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SS
Is there any freeware that will format my DVD/CD RW for using them as 'drag
and drop' media (I think this is known as packet writing?)
and drop' media (I think this is known as packet writing?)
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John Corliss
SS said:
This was discussed here in the group recently, and I believe that the
answer was pretty much "no." There is one program named "Easyburning":
http://cdr.dpaehl.de/
but somebody mentioned some kind of trouble using it. Do a Google search
on this group for that word and you'll find the discussion:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
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Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls and other such idiots. No adware, cdware,
commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware,
shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez
please.
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Shadow
UDF packet writing driver for your CD/DVD drive
http://www.argentuma.com/backup/software/dla.html
Good news, the IBM version of DLA has been reported to work with many
non-IBM drives, and is also available for free online download!
Download the installation package from IBM web-site and install it on
your computer. It may notify you during the installation that your
recording drive is not supported because either it's not an IBM
branded drive or is an incompatible drive. Just ignore this message
and proceed with the installation - IBM DLA still works OK with most
of the drives, even if the installation program initially displays a
warning like this.
Read the site information well before downloading the software and
installing!
It is the only so called free packet writing software that I am aware
of!
Shadow
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Bill Turner
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Mine notifies me and won't proceed. Is there any way to fool it into
thinking I have IBM equipment?
Bill T.
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Mine notifies me and won't proceed. Is there any way to fool it into
thinking I have IBM equipment?
Bill T.
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Bob Adkins
Windows XP does packet writing natively. Just drag-and-drop to your burner,
or right-click and "SendTo" your burner.
If you're not using XP, I can't think of any Freeware now. Nero is
practically Freeware since it comes with most new burners. I know it has a
packet writer, but don't know if it comes with the OEM package.
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Terry Pinnell
Bob Adkins said:
Yes, I believe it does. It's called inCD. But I have found
intermittent problems in trying to swap CDs written with different
versions of inCD. For example, between my wife's PC and mine (both XP
Home).
I've often come close to uninstalling inCD because of the general
consensus there seems to be amongst those with more expertise than me
that packet-writing/UDF is inherently unreliable. But the sheer
convenience of (usually) being able to treat a CD as a 700 MB floppy
keeps me loyal.
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Bill Turner
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I've had nothing but trouble with InCD too. When it works, it's great,
but too often it destroys the CD/DVD and makes it totally unreadable.
For me, a better solution is a USB flash drive. More expensive, but
foolproof and much faster too. No formatting required either.
Bill T.
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I've had nothing but trouble with InCD too. When it works, it's great,
but too often it destroys the CD/DVD and makes it totally unreadable.
For me, a better solution is a USB flash drive. More expensive, but
foolproof and much faster too. No formatting required either.
Bill T.
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David Harmon
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:22:08 -0600 in alt.comp.freeware, Bob Adkins
Windows XP appears to not be freeware.
Windows XP appears to not be freeware.
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jacaranda
I've had nothing but bad experiences with CDRWs. Same with many of my
friends. Not sure if it's the SW or the disks, but since I've also had
trouble with zip drives (the dreaded "click of death"), I now use a floppy
for my daily backups of small files, and regular CDs for backups of my
large files. A pain, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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bambam
I personally wouldn't use any packet writing cd program or floppy disks for
any sort of backup. I cringe when people come here wanting a freeware
packet writing program so they can run their backup program direct to cd.
YMMV
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Bill Turner
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Best advice you'll ever get.
Use either a hard drive (internal or external) for large amounts of
data, or a USB thumb drive for smaller amounts.
IMO, those are the only reliable methods. Of course, any device CAN
fail, so always have duplicates for really critical data.
CDs and DVDs should be used for what they were intended: entertainment
and software installation. Not for backups.
Bill T.
I personally wouldn't use any packet writing cd program or floppy disks for
any sort of backup. I cringe when people come here wanting a freeware
packet writing program so they can run their backup program direct to cd.
YMMV
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Best advice you'll ever get.
Use either a hard drive (internal or external) for large amounts of
data, or a USB thumb drive for smaller amounts.
IMO, those are the only reliable methods. Of course, any device CAN
fail, so always have duplicates for really critical data.
CDs and DVDs should be used for what they were intended: entertainment
and software installation. Not for backups.
Bill T.
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The Six Million Dollar Man
Bob said:
Yes XP allows this, but this may not be exactly what the OP wanted. I
think the OP was looking to drag-and-drop files onto a formatted disk
that would then immediately write them, just like a HDD or Floppy. When
drag-and-drop a file onto a drive in XP you are actually moving the
files into a staging area from which you can then select them to be
written to CD, CDR or CDRW. For a full explanation see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279157 .
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Bob Adkins
I personally wouldn't use any packet writing cd program or floppy disks for
any sort of backup. I cringe when people come here wanting a freeware
packet writing program so they can run their backup program direct to cd.
YMMV
I'm loving USB flash drives, but they're not totally 100% reliable either.
However, they're far more reliable than CD's and <ahem> FDD's.
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Bill Turner
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Well, nothing is 100% reliable, not even ink on paper.
Have you had specific problems with USB flash drives? I have two of
them and no problems so far.
Bill T.
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Well, nothing is 100% reliable, not even ink on paper.
Have you had specific problems with USB flash drives? I have two of
them and no problems so far.
Bill T.
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Bob Adkins
Just had a Corsair 1 gigger crap out on me. Corsair sold a lot of them, and
a lot are failing. Corsair flash drives have a 10 year warranty, and unless
they sit on a shelf, I bet most of them won't last more than a year or 2. I
bet this little fiasco is going to cost Corsair dearly.