CreateCD - Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista
CD Recording utility
Alex Feinman
0. News
10/09/2007: Build 3.01.
First build for Windows Vista. This will also work on Windows XP with SP3 (currently in beta), or Windows Update 932716.
It introduces the ability to write DVD disks (including double layer) and chose
whether the disk is closed after recording.
10/31/2005: Build 1.33. Bugfix:
if no -l option is specified, the label is now set correctly to YYYYMMDD representaion of the current date
07/09/2005: Build 1.29. Fixed
a minor bug. If a file specified in the command line does not exist or is
inaccessible, a warning is printed and the return value (errorlevel) is set to
1. This might break some of the existing scripts that check explicitly for the
return value to be zero. If no files are specified to burn, the empty session
is not created any more. THis means you can now use createcd -erase to
quick-erase a CD-RW.
01/29/2004
: Build 1.25. Made change that
allows CreateCD to run even under an account that does not have administrative
privileges. Note that in this case CreateCD might not be able to reset IMAPI
subsystem if it becomes unresponsive
06/14/2003
: Build 1.15. Fixed a problem with
writing on a CD that already contains some files. Previously CreateCD would not
accept such CD claiming that "the media is invalid for the operation." Thanks
to everyone who reported this.
1. Description
CreateCD utility is designed as a command-line-based alternative to the
GUI-based CD-Recording process in Windows XP and Windows 2003. It has several
benefits:
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Allows for unattended operations from batch files. A non-zero exit code is
returned on failure
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Supports erasing CD before recording
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When possible, does not create an intermediate copy of the files and
directories being recorded
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Supports creating bootable CDs. Currently boot image must be an image of a
bootable 1.44MB floppy. The companion utility fdread.exe is used to create an
image file of an existing floppy.
CreateCD utility uses the same APIs and interfaces as Windows XP Shell CD
Recorder.
2. Usage
The following is a command line format for CreateCD utility:
CreateCD [options] <FILESPEC>[<FILESPEC>]...
options - one or more of the following:
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-e[rase] - Erase disk before writing
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-f[ullerase] - Erase disk and quit. This is 'full" erase that takes quite some
time
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-nologo - Do not display logo string
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-r[ecorder]:<LETTER> - Use recorder <LETTER>
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-s[peed]:<NUMBER> - Use recording speed <NUMBER>
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-v[erbose] - Produce more output
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-info - Print recorder/disk information and exit
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-eject - Eject disk after writing
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-l[abel]:<VOLUME label> - Set volume label. Default is today's date
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-i[mage]:<FILESPEC> - Make disk bootable using image <FILESPEC>.
<FILESPEC>should be an image of a bootable floppy
Example: CreateCD -r:e -i:bootflpW98.img C:\Data\*.*
Use CD-Burner E:, make CD bootable using a file bootflpW98.img as an image.
Record all files in C:\Data directory
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-e[rase] Erases disk using "quick" erase. This is what Windows GUI does. It
leaves some data on the disk. The technical details are following: The quick
option erases only the PMA, first session TOC, and the pre-gap of the first
track. This erases a disc quickly (between 1 and 2 minutes depending on
recorder speed), but the program area will still contain user data. A full
erase, on the other hand, erases the entire disc.
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-f[ullerase] Erase entire disc. Takes quite some time. Depending on recorder
model it can be from 10 - 15 min up to an hour. The full erase is effectively a
full disc burn with 0 data at a highest speed, so the worst case scenario is 74
min for standard disc at 1X speed
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-nologo Do not display logo string. Useful for batch recording
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-r[ecorder]:<LETTER> Use recorder <LETTER>. If not specified, the
first available recorder is used - typically it is the same one as used by
Windows
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-s[peed]:<NUMBER> Use recording speed <NUMBER>. If not specified,
the fastest speed that media supports is used
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-v[erbose] Produce more output. Prints progress messages and percentage done -
not good for batch files
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-info Print recorder/disk information and exit. Prints recorder model, media
type, amount of space available. This option should not be combined with
others. The rest of options will be ignored
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-eject Eject disk after writing. Default is do not eject
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-l[abel]:<VOLUME label> Set volume label. Default is today's date in YYYYMMDD format - 20030329
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-i[mage]:<FILESPEC> Make disk bootable using image <FILESPEC>.
<FILESPEC>should be an image of a bootable floppy. In order to prepare an
image use a companion utility fdread.exe. Create a bootable floppy as usual. If
an image is of W98 EBD, it'll contain all CD-ROM drivers. For now only 1.44MB
images are supported
3. Download
CreateCD utility can be downloaded here.
It is provided in ZIP format (not self-extracting). Unpack zip file into a
directory and run utility from command line
The utility is free. If you really like it, I accept small PayPal donations.
4. License
This utility is free for non-commercial (personal) use. Other types of use
should be discussed with the author (a very reasonable person) - see the
contact information section. Author shall not be liable for any damage
resulting from the use of this utility. All rights are reserved. 4. Contact
information Problems should be reported to
isorecorder@alexfeinman.com To discuss licensing issues please e-mail
to Alex Feinman