Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
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Recommendations for Burning CDs

“DirectCD” NOT for critical applications: This has been stated previously, but because of HELP desk calls recently received, it bears repeating. All University computers equipped with CD writers have a software feature called DirectCD. While the drag and drop feature of Direct CD is handy, the CD you create may NOT work on all machines. This is due to the format used by the Direct CD software. The UDF format of the CD is based on the drive and drivers of the CDRW in the system the CD was created with. Since the campus has several CDRW manufacturers, even among the Dell computers, DirectCD is NOT recommended for use campus wide.

For a more reliable and standard format, Easy CD Creator is the recommended standard across campus and on home computers. Also, you may want to close or finalize the CDs after creation to be backwards-compatible with other and NON CDRW units. And remember, if your home computer is older, a burnt CD may not work in it AT ALL. Older CD ROM units that are 6x or 8x speed may not be able to read it. And 4x speed CD ROM units will NOT be able to read a burnt CD at all.

 
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