Re: Cannot copy files with xp burner to cd-rw
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:09:19 -0700
nancyn wrote:
I was told i should be using cd-rw to copy my documents files, not
cd-r.
My advice is exactly the opposite. CDRs are much more reliable than CDRWs,
and I recommend that you use CDRs for backup.
The advantage of CDRWs is that you can change or delete what's on them, but
I don't think that's a good tradeoff for their lower reliability. That's
especially true since you can usually find CDRs on sale for pennies.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
But I am getting errors concerning "read only" files. When I
make changes to the files, it refuses to let me back up. I found a
link to the following from this board:
So the Windows XP inbuilt software is really a system most suitable
for preparing straightforward data CDs on CD-R. It is not one which
allows a CD-RW to be used as a backing store on which individual
files can be updated, and it will not work as an output destination
for backup programs and other software that simply attempts to write
to it directly as if it were a hard disk. Nor will it make a direct
copy of a CD. And, because of the overhead for a TOC in each session,
it is not suitable for updating a small volume of files on a regular
basis.
I just bought these cd-rw because the salesman said they were what I
needed, not cd-r... any suggestions?
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