Re: Copying to CD
- From: "Alan Smith" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:36:40 +0100
"Needy" <needhelp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0qmid11e78r7f1g4g81j3u1o2cbnsr4d8b@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:47:31 +0100, "Alan Smith" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Ken Knecht" <kenkknot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:Xns9695625F7EFDBkenkderucom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I want to use a CD-RW like a big floppy. I want to rerecord modified
>>>files
>>> as required. I want the resulting CD to be readable at any time on
>>> another
>>> machine.
>>>
>>> How can I do this? Using built-in XP utilities? Using Nero 5.5? Some
>>> other
>>> software, preferably free?
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, attempts to do this in the past failed. Either the CD was
>>> unreadable on another machine or if I 'finished' the CD it was readable
>>> elsewhere but could no longer be recorded.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Untie the two knots to email me
>>>
>>> "Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty, but of certainty."
>>> Nietzche
>>>
>>
>>You need packet writing, Nero includes this- but it isn't universally
>>readable, only by machines with similar software (and it must be Nero, not
>>Roxio's etc).
>>
>
>
> The last time I played with CD-RW disks, you couldn't rerecord
> modified files without completely erasing the disk and starting over,
> which is why I never used them. Has that changed? Unless I
> misunderstand Ken's intent, but using a CD-RW like a floppy implies
> changing a file or folder, without erasing the whole disk.
>
> --
> Needy
Yes you are correct- you can delete files from a CDRW but the space remains
allocated until you reformat.
.
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