Panasonic LF-D321 manual Case of FAT-formatted DVD-RAM disc, Case of UDF-formatted DVD-RAM disc

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When using MS prompts or applications in MS-DOS or Windows 3.1

Displaying the folder name or file name written on UDF-formatted DVD-RAM discs in Windows 98 / Windows Me

When you are at the MS-DOS prompt or in MS-DOS or Windows 3.1 application, if you display folder names or file names which are not 8.3 file (folder) names 1 on a DVD-RAM disc, the folder names or file names will be displayed as 8.3 file (folder) names 1 as shown below.

In case of FAT-formatted DVD-RAM disc

Displayed as 8.3 file (folder) names 1.

Display in Windows 98 / Windows Me

Display in MS-DOS prompt

In case of UDF-formatted DVD-RAM disc

Up to eight characters are displayed.

In this case, you cannot copy, delete or perform other operations on these folders or files.

Performing operations at the MS-DOS prompt or MS-DOS or Windows 3.1 applications on folders or files on the UDF-formatted DVD-RAM that are not 8.3 file (folder) names 1.

Use UDFTOOL.EXE in the [Start] → [Program] → [DVD-RAM] → [DVD-RAM driver] folder, and set this application to generate 8.3 file (folder) names 1.

(Select “Create MS-DOS file name according to UDF 1.02 specification.” under “Select the creation method of MS-DOS name (8.3 type) for UDF”.)

1:An 8.3 file (folder) name is a file (folder) name in which the name part is eight characters or less and the extension is three characters or less. In file (folder) names following this convention, periods (.) are only used to separate the name part from the extension.

Note:

Refer to the Q&A file on page 124 for generating 8.3 file (folder) names and for using UDFTOOL.EXE.

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