ZIP CD 650 USB/ Do I need Direct CD? to drag and drop files?

[AnMig]

Currently have this portable drive and would like to know if I really need direct cd (software) to be able to write to a cd-rw. I use it to back up drivers and saved games ect. I currenlty have nero but am not familiar with it yet. Does nero have a program similar to direct cd that I can just drag and drop file to cd from windows explorer?

I have had 2 corrupted cd-rw past few weeks and kind of fed up with direct cd hoping its the software or my cheepo primeperipheral cd-rw.


Using w2k/ yes I used the usb filters and all the patches created.

Thanks for help

 

[Shmorq]

Nero has a program called InCD which works very similarly to Direct CD. You can read more about it here.

 

[AnMig]

thanks for input, will look it up and uninstall direct cd and play around with nero.

 

[bacillus]

you seem to be asking 2 questions here.



<< Do I need Direct CD? to drag and drop files? >>


if you're using adaptec, then yes. you'll need to format the cdrw before you can drag &amp; drop, the cdrw becoming much like using a large floppy disk.




<< and would like to know if I really need direct cd (software) to be able to write to a cd-rw. >>


you can copy on to a cdrw like a cdr just using ez creator but you'll need direct cd to use the cdrw like a large floppy.!

 

[AnMig]

bacillus


thanks for reply, main question really is do i need &quot;direct cd&quot; to use a cd-rw like a floppy? or can I use just uninstall it and use some other software or built into win 2000 or NERO and accomplish the same feat.

I guess I can use nero like &quot;directcd&quot; and will give it a go?

Do I really need any special software to drag and drop into a cdrw? or can windows 2000 do this inherently?