CR-R and CD-RW Issues

Not sure if this is the board I should be asking this question on, so let me
know if there's a better one.

I began using CD-R disks for backing up my data files some months ago. I
updated frequently and the newer files overwrote the older ones. Recently
though, the system will no longer delete the old files on the CD-R. So I
rapidly run out of space on the CD. What's happened?

So I went to Staples and bought some CD-RW disks, but the system won't allow
me to write to any of them. I get an error message saying the disk is "not
accessible. Incorrect function." Did I buy the wrong kind of CD-RW disks?

Any ideas about this behavior? Thanks in advance!

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Fred 2002


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