Unfortunately neither of them is reliable! tried the following test - formatted 2 CD with both InCD (w98) & DirectCD (wXP) took size (a) added small file (500 bytes) took size again (reduced by 16K both InCD (w98) & DirectCD (wXP) - so far so good) in explorer had a look at 'properties' of the stored file Win98 said 4k WinXP said 2k went back to Win98 this time said both 16k It would appear neither version of Windows knows the allocation size reliably. Trouble is I don't think this is actually your problem! (but it does make one wonder what else it doesn't know) Russell Peters http://www.users.bigpond.com/russellpeters/delphizip.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair George" <bigal@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Russell Peters" <delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 6:12 AM Subject: [delphizip] Re: Preliminary version of TZipBuilder 1.71 > > Hello Russell, > RP> (Don't like InCd - it formats a CDRW disk thats inserted!) > RP> Russell Peters > InCD is more reliable (I find) than Roxio. Format a disk is optional setting > under right-click properties of the tray icon. > Al+ > > >