Drag-to-Disc

Drag-to-Disc (formerly DirectCD) is packet writing software.

There were two separate products under the name DirectCD, both from Adaptec (later Roxio):
* "DirectCD for Windows". Originally made by Incat Systems, developers of Easy CD Creator, with which DirectCD was bundled. It is now supported by Roxio (currently a division and brand of Sonic Solutions). A substantially revised product known as Drag-to-Disc is bundled with the earlier Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 and the later Easy Media Creator. Direct CD conflicted with the Windows XP drag and drop CD burning interface. DirectCD has the advantage over Nero's InCD of being able to create compressed volumes, allowing to store more data on a CD.
* "DirectCD for Macintosh". Developed at Adaptec (Roxio). Was sold as a separate product. Supported only the sequential CD-R ("VAT") writing mode, meaning that CD-RWs would be used like CD-Rs, without being able to recover space by deleting files on the volume.

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Techniques used by Drag-to-Disc:
*Mount Rainier (packet writing)
*Universal Disk Format

Competing applications:
*InCD
*Drive Letter Access