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    Cd-rw/dvd-rw

    I have never used RW CDs or RW DVDs.....just wondering....is there any way that I can ruin the CDs or DVDs if I write in some way. Or will there always be possible to erase the contents.....?

    If so do I just record them like I do with CD-R and DVD-R?

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    Um, I'm sure you can't ruin them unless you scratch or spill something on the recordable surface and yes you can format them if you stuff them up.

    Yes you do write to them like any normal CD-R/DVD-R, but you also ge the added ability to format and start again.
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    OK, thanks...then I will just burn it as a normal CD-R....

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    You can not erase any R disk but you can erase RW disk.

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    Originally posted by wrack
    You can not erase any R disk but you can erase RW disk.

    Hehe....I hope that post was ment to be funny.......of course that was the whole point here....just wanted to know if I had to write it in some special way to make the RW disck possible to erase again....

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    Don't think so but there is a thing which is called closing a disk which you do after the disk is full but not sure that its the same DVD.

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    Closing a disc can be done on DVDs but you can still format them and start again. There's only two times when you can't start again with a RW.

    1. When you ruin the dataside
    2. When you reach the RW limit.

    The RW limit is around about 1000 times. You'll konw when you hit it becuase data will not disappear off the disc, when that happens, it's time to get a new one.

    Closing a disc effectivly just write protects. It doesn't use all the space but after it's applied, you can't write past that point, it's considered finished or write protected.
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    Originally posted by wrack
    Don't think so but there is a thing which is called closing a disk which you do after the disk is full but not sure that its the same DVD.
    Multisessioning.......yeah I think it is the same for DVD not sure tho'. But a CD burner can still read a disck that is not closed....

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    Yups that'e the one. Multisession.

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    Originally posted by wrack
    Yups that'e the one. Multisession.

    Hehe...I have had Cd burner for 9 years now...but never burned RW discks...

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    LOL, CD-RWs are extreamly useful, especially when used with InCD.
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    I have had it for 4 years and I haven't used RWs either. OH:

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    Originally posted by Ideas Man
    LOL, CD-RWs are extreamly useful, especially when used with InCD.

    *** is InCD??? I have never neded it....I have always worked in electronic shops and got CD-Rs sooo cheep that it doesn't boder be to throw them away after I have used them....takes me more effort to try to erase one of them then to buy a new...

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    InCD allows you to use a RW like a giant floppy disc. It is free with Nero.
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    Originally posted by Ideas Man
    InCD allows you to use a RW like a giant floppy disc. It is free with Nero.
    It is also free with Windows XP

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    Hmmm InCD...Gotta try that one...!!!

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    Originally posted by kasracer
    It is also free with Windows XP
    I don't think it is, WIndows XP does not have that support, your most probably thinking the recording built into it, that's multisession discs, not the same thing, it does not have support for it, Longhorn will though.
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    Longhorn. :mmm... Still a bit of time to see that one.

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    Is it free with Nero? All versions? I have 5.X. Or is it only free with 6.0???

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    Originally posted by Ideas Man
    I don't think it is, WIndows XP does not have that support, your most probably thinking the recording built into it, that's multisession discs, not the same thing, it does not have support for it, Longhorn will though.
    Windows XP doesn't have the program InCD but it does have support for using a disc like a drive

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    Originally posted by NoteMe
    Is it free with Nero? All versions? I have 5.X. Or is it only free with 6.0???
    Yeah, it's free with all versions.
    I use Microsoft Visual Basic 2005. (Therefore, most code samples I provide will be based around the .NET Framework v2.0, unless otherwise specified)

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    Wow...didn't know that....thanks for the input...

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