--=======7AAF5973======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-642D19B2; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Richard, I also use Adaptec software. There is a 64 character limit on filenames=20 (and this seems to include the extension). I'm not sure of illegal=20 characters - I think it is a slightly larger list than in Windows. I use a little program called 1-4a rename which lets me know which=20 filenames are more than 64 characters. It's a versatile free rename progr= am=20 but takes a bit of getting used to. see http://www.1-4a.com/ You don't need to close the CD to use on other computers but you do need = to=20 close the session. I do this all the time, use on other computers, come=20 back and add another session etc. It sounds like you may have started with Direct CD rather than burning a=20 Data CD. Once you close a CD made with DirectCD it's closed forever I believe. I'v= e=20 only used DirectCD to try it out. I burn CDs for backup or for transfer to other computers. To me a backup=20 isn't much use if it can only be read on my drive or with a particular=20 piece of software - so I make Data CDs and use the <Close Session and Lea= ve=20 CD open> option. Hope this helps, Cathy At 11:58 9/02/03 -0500, you wrote: >I'm using Adaptec software to save genealogical files on CD-R's. For=20 >census images, the file names include alphanumeric characters and the da= sh=20 >symbol. To help locate files more easily, I use rather long file names=20 >that are very descriptive. > >Recently I filled my first CD and decided to "close" the CD. (The Adapt= ec=20 >software says the CD must be "closed" so it can be read on virtually any= =20 >other CD reader on any computer.) During the closing process, error=20 >messages appeared saying my file names were not acceptable. There was n= o=20 >mention of a specific problem with the file names but the software offer= ed=20 >alternative names that appeared to be shorter. It looks like several=20 >characters at the end of each file name were replaced with a tilde. > >I've scoured Adaptec information for any guidance about file names but=20 >haven't found a thing. Does anybody on the list know what the rules are= =20 >for file names on CD's? > >Thanks in advance. > >Dick Felts >Penfield, NY --=======7AAF5973=======--