Veritas DLA versus XP's built in Roxio?

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I would like to hear from others who have used Veritas's DLA (drive
letter access) system versus XP's built in Roxio software. I installed
a new DVD writer on my computer, and now have both of these systems
installed (however only one can be active at a time.) I presently have
the Roxio active, but the DLA keeps reminding me at every boot that is
is so much better than the Roxio.. (I find this mildly annoying).

JM
 
I would like to hear from others who have used Veritas's DLA (drive
letter access) system versus XP's built in Roxio software. I installed
a new DVD writer on my computer, and now have both of these systems
installed (however only one can be active at a time.) I presently have
the Roxio active, but the DLA keeps reminding me at every boot that is
is so much better than the Roxio.. (I find this mildly annoying).

JM
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Roxio software is NOT built in to XP. If you have a copy of EasyCD
and DirectCD, it may have come bundled with your machine. DLA from
Veritas provides the same function as DirectCD, InCD, etc. You do not
need both programs. Turn one of them off.
 
Sorry, but the XP built-in Cd writing is indeed based on/licensed by
Roxio software.. That fact comes direct from XP's CD writing wizard.

"CD software developed under license from Roxio, Inc."

I have no prefab computer "bundled" software, I have a retail version
of XP.
 
JustMee said:
I would like to hear from others who have used Veritas's DLA (drive
letter access) system versus XP's built in Roxio software. I installed
a new DVD writer on my computer, and now have both of these systems
installed (however only one can be active at a time.) I presently have
the Roxio active, but the DLA keeps reminding me at every boot that is
is so much better than the Roxio.. (I find this mildly annoying).

JM
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The Veritas DLA software is packet writing software and is completely
different from the XP native burning software.
DLA works like a big floppy drive and you can delete individual files and
folders. The XP burning software cues up the files and you burn them later.
You can not delete individual files or folders.
I am running the DLA software and find it very good. Love that 4.37 gig
floppy. 8-)
BTW, although you can delete files and folders using DLA, you do not regain
the space used by the deleted files/folders.
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Well, perhaps Microsoft licesned some technology from Roxio corporation
for inclusion in XP, but it is not the same product sold by Roxio and
known by many a "Roxio". What's built-in to XP is less functional that
what's built into Roxio's product.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms
 
JustMee said:
would like to hear from others who have used Veritas's DLA (drive
letter access) system versus XP's built in Roxio software. I installed
a new DVD writer on my computer, and now have both of these systems
installed (however only one can be active at a time.)
Click to expand...

The inbuilt CD burning, though it looks like a drag and drop method
similar to DLA or Roxio's Direct CD (Drag to Disk) is in fact nothing of
the sort. It just stashes files on hard disk later to write them as an
ISO session in just the same way as Easy CD Creator does.

If you want true drag and drop, with the ability to update files on a
CD-RW, and to use such a disk as output medium from a program, you need
one of those 'packet writing' programs. DLA is as good as any, and
better than some. I use the facility very little, but it is the one I
use when I have to
 
Thanks for all the great responses... Overall, you all seem to
prefer the DLA/3rd party type of software, so I am going to try
learning how to use that..

(I also have Nero Express {which came with my new CD writer},
which I have *not* installed, as I did not want even more confusion
on this issue, and I was worried about the various applications
somehow *conflicting* with each other..)

I am also looking forward to learning how to back up this whole new
system on DVD (DVD is something totally new for me..) I have
Veritas Simple Backup, and I hope it lives up to it's name (lol).

Thanks again..............

JM
 
So far I have been just using my CD writer (plebian, I know)... I
have yet to try out my DVD writer.. (I have bought a 10 pack of DVD+R
discs to start out, and my new writer came with 1 DVD+RW disc).

That is good to know about the "delete" feature being available with
DLA.. I can understand why the space is not made available again on
"R" media. I assume you can regain the space on "RW" media?

JM
 
JustMee said:
So far I have been just using my CD writer (plebian, I know)... I
have yet to try out my DVD writer.. (I have bought a 10 pack of DVD+R
discs to start out, and my new writer came with 1 DVD+RW disc).

That is good to know about the "delete" feature being available with
DLA.. I can understand why the space is not made available again on
"R" media. I assume you can regain the space on "RW" media?

JM
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You will need to install the DVD burning software supplied with the DVD
burner, as XP will not write to a DVD.

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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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JustMee said:
(I also have Nero Express {which came with my new CD writer},
which I have *not* installed, as I did not want even more confusion
on this issue, and I was worried about the various applications
somehow *conflicting* with each other..)
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Nero is making CDs in the different manner - a batch you select in it
all burned together as a 'session' and is the way to make CD-R (non
rewriteable ones). Nero - without its associated InCD - will co-exist
comfortably with DLA
I am also looking forward to learning how to back up this whole new
system on DVD (DVD is something totally new for me..) I have
Veritas Simple Backup, and I hope it lives up to it's name (lol)
Click to expand...

That is a good program, and Veritas have been the people behind DLA
(though I think they may now have sold the product to Sonic), so
compatibility should not be a problem. Use DLA with CD-RW as output
medium for such a program. And don't try to re-write the disks too many
times
 
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