I stand (or sit) corrected!  Thanks Rick.  I will have to give that a
try.  Since the media I used early on was pretty cheap, it may have been
the reason my original CD-R's didn't work with DirectCD.

And to think...I've been buying CD-RW's for this software!!  At 5-10 times
the price of CD-R's I guess my money's been going out the window.

Cesar.....my apologies for doubting your words.  However, my other ideas
(bad media, dirty burner or bad drivers) are still the three likely
candidates for the cause of your problem.


At 05:29 PM 8/16/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello Eric,
>
>Monday, August 16, 1999, 11:56:24 AM, you wrote:
>
>EG> Cesar,
>
>EG> We obviously have a difference in terminology here since it is impossible
>EG> to "move, delete, rename, etc." to a CD-R.  CD-R's are write once.  You
>EG> MUST be using CD-RW's so I'll go ahead and give you my thought
>
>It is possible to use Direct-CD on a CD-R. During 'formatting' the burner
>opens a secial "multisession" (lack of a better word)cd. While you
>still cannot really erase, delete or move files, the software marks them
>not to show up in the directory. You still lose space everytime you
>erase something, which is why you won't get 650 MB on the CD-R.
>After the CD is filled it has to be finalized for you to be able to use
>it in a normal CD-ROM. This is when the directory structure is also set.
>
>Regards,
>
>Rick S.

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