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I have used this method in the past as an immediate backup system. Have you tried it? What was your experience?
To me this seems nothing more than a remake, reverse engineered, refresh, or rebadging of the CD-UDF format that once was implemented back in the late Win9X days by Adaptec's (Now Roxio) DirectCD, CeQuadrat's PacketCD (Part of the German WinOnCD package), or Nero's InCD to most people who could remember that far back.
I've experimented with it when I got my first Acer 4X CD-RW. I thought it was the coolest thing at the time, especially since external hard drives were quite expensive and thumb drives were not even heard of. It was a good idea being able to write to a CD-RW, or CD-R just like you would a USB drive or portable hard drive, but I had experienced severe limitations and compatibility issues. All of my problems were narrowed down to the quality of recordable CD used, quality of CD-RW drive which affected the CD being able to be read on certain CD drives or if the CD happens to acquire scratches during travel. All of each of these issues resulted in hefty time it took for the drive to recognize the contents and format, if in fact it was even recognizable at all.
Back then I have concluded that DirectCD, (PacketCD), InCD (anything dealing with CD-UDF technology) was way too buggy of a format and to stay as far away as possible. Now with thumb drives being so cheap for the amount of storage you get the Live File format just does not at all really seem to be a feasible format to use for transporting information, nor in my case dependable.
Now if rewritable CD's were in a sealed enclosure (such as a Mini Disc) and every company used the exact same manufacturing standards then I would consider giving this another look, but until then I still think this Live File System, much like the past variants, is just asking for trouble down the road.
I've experimented with it when I got my first Acer 4X CD-RW. I thought it was the coolest thing at the time, especially since external hard drives were quite expensive and thumb drives were not even heard of. It was a good idea being able to write to a CD-RW, or CD-R just like you would a USB drive or portable hard drive, but I had experienced severe limitations and compatibility issues. All of my problems were narrowed down to the quality of recordable CD used, quality of CD-RW drive which affected the CD being able to be read on certain CD drives or if the CD happens to acquire scratches during travel. All of each of these issues resulted in hefty time it took for the drive to recognize the contents and format, if in fact it was even recognizable at all.
Back then I have concluded that DirectCD, (PacketCD), InCD (anything dealing with CD-UDF technology) was way too buggy of a format and to stay as far away as possible. Now with thumb drives being so cheap for the amount of storage you get the Live File format just does not at all really seem to be a feasible format to use for transporting information, nor in my case dependable.
Now if rewritable CD's were in a sealed enclosure (such as a Mini Disc) and every company used the exact same manufacturing standards then I would consider giving this another look, but until then I still think this Live File System, much like the past variants, is just asking for trouble down the road.
Greg, Isn't the speed issue as much a result of the throughput for the optical media/drive as it is in implementing the Live File system?
...just like any other disk-based device, the speed at which data can be read and written is going to be a factor of the drive itself as well as its interface/connection to system.
After reading the article I tried it on a DVD-RW which formatted and named with the default Date Result I can create a folder or a file but cannot drag or copy to it also right click does not display the format option?
... on multiple DVD discs? The formatting of an optical disc is done via the Burn a Disc dialog box, not from the right-click menu.
This is just Nero INCD plundered by microsoft, time for Nero to file a few patient infringments
...similar to InCD and DirectCD, but that doesn't make it any less useful or old news. Because Live File System is now a part of the operating system, you can use it right out of the box, so to speak, without having to purchase third-party software.
It's a nice benefit.
It's a nice benefit.
I too used InCD from NERO before the thumb drive and had major problems. I had disks that became unwritable and unreadable, for no foreseeable reason. Ended up many times reformatting and rewriting. Not something you could depend on. Is MS any more reliable?
It's difficult for me to see much applicability in my world for this feature. Years ago, yes, but now why would anyone spend the time to write about optical media. And why would I log in to comment about it. If I have a network connection it's better, or a USB drive...
Backing up files to CD-RW or DVD-RW might be cheaper than buying a decent sized flash drive or splashing out the equivalent of about ??10 per 100 GB on an external hard drive - but keeping track of precisely what is stored on each optical disk can be an absolute nightmare - particularly if any individual folder you wish to backup is larger than 4.7GB. And storing multiple optical discs takes up sooooooo much more space than just having one slim 500GB + external drive! Optical discs can also get scratched quite easily, making it difficult if not impossible to retrieve your data from them.
And whilst Windows Live File Format may allow you to "incrementally add files to the discs", unless you leave plenty of room for expansion from the outset, you will probably have to keep starting again from scratch or you will end up with document files squeezed onto a disc that has mostly pictures or software downloads etc!
With all the drawbacks that optical discs have, I would never recommend anyone using them unless they really cannot afford a portable hard drive or a decent sized flash drive.
And whilst Windows Live File Format may allow you to "incrementally add files to the discs", unless you leave plenty of room for expansion from the outset, you will probably have to keep starting again from scratch or you will end up with document files squeezed onto a disc that has mostly pictures or software downloads etc!
With all the drawbacks that optical discs have, I would never recommend anyone using them unless they really cannot afford a portable hard drive or a decent sized flash drive.
Optical media has always been flakey technology that sometimes worked. From the CD skipping in the car to trying to burn a DVD that will work on a TV DVD player. I will be glad when they are gone. Just like 8 track tapes!
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