Burner question

[fishboy]

Ok. I just got my first CDRW drive(Creative 4220) and it installed pretty well. I can copy (drag and drop) files from one CD to another. The problem is the CDRW CD can only be read in my machine with the CDRW drive. If I put the CDRW disk in another machine, I does not see the disk at all. I get one readme file that says "This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system
that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification." Anyone know what Im doing wrong. The disk formats fine and is viewable only in the machine with the burner. Funny thing is, I have a peer to peer network so if I share the cdrw drive, I can see the contents from the other machine. Any ideas?

[Mntsnow]

well Fishboy,

Your "regular" cdrom in the other system is not UDF compatable. What is happening when you "drag and drop" files to the burner you are using a file format (leaves the disc "open") that the "older" cdroms cannot read (they can only read "closed disks".

Mntsnow

[Bleeding Edge]

I believe this issue was addressed at http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/002579.html .

Basically, many CD-ROM drives can’t read CD-RW disks. If the data/audio files you are burning is more or less permanent, use a CD-R disc. Most all CD-ROM drives will be able to read CD-Rs.

Or invest in a more capable CD-ROM drive(s). The Teacs and Plextors read the most formats. Get SCSI if possible.

http://saturn.las.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/cdrom.cd-recordable.part1.html
http://www.octave.com/library.html