If the previous XP computer was store bought it may have had Roxio or Nero
incorporated into it by the computer manufacturer. Many did.
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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience
"Escher" <Escher@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42D8964F-B513-4485-8F02-0ABBBA7724A9@xxxxxx
Quote:
>I seem to recall being able to do this previously in XP though. What I'm
> trying to do is set my father up with a CDRW that he can use to add & edit
> documents to without having to burn new CDR discs. He refuses to put the
> documents on the hard drive (don't ask me why) and had been using a floppy
> disk until it finally died on him. This of course caused much grief, for
> him
> and me!
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
> Quote:
>> The only time a CDRW has to be formatted is if you are using it with
>> packet
>> writing software (not a part of Vista). Then the disk will appear to act
>> just like a hard drive, allowing you to add individual files and delete
>> individual files.
>>
>> If you use such packet writing software you format the disk through the
>> utility that comes with such software. You do NOT format using what comes
>> with Vista.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>>
>> "Escher" <Escher@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:17D54AEB-10F8-43A4-AC1A-A9175562B7B6@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Running Vista Ultimate x64 w/ SP1 and I'm getting this error when
>> > attempting
>> > to format a CDRW. I found a hotfix that was included in SP1 that was
>> > supposed to fix this very problem, but obviously it doesn't. I
>> > couldn't
>> > find
>> > a newer hotfix, so I figured I'd ask here if anyone knew of a solution.
>>
>>