InCD is
a

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software developed by

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for

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. InCD allows

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to be used in a similar manner to a

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. The user can

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files to and from the disk using

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, or open and save files on the disk directly from

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s. It supports rewritable media (

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, CD-MRW and DVD+MRW), and from InCD 5.5 on also writing to write-once media

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, DVD+R,

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. Current version 6.6.5100 is free and provides Windows XP functionality similar to

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in Windows Vista and Windows 7. InCD formats media, and writes to

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. Systems which do not support UDF (such as

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) will only present a

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page (stored on the disk, outside the UDF part), explaining the problem and linking to a free UDF reader software.

InCD Reader

InCD 5 Reader is a program that allows users to read discs written in MRW format on systems that do not support MRW as well as discs written in a UDF format that are not natively supported by your operating system. Since January 2007 InCD 5 Reader includes support for SecurDisc: with InCD 5 Reader installed, a user can access the protected content of a SecurDisc disc on a drive that does not necessarily support this technology. The user is then given the possibility to provide the content encryption password, verify the digital signature of the disc, etc.

Problems

Old and hardware incompatible versions of InCD can cause the Windows XP "''Reboot on Shutdown''" problem similar to those quoted with Roxio Easy CD Creator. InCD is not compatible with the addon for writing CD's that's installed by Windows Media Player 7.x.

References

External links

Nero home page
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InCD Reader

Problems

See also

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