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=== VAT build === Write-once media such as [[DVD-R]] and [[CD-R]] have limitations when being written to, in that each physical block can only be written to once, and the writing must happen incrementally. Thus the ''plain'' build of UDF can only be written to CD-Rs by pre-mastering the data and then writing all data in one piece to the media, similar to the way an [[ISO 9660]] file system gets written to CD media. To enable a CD-R to be used virtually like a hard disk, whereby the user can add and modify files on a CD-R at will (so-called "drive letter access" on Windows), OSTA added the ''VAT'' build to the UDF standard in its revision 1.5. The VAT is an additional structure on the disc that allows [[packet writing]]; that is, remapping physical blocks when files or other data on the disc are modified or deleted. For write-once media, the entire disc is virtualized, making the write-once nature transparent for the user; the disc can be treated the same way one would treat a rewritable disc. The write-once nature of CD-R or DVD-R media means that when a file is deleted on the disc, the file's data still remains on the disc. It does not appear in the directory any more, but it still occupies the original space where it was stored. Eventually, after using this scheme for some time, the disc will be full, as free space cannot be recovered by deleting files. Special tools can be used to access the previous state of the disc (the state before the delete occurred), making recovery possible. Not all drives fully implement version 1.5 or higher of the UDF, and some may therefore be unable to handle VAT builds.
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