XP Doesn't Read DVD-RW

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I copied my data files to a DVD-RW using Vista Home Premium. I then
installed XP but it didn't read the data that was copied there by Vista.
This prompted me to reinstall Vista.
How can I copy this data using Vista and be assured that XP will read it
when I install XP? I have only one system and don't want a dual boot system.

Thanks, James
 
JamesJ said:
I copied my data files to a DVD-RW using Vista Home Premium. I then
installed XP but it didn't read the data that was copied there by Vista.
This prompted me to reinstall Vista.
How can I copy this data using Vista and be assured that XP will read it
when I install XP? I have only one system and don't want a dual boot
system.

Thanks, James
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If the data is important and its reproduction needs to be basically
universal, the better way to preserve it is to actually burn it to
CD-R or DVD-R instead of "dropping" it into a CD-RW or DVD-RW disc.
 
Excuse my ignorance I'm new to this media.
In dragging and dropping doesn't Vista burn the data to the disc?
I thought any time you put data to a CD/DVD it is burnt to
the disc. Any way, I'm assuming I need third party
software to accomplish this?

Thanks,
James
 
JamesJ said:
Excuse my ignorance I'm new to this media.
In dragging and dropping doesn't Vista burn the data to the disc?
I thought any time you put data to a CD/DVD it is burnt to
the disc. Any way, I'm assuming I need third party
software to accomplish this?

Thanks,
James
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It all starts innocently enough. Shiny new feature.

http://blogs.msdn.com/dszabo/archive/2006/11/29/writing-dvds-with-vista.aspx

Rumblings of indigestion.

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winvista/1179036426

"Simmering Issues With Burning Issues With Vista"
http://myfreakinname.blogspot.com/2007/05/groklaw-burning-issues-with-vista-by.html

"2048 bytes per sector UDF" ?

The article that prompted the "burning issues" article:

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070422083715451

UDF versions the disk could have been burned with. Version 2.01
is the one you want for WinXP - according to the second picture.
And assuming there isn't a problem with 2048 bytes per sector.

http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/vistaburn4a.jpg
http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/vistaburn4c.jpg

There is probably more to this story, and you can write the chapter as
our intrepid beta tester... To be continued. :-)

I think basically the only way you'll know whether the Vista burned
disk will work in WinXP, is to try it.

Paul
 
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