Microsoft KB Archive/283588

= Windows XP supports the DVD-RAM file systems =

Article ID: 283588

Article Last Modified on 1/13/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q283588





SUMMARY
This article describes the ability of Microsoft Windows XP to support the DVD-RAM file systems.



MORE INFORMATION
In Windows XP, DVD-RAM disks can be used as either CD-ROM/DVD-ROM devices or as rewriteable disks. The support technology for DVD-RAM uses the file allocation table 32 (FAT32) file system for read/write operations and enables the use of the Universal Disk Format (UDF) file system for read-only operations. DVD-RAM also supports multiple-session recording and logical block addressing.

The following list contains the DVD-RAM drives that are supported in Windows XP:
 * Hitachi GF-2000
 * Toshiba SD-W2002
 * Matsushita LF-D311S
 * Matsushita LF-D311BK
 * Matsushita LF-D311GK
 * Matsushita LF-D311HS
 * Matsushita LF-D311H
 * Matsushita LF-D311BW
 * Matsushita LF-D311SC
 * Matsushita LF-D311M
 * Matsushita LF-D311G
 * Matsushita LF-D311HG
 * Matsushita LF-D311F

Note Universal File System Driver (UDFS) has a writable path in Windows XP to support volume writes to format UDF to Fat32. If the media is formatted to the CDFS (9660.x) specification, Windows XP does not have a write path, and the media will be perceived as read-only.

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