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CD-R CD-RW
Can someone please tell me what is the difference between CD-R and CD-RW
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Jim Hardin
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May 6th, 2006 22:00
A CD-RW can be erased and reused. Of course for that wonderful utility comes drawbacks. They are harder to write to as well as read. Most devices, CD Players DVD Players, game players etc. can't read them.
Reliability is the real issue. RW's are just not reliable. I keep track and find 50 to 100 uses is what mine get. Some fail by the 3rd use! They also fail over time. My original RWs are 6 years old and I find them failing left and right lately.
RW's are great for testing.
Media type aside, the only similarity between working with optical media and magnetic media is that both are round. That’s it, everything else is different!
To burn media you must use a special program. XP Burning is one such program and XP is the first OS to even have it.
xgardianx
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May 19th, 2006 19:00
Blowin your mind, check this. Plextor and Sony are the best drives I think.
CD-R
CD-RW
DVD
DVD-R
DVD-R plus
DVD-R minus
DVD-RW
DVD-RW plus
DVD-RW minus
DVD-RW Dual Layer
DVD-RW Light-Scribe
I have found that DVD-R minus works great for copying DVD movies. And. DVD-R plus works great for DATA.
Message Edited by xgardianx on 05-19-200603:48 PM