Re: Saving to D--Packet Writing

[billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

On Packet writing CDs, I have used DirectCD since
version 1 and have tried every succeeding CD and
DVD version and have never found it to be reliable.

I have tried Nero's version, and found it equally
troublesome. The only way I know to write a data CD
or DVD reliably is by writing standard ISO disks
using software such as Toast or Nero, with the
exception of DVD-RAM, which is built to look
like a hard drive (to the extent of including
error correction unlike other CD and DVD types).

What is the experience of others? or is this
too off-topic?

While we're off-topic, a tip: to the best
of my knowlege, the best CD and DVD media
is made by Taiyo Yuden, which is not branded
as such in the US. Tapes.com appears to be
a reliable US mail and web order supplier,
as I discovered in the course of researching
a review.


> Just installed some packet-writing software (WriteCD-RW Pro) for a new
> burner, D drive. Carl had written a routine that I had been using on my E
> drive (USB ZIP) that allowed me to save a file there from any directory
> without switching directories.
>
> 48=NOXHJM2,.,P,r,s,K,b,d,A,r,g,Q2x,m,
> ,S,A,[,S,X,0,1,CO[,V,A,$,F,P,],],[,S,X,0,1,CO",D,:,",+,[,v,a,@,0,1,:,2,],],COB,X
> ,e,s,
> ,1,Q,2,B,X,s,a,/,n,v, ,[,P,V,0,1,],Q,2,[,I,F,[,E,R,],],COB,X,s,a,/,n,v,
> ,D,:,\,Q,2,[,E,I,],COB,X,e,s, ,0,Q,2,[,P,R,S,a,v,e,d,],NO
>
> I just changed the drive letter -- E to D -- and it works fine on the
> CD-RW. But...
>
> I can't get U2--"callup" to work on the drive
> [41=NO,JM,(,2,.,c,a,l,l,u,p,)]. It calls up a file okay, but will not call
> a sub-directory. The CD-RW has a Xy directory, which is empty, and a main
> sub-directory, which has a number of level 3, or sub-sub directories under
> that. When I chdir to D:, I see the Xy directory, but not the list the main
> sub directory or the sub-sub directories that should be under it. [They're
> there, all right, just can get them to list in XY.] When I manually chdir
> to main sub-dir, the sub-sub dirs do indeed list, but I can't call one
> using callup. I get the error: too many letters. I'm sure I'm missing some
> basics.
>
> NB: Disk is formatted UDF. Running XyDos 4.018 on W98SE.
>
> Michael Norman  
>