Formatting CDs

[Justin W]

Justin W wrote:
> Thufir wrote:
>> I'm not sure that it's possible to mount a CD R/W such that you can 
>> write and read to it dynamically with random access.
>>
>> Is it possible to do that in windows?
>>
>>
>> -Thufir
>>
>>   
> If I remember correctly, a version of Nero on Windows used to be able 
> to do that.  Unfortunately, I never used it because the only time I 
> tried to, the computer glitched and permanently destroyed my CDRW, so 
> I've never tried again.
>
> I'd venture to guess that Nero installed a CD-ROM driver in Windows 
> and took care of writing to the CD in a proprietary format.  In that 
> way, I'd also assume that using only software to manage that would not 
> be possible, as device driver-level support would also be required.
>
> Totally Guessing,
> Justin W
>
Yep, a quick Google search resulted in finding Nero InCD, which allows 
the disc to be used as a (be it, very very very slow) normal writable 
filesystem.

http://www.nero.com/nero7/enu/InCD_5.html

Justin W