CD-R vs CD-RW

[Guest]

I have a new laptop with a CD burner. My old laptop can play music CDs. With
my new laptop, I burned a large file onto a CD-RW and want to transfer the
file to my old laptop. The older laptop will not read the CD-RW. Can I burn
the file on to a CD-R and have the older laptop recognize it? Or, is there
another way (the older laptop does not have a USB port and the file is too
big for a floppy (and I don't have a zip drive).
Thanks.

 

[darkshadow]

I have a new laptop with a CD burner. My old laptop can play music CDs. With
my new laptop, I burned a large file onto a CD-RW and want to transfer the
file to my old laptop. The older laptop will not read the CD-RW. Can I burn
the file on to a CD-R and have the older laptop recognize it? Or, is there
another way (the older laptop does not have a USB port and the file is too
big for a floppy (and I don't have a zip drive).
Thanks.

if your old laptop is capable of being networked then you can easily
transfer the files from one computer to another.

 

[Guest]

Thanks darkshadow, but the older computer cannot now be networked. It can
only be 'linked' without cost via its CD-ROM drive.

 

[Malke]

I have a new laptop with a CD burner. My old laptop can play music
CDs. With my new laptop, I burned a large file onto a CD-RW and want
to transfer the file to my old laptop. The older laptop will not read
the CD-RW. Can I burn the file on to a CD-R and have the older laptop
recognize it? Or, is there another way (the older laptop does not have
a USB port and the file is too big for a floppy (and I don't have a
zip drive). Thanks.

How did you create the cd-rw? If you used packet-writing software (like
InCD or DirectCD) then that is why the cd is unreadable. You would need
the same software installed on the old laptop or a udf reader.

If this describes what you did, then just burn the file to a cd-r (not a
cd-rw) and the old laptop will be able to read the data. This is a
better solution than using cd-rw anyway and now you know why.

Malke

 

[Adi]

I have a new laptop with a CD burner. My old laptop can play music CDs.
With
my new laptop, I burned a large file onto a CD-RW and want to transfer the
file to my old laptop. The older laptop will not read the CD-RW. Can I
burn
the file on to a CD-R and have the older laptop recognize it? Or, is there
another way (the older laptop does not have a USB port and the file is too
big for a floppy (and I don't have a zip drive).
Thanks.

Windows XP Pro support direct burning on CD-R and your old laptop must
recognize all of them.
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[Guest]

Thanks very much, the use of a CD-R does seem the best way to do this.

 

[Bob I]

You can try. Some brands of CD-R work better in older CD-ROM drives. Try
the "silver" ones as opposed to the "green" or "blue" dye ones.

 

[Guest]

Bob, that's very helpful advice as well. Thanks

You can try. Some brands of CD-R work better in older CD-ROM drives. Try
the "silver" ones as opposed to the "green" or "blue" dye ones.

 

[Bob I]

You're welcome, and hope you're successful.

Bob, that's very helpful advice as well. Thanks

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