Re: Can I burn a bootable ISO on a CD+RW or only on a CD+R ?

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You missed the information entirely. There is no such thing as a CD+R. There
is only the one format (type of cd) within which there's a write-once type
(CD-R) and a rewritable type (CD-RW) that can be erased and reburned. The
"W" indicates disk can be erased and reused with that designation being
common to both CDs and DVDs. There is DVD-R (& RW) as well as DVD+R (& RW)
and with them it does matter as not all dvd units (both pc drives and stand
alone players) recognize both formats.

There is only one "type" of CD where-as there's now least 3 types of DVDs
(DVD-, DVD+ & DVD-DL)

If you have a CD (and NOT a DVD) has "CD+R" on the actual disk please snap a
photo and show us or least pass along brand of cd as to my mind that's just
marketing screwing a user over if they've changed their "logo" to a non
standard designation.

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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But as I said in the other post, we have recordable CD-R's and CD+R's,
using
slightly different formats, (I think the CD-R disk is more compatible with
most players). So what difference does it make if you call it a dash or
minus?

pjp wrote:
In the case of CD's there's only Recordable or ReWritable hence the
"CD-"
is
not a minus but instead a hyphen and the "logo" usually has "CD-R" or
"CD-RW" to indicate which type of cd it is. With DVD's that character is
a
mimus sign and DVD's have both "DVD-R", "DVD-RW", "DVD+R" and "DVD+RW"
and
of course the new dual layer are "DVD-DL" I believe.

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jerry wrote:
"Leslie Brooks" <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can I burn a bootable ISO on a CD+RW or only on a CD+R ?

I read somewhere in the past that burning a bootable image on a
re-writeable media cause
often problems because the boot sector is NOT recognized
successfully.

Is this true?

Do I have to setup some special options when I use a +RW (or -RW) ?

Les

There is no + or - designation for cds'.

Yes there is. I'm looking at box of Memorex CD-R disks right now.




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