I have a question about How do I use the built-in CD burning in Windows XP?:

I have WinZip files on CD-RWs. Win XP doesn't allow me to directly add/delete files within the WinZip files. I have to copy everything from the CD-RW to the hard drive, do the editing of the particular file, erase the CD-RW, then allow XP to copy everything back to the CD-RW. With other Win versions, I was able to work with WinZip files on CD-RWs directly, just like with floppies. Or am I missing something? I have Nero Burning. But it relies on Win XP to do its thing.

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Once a file is on a CD you cannot change it.

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A CD is not a giant floppy disk, there is software that will allow one to treat it 
as though it were. The two that I know of are Roxio's Direct CD and Nero's InCD. 
As I understand it InCD is almost as unreliable as Direct CD. Direct CD is awful. 
The XP built-in software does not have that kind of capability.







On Thursday, April 7, 2005 at 5:35 pm, Bill Rose wrote:

>I have a question about How 

>do I use the built-in CD burning in Windows XP?:


>

>I have WinZip files on CD-RWs. Win XP doesn't allow me to directly add/delete files 

>within the WinZip files. I have to copy everything from the CD-RW to the hard drive, 

>do the editing of the particular file, erase the CD-RW, then allow XP to copy everything 

>back to the CD-RW. With other Win versions, I was able to work with WinZip files 

>on CD-RWs directly, just like with floppies. Or am I missing something? I have Nero 

>Burning. But it relies on Win XP to do its thing.

>
 

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I had Direct CD with Win Me, and now have Nero Burning on Win XP. Direct CD allowed direct editing a file on a CD-RW. Nero and XP's CD burning doesn't. As I tried to relate in my message, it is a lot of rigamarole to edit files on a CD-RW in XP. I think you missed the point of my question: Can a user directly edit a file on a CD-RW in the XP system? Not what are the differences in storage media or burning software.


On Thursday, April 7, 2005 at 10:56 pm, Ricer46 wrote:
>A CD is not a giant floppy disk, there is software that will allow one to treat it
>as though it were. The two that I know of are Roxio's Direct CD and Nero's InCD.
>As I understand it InCD is almost as unreliable as Direct CD. Direct CD is awful.
>The XP built-in software does not have that kind of capability.
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I know that. But I could with other, older Windows systems. Why not XP?


On Thursday, April 7, 2005 at 8:21 pm, Erik wrote:
>Once a file is on a CD you cannot change it.

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He already told you EXACTLY what you needed to know: This can only be done with third-party software such as InCD or DirectCD, not with XP's CD writing support. So now you look up those software programs yourself and confirm that they will enable you to do that, and that the manufacturer states that the latest versions work on XP.

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