD-RW as necessary, delete stuff,
>etc., your CD-R/RW drives just becomes (essentially) a big floppy drive!
>One disadvantage though, to read it back on other system will obviously
>require similar packet reading support. But for single system usage, a
>viable solution. Btw, eventually MS is suppose to support Mount Ranier,
>which will standardize packet writing w/o proprietary drivers, but until
>then, the proprietary works well enough in most cases.
>
>HTH
>
>Jim
>
>
>"Wink" > wrote in message
...
>> Can you leave a session open when burning a cd using only
>> XPs drag and drop utility on the burner.
>



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