[LINK] MS Windows and CD formats

Scott Howard scott at doc.net.au
Wed Sep 24 16:35:26 AEST 2008


On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:34 PM, David Lochrin <dlochrin at d2.net.au> wrote:

>   The problem seems to be that Microsoft Vista ~by default~ writes CDs and
> DVDs in one of two proprietary formats known only to Vista and XP.  Standard
> ISO-9660 simply isn't available.  It's all explained at
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/b47eb51a-ea6d-4d97-97b0-2d07a59316981033.mspx
>

Umm.. OK...

What if I told you that "Live File System" format was UDF (hint: the same
standard used on DVDs)

Or that "Mastered" format was ISO9660 (hint: the same standard used on CDs)



>   The arrogance of this company is scarcely credible.
>

Ho hum.

  Scott.



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