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Starting with Windows 95, CD-ROM access became possible through a 32-bit CDFS driver. The driver uses the Microsoft networks interface in MS-DOS. This is the reason that at least version 3.1 of MS-DOS is required. The driver essentially looks similar to a network drive from the system perspective.
CD-ROM discs are read using CD-ROM drives. A CD-ROM drive may be connected to the computer via an IDE , SCSI, SATA, FireWire, or USB interface or a proprietary interface, such as the Panasonic CD interface, LMSI/Philips, Sony and Mitsumi standards. Virtually all modern CD-ROM drives can also play audio CDs (as well as Video CDs and other data ...
Once the Windows device drivers are installed, a special USB command is sent to the device to “switch” it to modem mode. [6] [unreliable source] Ozerocdoff: It temporarily disables ZeroCD for USB Option WWAN modem. The new USB Option WWAN modem devices support a CD-ROM device, which holds the needed Windows device driver to use the WWAN modem.
On Windows 9x and Windows NT, the ASPI manager is generic and relies on the services of SCSI miniport drivers. On those systems, the ASPI interface is designed for applications which require SCSI pass-through functionality (such as CD-ROM burning software). [1]: 57
cdrtools, a comprehensive command line-based set of tools for creating and burning CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays; cdrkit, a fork of cdrtools by the Debian project; cdrdao, open source software for authoring and ripping of CDs in Disk-At-Once mode
When an appropriately configured CD-ROM is inserted into a CD-ROM drive, Windows detects the arrival and checks the contents for a special file containing a set of instructions. For a CD containing software, these instructions normally initiate installation of the software from the CD-ROM onto the hard drive.
Name Creates [a] Modifies? [b]Mounts? [c]Writes/ Burns? [d]Extracts? [e]Input format [f] Output format [g] OS License; 7-Zip: Yes: No: No: No: Yes: CramFS, DMG, FAT ...
Windows 2000, Windows ME or later Similar to open, but using file association information to run the application. The file name can therefore be an executable or a data file. It is the ShellExecuteEx function that is called by AutoRun. UseAutoPlay=1 Windows XP or later; drives of type DRIVE_CDROM Use AutoPlay rather than AutoRun with CD-ROMs.