Microsoft KB Archive/152200

= Rock Ridge CD-ROM Extensions Not Supported in Windows 95 =

Article ID: 152200

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q152200



SUMMARY
Windows 95/98 does not support the Rock Ridge CD-ROM extensions.



MORE INFORMATION
Rock Ridge is a method of storing POSIX file system extensions on a CD-ROM. Windows 95/98 uses the Joliet file system for deep subdirectories and long file names instead of the Rock Ridge CD-ROM extensions. Joliet permits the use of Unicode characters and clarifies some ambiguities in the ISO 9660 standard while providing some additional extensions. If you need to read Rock Ridge-formatted CD-ROMs in Windows 95/98, use the Windows 95/98 version of Mscdex.exe and the MS-DOS device drivers provided by the CD-ROM drive's manufacturer.

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