Rock Ridge CD-ROM Extensions Not Supported in Windows 95

ID: Q152200

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

Windows 95/98 does not support the Rock Ridge CD-ROM extensions.

MORE INFORMATION

Rock Ridge is a method of storing POSIX file system extensions on a CD-ROM. Windows 95/98 uses the Joliet file system for deep subdirectories and long file names instead of the Rock Ridge CD-ROM extensions. Joliet permits the use of Unicode characters and clarifies some ambiguities in the ISO 9660 standard while providing some additional extensions. If you need to read Rock Ridge-formatted CD-ROMs in Windows 95/98, use the Windows 95/98 version of Mscdex.exe and the MS-DOS device drivers provided by the CD-ROM drive's manufacturer.


Keywords          : kb3rdparty win95 win98 cddrive 
Version           : 95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: March 3, 1999