inCD problem - 'Non-Allocatable Space'

[Terry Pinnell]

On my CD-RW that I use every day with inCD there is an entry
'Non-Allocatable Space'. What does it mean please? When I try to
delete it, I get a message:
"Cannot delete Non-Allocatable Space: Files on this CD-ROM drive are
read-only. You cannot copy or move files over to this CD-ROM drive."

That is obviously not true. I *can* move/copy files to or from this
disc. And I can delete any other file without getting this message.

Also, I have another problem, possibly connected.

My wife and I both have PCs with XP Home, and both of us use ahead's
inCD. She copied some photos onto her inCD CD-RW for me to edit. But
when I inserted it in my drive, it opened with just one entry
'Non-allocatable space'. Back in her PC, it opened fine. And my inCD
CD-RW (the one I described above) also opens fine in her system. We
have exchanged files before, in both directions.

I rebooted and repeated exercise, but same problem.

What can be going on here please?

 

[Harry Ohrn]

'Non-Allocatable Space' is a file used and needed by UDF to work with the
files you manipulate (save, copy, delete, rename, move, etc.) on the UDF
formatted disc. Actually this file is part of the UDF 1.5 specification.

Try reinstalling InCD on your computer, or clean the drive or use a
different CD-R/W. If the problem persists you may wish to contact Nero - the
creators of InCD - to see if they recommend a solution.

 

[Terry Pinnell]

'Non-Allocatable Space' is a file used and needed by UDF to work with the
files you manipulate (save, copy, delete, rename, move, etc.) on the UDF
formatted disc. Actually this file is part of the UDF 1.5 specification.

Try reinstalling InCD on your computer, or clean the drive or use a
different CD-R/W. If the problem persists you may wish to contact Nero - the
creators of InCD - to see if they recommend a solution.

Thanks, Harry. I did also email Nero Support. Will try a reinstall. By
'clean the drive', do you mean play one of those special 'cleaning
CDs'?

FWIW, I've just recalled that over the last month or so I have had
occasional crashes on boot-up which implicate UDF. White text on blue,
well before WinXP comes up: "BSUDF.SYS failed at ... " Do you have any
insights on that aspect please?

 

[Lil' Dave]

On my CD-RW that I use every day with inCD there is an entry
'Non-Allocatable Space'. What does it mean please? When I try to
delete it, I get a message:
"Cannot delete Non-Allocatable Space: Files on this CD-ROM drive are
read-only. You cannot copy or move files over to this CD-ROM drive."

That is obviously not true. I *can* move/copy files to or from this
disc. And I can delete any other file without getting this message.

Also, I have another problem, possibly connected.

My wife and I both have PCs with XP Home, and both of us use ahead's
inCD. She copied some photos onto her inCD CD-RW for me to edit. But
when I inserted it in my drive, it opened with just one entry
'Non-allocatable space'. Back in her PC, it opened fine. And my inCD
CD-RW (the one I described above) also opens fine in her system. We
have exchanged files before, in both directions.

I rebooted and repeated exercise, but same problem.

What can be going on here please?

As far as sharing CDs written by INCD, be sure that all the PCs have the
same version. That was a cure for the same problem I noted between my home
PC and laptop. Nero has clean tool for removing INCD's contents before
installing a new version. The latter 2 latest versions have the fewest
problems. None in my case.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Thanks, Harry. I did also email Nero Support. Will try a reinstall. By
'clean the drive', do you mean play one of those special 'cleaning
CDs'?

FWIW, I've just recalled that over the last month or so I have had
occasional crashes on boot-up which implicate UDF. White text on blue,
well before WinXP comes up: "BSUDF.SYS failed at ... " Do you have any
insights on that aspect please?

It is possible you answered your question. I believe that BSUDF.SYS is an
out dated driver from an older version of InCD. Try removing InCD and
installing a newer version.

You should also be aware of this
http://ww2.nero.com/enu/Support_News_SP2_Packet_Writing_Problems.html

 

[Terry Pinnell]

It is possible you answered your question. I believe that BSUDF.SYS is an
out dated driver from an older version of InCD. Try removing InCD and
installing a newer version.

Thanks, appreciate the follow-up. I'll do as you suggest. That is,
assuming I decide to keep inCD despite much advice that
'packet-writing' is best avoided like the plague.

You should also be aware of this
http://ww2.nero.com/enu/Support_News_SP2_Packet_Writing_Problems.html

Interesting. I installed SP2 a year or so ago, but promptly removed it
after encountering many problems. But since then, in XP Home, SP1,
I've been unable to fix several issues that I believe are 'residues'
of that abortive install. The most notable two, in case your curiosity
is piqued, is that I can no longer access System Information, and
Dependencies in Services|Properties shows none, for every service. WMI
is somehow implicated. But none of the suggested procedures I tried
over several weeks at the time were able to sort it. It's a reach, but
I wonder if that same underlying cause can be screwing with inCD?

 

[SeaMaid]

If you had the InCD 4 Reader installed but did not remove it BEFORE
installing InCD, that could be part of the problem too. If both are
installed, uninstall both and reinstall only InCD. I think the Nero website
may have an InCD cleaner to remove any leftovers.