I'm trying to burn recovery disks for my computer.
At the beginning it told me that I would need 10 CD's or 2 DVD's.

Do I understand correctly that data can be stored on DVD's as well as
on CD's, but that DVD's have a considerably larger capacity?

Thanks!

johnn wrote:
> I'm trying to burn recovery disks for my computer.
> At the beginning it told me that I would need 10 CD's or 2 DVD's.
>
> Do I understand correctly that data can be stored on DVD's as well as
> on CD's, but that DVD's have a considerably larger capacity?
>
> Thanks!


Yes, DVDs have many times the storage capacity of CDs. Standard DVDs
hold up to 4.7GB of data and double density DVDs hold roughly 8Gb, while
a CD can hold no more than 700MB.


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"...data can be stored on DVD's as well as on CD's, but that DVD's have
a considerably larger capacity?"

Correct on both points.
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johnn wrote:
> I'm trying to burn recovery disks for my computer.
> At the beginning it told me that I would need 10 CD's or 2 DVD's.
>
> Do I understand correctly that data can be stored on DVD's as well as
> on CD's, but that DVD's have a considerably larger capacity?
>
> Thanks!

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:48:24 -0600, Bruce Chambers
<(E-Mail Removed)3t> wrote:


> Yes, DVDs have many times the storage capacity of CDs. Standard DVDs
>hold up to 4.7GB of data and double density DVDs hold roughly 8Gb, while
>a CD can hold no more than 700MB.



On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:50:56 -0400, Leonard Grey
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>"...data can be stored on DVD's as well as on CD's, but that DVD's have
>a considerably larger capacity?"
>
>Correct on both points.
>---

Thanks, Bruce and Leonard!
John
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