CD-RW Floppy

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TresWBL enlightened us all with these words of wisdom:
I have a Plextor 52x burner. I also have some CD-RW disc I'm just
dying to use. What I want to do is this:

Format the disc so that it can be used just like a floppy. For
instance, let's say I have computer A and B. Computer A has the
burner. I format the CD-RW w/ computer A, but then can plug it into
computer B (which doesn't have a burner) and can just drag/drop/delete
files to the CD-RW. Is this possible and how? I have XP Pro and Nero
5.

Thank you guys so much for your help in this matter.
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Not possible. A standard CD ROM can't burn to a CD-RW no matter how many
ways you try. It doesn't have the mechanical ability.
Network the two, and drag and drop files between them. A simple crossover
cable and IPX/SPX works fine if you already have one set on broadband and
don't want to mess with the TCP/IP settings.
 
I have a Plextor 52x burner. I also have some CD-RW disc I'm just dying to
use. What I want to do is this:

Format the disc so that it can be used just like a floppy. For instance,
let's say I have computer A and B. Computer A has the burner. I format the
CD-RW w/ computer A, but then can plug it into computer B (which doesn't
have a burner) and can just drag/drop/delete files to the CD-RW. Is this
possible and how? I have XP Pro and Nero 5.

Thank you guys so much for your help in this matter.
 
Unless you are going to move the writable CD drive around, no, obviously you
cannot write to any drive which is not writable. CD-ROM = compact disc -
READ-ONLY media. You cannot *write* to read-only media. On computer A, you
can use a UDF (universal data format) writer. You mention you have Nero; I
think there's is called In-CD. This uses a different format for writing on
the CD-R[W] disc but lets you treat it like a big floppy. When you move
that UDF formatted CD to another machine, you will need something to read
that format. You need to install on computer B a UDF reader. I don't
remember if Nero provides a UDF reader (so you can read UDF formatted CDs on
another machine). Adaptec had a UDF reader; they sold their software to
Roxio (actually I think it is a software division of Adaptec) and you can
find it at http://www.roxio.com/en/support/ecdc/software_updatesv4.jhtml.

So on whatever machine you have a *writable* CD drive, you can install a UDF
writer and use the CD-R as a big floppy. On a machine with only a
*read-only* CD drive, you can use a UDF reader to READ from that
UDF-formatted CD. Nero has its In-CD program for a UDF writer.
Adaptec/Roxio's Easy-CD has its DirectCD. Both of these have caused BSODs
(blue screen of deaths) so I quit using them.

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I have a Plextor 52x burner. I also have some CD-RW disc I'm just dying to
use. What I want to do is this:

Format the disc so that it can be used just like a floppy. For instance,
let's say I have computer A and B. Computer A has the burner. I format the
CD-RW w/ computer A, but then can plug it into computer B (which doesn't
have a burner) and can just drag/drop/delete files to the CD-RW. Is this
possible and how? I have XP Pro and Nero 5.

Thank you guys so much for your help in this matter.
 
Wheat said:
TresWBL enlightened us all with these words of wisdom:


Not possible. A standard CD ROM can't burn to a CD-RW no matter how
many ways you try. It doesn't have the mechanical ability.
Network the two, and drag and drop files between them. A simple
crossover cable and IPX/SPX works fine if you already have one set on
broadband and don't want to mess with the TCP/IP settings.
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I forgot to mention that they were networked. So, I could just leave the
CD-RW disc in the CD-RW drive, and format it with Nero (as Vanguard
mentioned), and then from the other computer I could add data to the
networked CD-RW drive?
 
TresWBL enlightened us all with these words of wisdom:

..
I forgot to mention that they were networked. So, I could just leave the
CD-RW disc in the CD-RW drive, and format it with Nero (as Vanguard
mentioned), and then from the other computer I could add data to the
networked CD-RW drive?
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Sure, that's how I set mine up. I formatted the drive using DirectCD (the
program you use is a matter of preference) and shared the CD-RW as a
removable drive. It worked quite well.
 
TresWBL said:
I forgot to mention that they were networked. So, I could just leave
the CD-RW disc in the CD-RW drive, and format it with Nero (as
Vanguard mentioned), and then from the other computer I could add
data to the networked CD-RW drive?
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Wheat, I noticed you had a reply, but it seemed to get deleted. I don't
really know how post get deleted, so I'm not sure why it would be deleted.
Unless of course it was something inappropriate, could you consider
re-posting or e-mailing the response? Thanks.
 
TresWBL put me in my place by writing
Wheat, I noticed you had a reply, but it seemed to get deleted. I
don't really know how post get deleted, so I'm not sure why it would
be deleted. Unless of course it was something inappropriate, could you
consider re-posting or e-mailing the response? Thanks.
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beats me why it would get deleted... I will email you.
 
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