using CD-RW

[loc[a]lhost]

some days ago i bought a Sony D-JC501 MP3 CD Player and its just perfect :D

i never imagined that earphones can produce such a good sound.

I'd like to add songs to a CD right after i download them, but i never used CD-RW :blink:

can someone post a tutorial of how to use CD-RW like it was a regular drive so i could add and delete files??

btw, i hate programs that run in the background and i dont mind if the program costs money :yes:

[kjordan2001]

If you have XP, you can do it without any extra stuff. Not sure, but I don't think you'll find anything that doesn't run in the background short of the XP stuff. If you don't run XP, I think Nero might have something that does this stuff or Easy CD Creator might, I know past versions before Roxio took over had something to write to CDs without opening up a burning software.

[loc[a]lhost]

i know Roxio Direct CD can do it, but it runs in the background :cry:

and i'd like to have an exact tutorial, cuz i dont want to accidently ruin the only CD-RW disc i have ;)

too lazy to buy some :whistle:

[John Veteran]

if it's a cd-rw disk, there is no need to worry about ruining the disk. it's rewriteable, so you can screw up as much as you want and just erase it. ;)

[kjordan2001]

Yep, that's why it's called rewriteable, you can erase it, use it again, erase it again. But you don't need a tutorial, if you have XP or something running in the background, it's as simple as drag and drop ;)

I don't think you'll find a program that doesn't run in the background though...even XP has something running in the background. You can always close Roxio after you're done copying files if you don't want it always running in the background :whistle:

[NeoMayhem]

Nero InCD works great for me :p

[NeoMayhem]

  acbd said:

i know Roxio Direct CD can do it, but it runs in the background :cry:

and i'd like to have an exact tutorial, cuz i dont want to accidently ruin the only CD-RW disc i have ;)

too lazy to buy some :whistle:

You cant ruin a CD-RW disk, you can always fully erase it (format it) and it is like new :p

[John Veteran]

  NeoMayhem said:

You cant ruin a CD-RW disk, you can always fully erase it (format it) and it is like new :p

actually, that's not true :whistle:

one time i was burning a cd-rw. there was a storm in my area and my power went out. the disk wasn't readable, and i tried every tool i could find to try and erase the disk. even in different drives. nothing. :cry:

so, however unlikely it is, it CAN happen :shifty:

[loc[a]lhost]

hehe, i'll try InCD ;)

btw, can i format the disc even if i finalize it accidently?

[John Veteran]

even if you finalize the disk, you can reformat it. don't worry, there really isn't anything you can purposely do wrong.

[loc[a]lhost]

cool :cool:

i'm formatting the disc with InCD now...i see it takes a lot of time :s 4 minutes passed and its still less then 20% :crazy:

[Fotix]

  acbd said:

cool :cool:

i'm formatting the disc with InCD now...i see it takes a lot of time :s 4 minutes passed and its still less then 20% :crazy:

Yeah, the first format on a CDRW to the UDF file system takes a while; after that it won't be as long for a quick file system format if you choose to do so again. :cool:

[Furet]

CDRW rulez! Especially now that a lot of discmans read them...Good for MP3 discman also (great compils).

It's a bit long formating the CD, but as you can (almost) always rewrite it, it's excellent for junk/temp files archiving :p

[loc[a]lhost]

found out that my player doenst support UDF :/

[loc[a]lhost]

i tried burning in ISO, and it does work.

is there a program like InCD but uses the ISO format?

[Schmoove]

Ok this is what you can do:

1) Use the engine in XP to write to CDRW. This is enabled by default and runs in the background.

2) Use DirectCD from Roxio. This makes use of UDF and allows you to use your CDRW as a floppydrive. Also runs in the background.

3) Use InCD form Ahead. Same as DirectCD, uses UDF and runs in the background.

4) Get a burner that supports Mount Rainer. It is basicly the same as DirectCD or InCD only done in hardware... so nothing runs in the background.

I think the easiest way would be #1, just use the engine in XP (which is actually built by Roxio if I'm correct).

[TadXP]

I have a quick question. I have a Creative 8432 drive, and I could never get the Nero Packetwriting software or the built in XP CD burning software to work. If I get a new drive will these issues PROBABLY be resolved???

[loc[a]lhost]

i searched for it a bit and found that CD-Maker can do it :)

i'll try it now...

[marcoo]

Nero is GOOD. You can reformat your CD-RW to ISO any time, and your player will read it.

[marcoo]

And as many times as you want.

[loc[a]lhost]

nope, NTI FileCD and CD-Maker dont work :/

do you mean in regular nero (not InCD)? i know that, but its not so comfortable. and i still didnt test multisession with my mp3 :wacko: i'll post here when i'll test it.

btw, can i delete files work when using nero's multisession??

[loc[a]lhost]

i've tested my mp3 player, multisession works with it :D

but when i delete stuff in multisession it acts kinda strangly :wacko:

it doesnt free their space and it adds them back next time and stuff like that, but they appear not to exist when i access the disc :s