CD-RW disk

[Newtechie]

Hi all -

Please forgive me if this is a stupid question. I know you can close
sessions and add more later for a cdrw disk. You also have the option of
erasing that data. My question is: What if I want to close the disk (not
the session) and not add anything else to it, would I still be able to erase
and reuse the disk again?

I use WinXP Prof. and EZ CD Creator 6.

Thanks in advance.

Newtechie

 

[Stephen]

By nature a CDRW is rewritable. I am not sure what happens if you close the
session within EZCD, as I usually just use the builtin WinXP tools.
Of course with XP, all cdr become virtual cdrw's!

 

[CS]

Hi all -

Please forgive me if this is a stupid question. I know you can close
sessions and add more later for a cdrw disk. You also have the option of
erasing that data. My question is: What if I want to close the disk (not
the session) and not add anything else to it, would I still be able to erase
and reuse the disk again?

I use WinXP Prof. and EZ CD Creator 6.

Thanks in advance.

Newtechie

A CDRW is re-writeable so it doesn't matter if you close it with Nero
or EasyCD. You can always erase it and use it again. Even writing
to a CDRW using multi-session writes and then closing it doesn't
matter. It can still be used over again.

 

[newtechie]

Thanks for your response.

Does this also include if the cdrw is not formatted?

Newtechie

 

[NobodyMan]

Hi all -

Please forgive me if this is a stupid question. I know you can close
sessions and add more later for a cdrw disk. You also have the option of
erasing that data. My question is: What if I want to close the disk (not
the session) and not add anything else to it, would I still be able to erase
and reuse the disk again?

I use WinXP Prof. and EZ CD Creator 6.

Thanks in advance.

Newtechie

Yes.

 

[CS]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:58:14 -0500, "newtechie"

Yes, you do not have to format a CDR or CDRW in order to use it. You
should only format a disk if you wish to use like a large floppy disk.
In other words, for dragging and dropping - say, from Explorer. A
CDRW can be erased and used over and over as long as the media itself
remains good.

 

[Newtechie]

Thank you CS!

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:58:14 -0500, "newtechie"

Yes, you do not have to format a CDR or CDRW in order to use it. You
should only format a disk if you wish to use like a large floppy disk.
In other words, for dragging and dropping - say, from Explorer. A
CDRW can be erased and used over and over as long as the media itself
remains good.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Please forgive me if this is a stupid question. I know you can close
sessions and add more later for a cdrw disk. You also have the option of
erasing that data. My question is: What if I want to close the disk (not
the session) and not add anything else to it, would I still be able to erase
and reuse the disk again?

I use WinXP Prof. and EZ CD Creator 6.

The idea of closing a disk is to *prevent* any more sessions being
written. Normally one does not bother - there are very few drives left
now that will not handle a MultiSession disk where the sessions
themselves are closed (the normal choice) but the disk is open.

Note that adding more sessions in this way applies equally to CD-RW and
to CD-R - they are treated in exactly the same way. But if you close a
CD-RW you can later erase it completely to use again