Data that Matters

DATE:  25-Jan-2008
Filed under: Freeware, Microsoft, How-to

Two Tips to help make finding Data on your CD/DVD’s Easier

Tip One

Use the DOS DIR command and the output operator to create directory listings for each CD or DVD. If your media burning software does not allow you to save the output file directly to CD/DVD you may have to redirect the text file to another location and burn the file separately. The DIR command will list each directory and file on your disk with the file or folder name, when the file or folder was created, and there size.

Tip Two

If you have a growing collection of DVD and CD ROM data disks that you use a regularly you can use ISO Recorder to create ISO images of these disks. Copy the ISO images to a new folder; I named mine ISO. Using Microsoft’s Virtual CDROM, a CD emulator, you can mount these images as if they were CD or DVD media. With a large enough hard drive you can store hundreds of CD and dozens of DVD images on your hard drive.