Re: XP Don't Count No Good On CDs

• From: Mistoffolees <mistyfac01@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:43:31 -0700

Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I am running Windows XP Home SP2 on two computers.

I copy 10 Mb of files to a blank CD.  Under Properties I see that the CD
contains 10 Mb of files.  I also see that the capacity of the disk is 10
Mb.  I copy five Mb of files to the CD.  Under Properties I see that the CD
contains 15 Mb of files.  I also see that the capacity of the disk is 15
Mb.  I copy hundreds of Mb of files to the Cd, say 386 Mb.  Under
Properties I see that the Cd contains 386 Mb of files.  I also see that the
capacity of the disk is 386 MB.

This is true on both computers with drives from different manufacturers.  I
have run a Nero utility which indicates the proper numbers.

Why XP don't count no good on Cds?

Windows XP is counting properly, if these are CD-R discs.
To have a workable CD-R disc, the disc has been closed.
Thus, the copied volume size is the burned disc size. But
a blank, unburned CD-R disc may be listed as 700 MB.

OTOH, a CD-RW disc will show unused disk space and its
formatted size under properties. Don't confuse the 2 types
of burnable CD discs.

.

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: XP Don't Count No Good On CDs
    • From: Bob

• References:
  • XP Don't Count No Good On CDs
    • From: Bob

• Prev by Date: Re: Wireless Mouse not recognised
• Next by Date: Re: Boot SATA over IDE controller?
• Previous by thread: XP Don't Count No Good On CDs
• Next by thread: Re: XP Don't Count No Good On CDs
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread

• Windows
• Science
• Usenet

• Archive
• About
• Privacy
• Search
• Imprint