Windows 7 Packet Writer

Every time I try to get Windows 7 to treat a RW DVD "like a
floppy drive", it ruins the DVD. I've tried several brands
of DVD disks, but they always fail to be useful. Sometimes
W7 says that the "format was successful", but the disk can't
be written to, erased, or otherwise used.

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croy

On 24 Sep 2011, croy <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Every time I try to get Windows 7 to treat a RW DVD "like a
> floppy drive", it ruins the DVD. I've tried several brands
> of DVD disks, but they always fail to be useful. Sometimes
> W7 says that the "format was successful", but the disk can't
> be written to, erased, or otherwise used.

Oh.

OK.

croy wrote:
> Every time I try to get Windows 7 to treat a RW DVD "like a
> floppy drive", it ruins the DVD. I've tried several brands
> of DVD disks, but they always fail to be useful. Sometimes
> W7 says that the "format was successful", but the disk can't
> be written to, erased, or otherwise used.
>

So what did you do *exactly* ? Describe your steps in detail,
and at what stage you concluded the disc was "ruined".

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...at-a-CD-or-DVD

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...t-should-I-use

The table in the second article, appears to be referring to UDF
when describing "Live File System" versions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Disk_Format

"Packet writing was introduced in Revision 1.50. For write-once media,
the entire disk is virtualized, making the write-once nature transparent
for the user; the disk can be treated the same way one would treat a
rewritable disc, but with steadily decreasing available space."

Lots of variables, and perhaps you could review your setup and
report back.

Paul

Ask Deirdre Straughan what to do. Sounds like you were one of those
Roxio victims.

croy wrote:

> Every time I try to get Windows 7 to treat a RW DVD "like a
> floppy drive", it ruins the DVD. I've tried several brands
> of DVD disks, but they always fail to be useful. Sometimes
> W7 says that the "format was successful", but the disk can't
> be written to, erased, or otherwise used.
>
> --
> croy

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