Formatting CDs

[Kam Leo]

On 6/26/07, Justin W <jlist at jdjlab.com> 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