How do I use Drive Letter Access drag and drop in Vista

[BaconIT83]

Drag and drop is an invaluable tool for a company that does not allow flash media. The problem I have is If I make a CDRW DLA compatible, it doesn't work the same way in vista. I then have to reformat the disk in Vista. Is there any way to resolve this in compatibility issue between the two OS so I can drag-and-drop in both?

 

[linney]

What machine models, and what operating systems, and what software are you talking about?

Would running a Virtual Machine inside of Vista and drag and dropping to CD via that work?

Virtual PC 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3199-48a3-afa2-2dc0b40a73b6&displaylang=en&tm

Can the output be copied via the Network to a compatible machine and dragged and dropped on to media?

 

[BaconIT83]

I guess the simple question is Should I be able to format a CD-RW so that I can save on the fly to it similar to a flash drive or floppy disk between XP and Vista Operating systems? I am able to do so when I format teh CD in Vista, but when I try to write files to it in XP. It is unable to saying that the disk is write protected and that I need to remove the write protection, but I don't see the ability to do that anywhere.

 

[HughLerwill]

I was up against similar stuff recently when trying to get an application of mine to run-on-a-stick. I found that I could get a CD RW disk formatted and made on Vista to behave like a stick under Vista. If I passed the Disk to XP the files on it appeared to be read only. The files on any disk created under XP appeared read only under either OS.
I did not persue the issue very hard because performance was pretty awful when it did work.

 

[linney]

Which CD or DVD format should I use?

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/2af64e60-60aa-4d79-ab6c-3a5db5806cbe1033.mspx