Formating CD's

[Randy]

Why is it that when I format a CD-RW with the CD/DVD Combo Drive on my
Enspron 8600 that the total available space is 580 MG when the CD says the
capacity is 700MB?

 

[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

If you are formatting the CD using packet-writing format, it takes some
space in the media for itself for UDF files.

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Why is it that when I format a CD-RW with the CD/DVD Combo Drive on my
Enspron 8600 that the total available space is 580 MG when the CD says the
capacity is 700MB?

 

[Alex Nichol]

Why is it that when I format a CD-RW with the CD/DVD Combo Drive on my
Enspron 8600 that the total available space is 580 MG when the CD says the
capacity is 700MB?

If you are using a format on a CD, then you are setting it up to use
Packet writing, and the UDF file system. This has overheads that reduce
the space available for data. If you use a 'mastering' program, such as
XP's inbuilt burning, to burn the whole disk in a single session, then
you get the nominal capacity (but multiple sessions will reduce it by 14
MB each time)