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Detect rewritable disk

Subject:Detect rewritable disk
Posted by:"Jans" (nomail@nospam.com)
Date:19 Mar 2007 12:08:09

How to detect if the current disk in the CD-ROM drive is rewitable ?

I want to burn some files on CD/DVD. I just want to use Windows
integrated burning capabilities. My first idea was to copy files
in the "Items ready to burn" folder (CSIDL_BURN_AREA), but
it seems not to work when the CD is rewritable. In this case,
files must be directly copied on the drive.

How can I do in order to always add files to the CD ?

I tried to use DeviceIOCtl and IOCTL_DISK_IS_WRITABLE,
but the function returns always FALSE, even if for
instance a DVD-RW disk is inserted on the drive.

Any hints appreciated ;-)

Regards

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