re: Copy a file to a RW disc Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 4:27 pm Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Dewey Nelson (231 messages posted) I thought I had it figured out--I can format the disk two ways--Live File System or Mastered and I was able to copy to the CD-RW. But now when I try to copy a file it is a "shortcut" icon and it is not burned nor can I burn it or open it. I'll keep at it as I have time. Thanks a bunch, Dewey On Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 12:36 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >I believe that Vista has packet writing software built-in to it (same as DirectCD >or InCD). and thus a CDRW should behave like a giant floppy in Vista. This was not >true for previous versions of Windows, which you indicated in the previous post you >believed to be true. MS's CD burning software seems to "break" easily in comparison >to third party software. > >In any case, you should also be aware that CDRW's are less reliable than CDR's. >As was pointed out in one of the other posts, thumb drives are much easier to use >than CDR or CDRW, unless you want long term archiving, in which case CDR is the best >way to go. > > > Written in response to: re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Ricer46: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 12:36 pm) Responses to this message: re: Copy a file to a RW disc (MartinM: Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 4:01 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Copy a file to a RW disc (Dewey Nelson: Tue, Jan 19, 2010, 5:32 pm) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (MartinM: Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 1:54 am) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Dewey Nelson: Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 9:07 am) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Ricer46: Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 10:53 am) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Dewey Nelson: Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 11:11 am) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Adam Bradley: Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 11:27 am) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Steve: Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 11:29 am) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Ricer46: Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 12:36 pm) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Dewey Nelson: Wed, Jan 20, 2010, 4:27 pm) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (MartinM: Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 4:01 am) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Dewey Nelson: Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 9:32 am) re: Copy a file to a RW disc (Ricer46: Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 4:05 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum