reading CDs

[stuckagain1]

can someone please tell me what is the trick to being able to read CD-RWs in different drives? a user created a CD at home and when we try to access it at the office, it says that we need Veritas UDF reader to read the disk, but I can't find that program anywhere in a downloadable format......she tried to save the files a couple of different ways at home and one of the ways made the files read-only and inaccessible.......

why is it so hard to use CDs to transport files between home and office??

thanks!

 

[cdogg]

There are many ways to make a CD. Choosing the wrong format, as you have found, can be frustrating.

UDF is not what you want to be using. That is a packet-writing technology that requires a burner and packet-writing software (Veritas in this case). Use Joliet instead.

Take a look here:

http://www.cddataguys.com/Technical_Info.htm

Keep in mind that files on the CD are "read-only". So if you still have problems opening a file on the other PC, make sure you copy the file to the hard drive first and remove the "read-only" attribute.

Good Luck!



~cdogg
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[stuckagain1]

thanks, but how do you use 'Joliet'?

 

[cdogg]

Are you asking, 'how do you write Joliet'?

If so, it's a setting within your cd-writing software that you set before making the CD. After closing the session or disc, you can then take it to another PC which will treat it like any other CD-ROM disc.

Joliet is a standard format that Windows understands. Don't forget to check out that link I posted above.


~cdogg
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[felixc]

The UDF format is supplied by many CD-RW manufacturers with software support disks. Roxio's Drag-to-disc and Nero's InCD are using UDF format. Some even offer the MtRainier Format (but that effort hasn't gone anywhere I think.) Even the Drag-to-disc version for DVD-RW is using the UDF format.

There is also UDF2, which has a reader on each CD.

You can get the Adaptec UDF reader for free at several places. Just Google " UDF reader" and you'll find it. A UDF reader software will allow a CD reader to read the CD-RW discs. But as cdogg says, from a regular CD reader, the files will be seen as "read-only".

Also, some old (I mean old) CD readers can't read properly the CD-RW disks.