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**SIW2** · 08-24-2008

Hi,

Yes this is tricky and I have not been able to find much in the way of useful instructions on it. However, I think I may have figured it out.

If you format the recordable write once disc as "mastered" : ( ISO format )

dragging or copying files into the disc drive folder copies them onto the hard drive. When you click the burn button they are copied to the disc. This has to be done in one go - you can't then add more files to the disc.

You do not need to "close" a mastered disc - eject it and it should be playable on all computers and cd/dvd players. Playable by XP of course.

If you format a write once recordable disc as "Live File System" (UDF format ) :

dragging or copying files into the disc folder copies them straight to the disc ( not to the hard drive ). When you have finished, click the x at the top right of the disc folder to shut the window, then eject the disc manually . You can later reinsert it in Vista and read it or continue to add files till it's full. (You can stop Vista from "closing" the disc automatically when you click eject on screen - go to dvd drive properties,global settings and uncheck it ). Athough you can delete files from the disc, it does not appear to give you that space back, i.e it is a multi -session disc, but not the same as a rewritable disc.

To make it playable in other computers ( only the ones that relate to that version of Live File System, obviously - for XP use version 1.5 or 2.01) you need to get Vista to "close" the disc. Insert disc, open the disc folder, right click the dvd drive and select "close session". As far as I can tell, you won't be able to play it on most standalone cd or dvd drives, however.

As to why there are several versions of this, I haven't yet worked out, but there must be advantages to the higher numbered versions or they wouldn't exist.

Also, I haven't yet figured out the sequence for using rewritable discs.

The above is for copying files - I suggest for music or video use Media Player or DVD Maker. Ashampoo Burning Studio 2008 is also good and it's free - when you first run it check "get full product key" which takes you to their website and they give you a free key. www.computeractive.co.uk/burningstudio/index ( ignore the date limitation - download still works )

This topic is crying out for a tutorial - any takers please ?

SIW2

08-24-2008	#6 (permalink)
SIW2 VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86 2,303 posts	Re: Does Vista use a file system when burning CD's that XP can't read? Hi, Yes this is tricky and I have not been able to find much in the way of useful instructions on it. However, I think I may have figured it out. If you format the recordable write once disc as "mastered" : ( ISO format ) dragging or copying files into the disc drive folder copies them onto the hard drive. When you click the burn button they are copied to the disc. This has to be done in one go - you can't then add more files to the disc. You do not need to "close" a mastered disc - eject it and it should be playable on all computers and cd/dvd players. Playable by XP of course. If you format a write once recordable disc as "Live File System" (UDF format ) : dragging or copying files into the disc folder copies them straight to the disc ( not to the hard drive ). When you have finished, click the x at the top right of the disc folder to shut the window, then eject the disc manually . You can later reinsert it in Vista and read it or continue to add files till it's full. (You can stop Vista from "closing" the disc automatically when you click eject on screen - go to dvd drive properties,global settings and uncheck it ). Athough you can delete files from the disc, it does not appear to give you that space back, i.e it is a multi -session disc, but not the same as a rewritable disc. To make it playable in other computers ( only the ones that relate to that version of Live File System, obviously - for XP use version 1.5 or 2.01) you need to get Vista to "close" the disc. Insert disc, open the disc folder, right click the dvd drive and select "close session". As far as I can tell, you won't be able to play it on most standalone cd or dvd drives, however. As to why there are several versions of this, I haven't yet worked out, but there must be advantages to the higher numbered versions or they wouldn't exist. Also, I haven't yet figured out the sequence for using rewritable discs. The above is for copying files - I suggest for music or video use Media Player or DVD Maker. Ashampoo Burning Studio 2008 is also good and it's free - when you first run it check "get full product key" which takes you to their website and they give you a free key. www.computeractive.co.uk/burningstudio/index ( ignore the date limitation - download still works ) This topic is crying out for a tutorial - any takers please ? SIW2 Last edited by SIW2; 08-24-2008 at 08:00 AM..
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