recordable cds

Hmm, sorry but cd's have to be formatted if you wish to read and write to them in the same manner as a floppy. There are utilities that allow this. I think Nero comes with one, incd or something like that.

Dude, CDs are not like floppies. They are a write once, read many media. While it is possible to write a few times to a disk that has not been filled (as long has it has not been finalised) in some cases, they cannot be re-used like a floppy disk. When a CD is burned, all of the information needed to support the CD format (files, SVCD, audio CDs, etc) is written to the disk by the software like Nero. Formatting doesn't apply.

Re-recordable cd's CAN be used like a floppy. There are programs such as direct CD that do this in which case the cd has to be formatted. Obviously you have never heard of this before.

And by the way the program you state you use "Nero" comes with InCd
which allows you to read and write to a cd as if it were a hard drive or floppy

And if you still don't believe a cd can be formatted then read this.

http://www.nero.com/en/631931457601521.html

if you still don't believe it after reading that then take it up with the Nero
people

i stand corrected

goodday bob and lex
is it aprogram on the net i can download or is it a wait till monday and buy

steve

If you're desperate and using xp then make use of the xp inbuilt burning capabilities. Use xp help for more info.

The instructions in case you have trouble:

To copy files and folders to a CD
Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder.
Open My Computer.
Click the files or folders you want to copy to the CD. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want. Then, under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file, Copy this folder, or Copy the selected items.
If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture Tasks, click Copy to CD or Copy all items to CD, and then skip to step 5.

In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click Copy.
In My Computer, double-click the CD recording drive. Windows displays a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.
Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Notes

To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
Do not copy more files to the CD than it will hold. Standard CDs hold up to 650 megabytes (MB). High-capacity CDs hold up to 850 MB.
Be sure that you have enough disk space on your hard disk to store the temporary files that are created during the CD writing process. For a standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 MB of the available free space. For a high-capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of the available free space.