On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 18:32 -0500, Justin W wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 03:45 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > >> Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> > >>> It is annoying that people attack Windows without knowing much about it. > >>> Whether you believe it or not . I do it all the time on my wife's > >>> Windows XP machine and the Windows 2000 that runs on a partition on my > >>> FC4 machine, > >>> > >> I am aware of techniques which work with modern versions of Windows > >> which allow one to treat a multi-session CDROM as if one could simply > >> add files to it by dragging and dropping. I have used one myself > >> like that. But I don't recall "formatting" a CDROM. > >> > >> Mike > >> > > We all loose some of our memory with age. If you could drag and drop to > > the CD you or someone formated it. > > > > > > > If I understand Windows' burning scheme correctly, Windows XP has the > capability to create sessions on a CD from Explorer. All you have to do > is drag and drop the files to the CD, and then click burn for them to be > saved to the disk (no formatting involved). The process is quite > transparent to end users, but behind the scenes, Windows is using the > space left over to create multi-session disks. > > Also, if I can again remember correctly, you can actually take a disc > made with the method described above and look at the contents of > previous versions of the CD in Linux. Using a session number in the > mount options can recover a specific session from a multi-session CD, so > if anyone has extra time on their hands, Linux could possibly confirm > what Windows is actually doing. > If you're talking about a drag and drop without the burning process, >then the above doesn't apply, but since you didn't specify, I'm giving > my educated guess). > Justin W I try to be patient but honestly i have said over and over I am not talking about any overt burning process. Just drag and drop. -- ======================================================================= The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely 1 bananosecond. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
