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Old July 8th 03, 01:22 PM
sg
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Default Disc Space Variance

I recently formatted a 700 mb CDRW disc using InCD (4.0.1). If I
select PROPERTIES for this disc in Windows Explorer it shows the
capacity to be 539 mb. Shouldn't the capacity be closer to 700 mb? I
don't recall seeing any options related to this in the software.

Thanks for any info.
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Old July 8th 03, 02:40 PM
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This is the correct amount on a formatted disc, due to the overhead of the
formatting.
Just one more reason not to use packet writing.


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I recently formatted a 700 mb CDRW disc using InCD (4.0.1). If I
select PROPERTIES for this disc in Windows Explorer it shows the
capacity to be 539 mb. Shouldn't the capacity be closer to 700 mb? I
don't recall seeing any options related to this in the software.

Thanks for any info.



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Old July 9th 03, 06:00 PM
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Seems like a lot of overhead. Is there a way to format the CDRW disk
to work like a hard drive without packet writing?
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Old July 10th 03, 01:36 AM
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I use my CDRW as a backup mechanism for my files, so the amount of
space isn't really an issue. I agree with your line about another
hard drive, but I don't need one.

I'm just amazed at the overhead required for packet writing. I had
thought (and was hoping) that I had done something wrong.

Thanks for all the info.
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Old July 10th 03, 04:44 AM
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Copying data to a CDRW is not "backing up" unless you use it as a second
level of back-up. It's just not dependable enough to be considered
backing-up. Using the RW disc for mastering an ISO in Nero improves the
safety factor a lot, and you can use multisession too.


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On 9 Jul 2003 17:36:39 -0700, (sg) wrote:

I use my CDRW as a backup mechanism for my files, so the amount of
space isn't really an issue. I agree with your line about another
hard drive, but I don't need one.

I'm just amazed at the overhead required for packet writing. I had
thought (and was hoping) that I had done something wrong.

Thanks for all the info.


CDRW discs, especially when used with packet writing, are not a
reliable backup mechanism. You'd be better off using CDRs and
mastering, rather than packet writing.
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Old July 10th 03, 06:08 AM
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Charlie wrote:

CDRW discs, especially when used with packet writing, are not a
reliable backup mechanism.


According to Mike Richter (Hit&Run), the supposedly flaky, fragile,
forgetful, unreliable cd-rw media was good enough for BACKUP, of all
things, even when combined with supposedly flaky, fragile, faulty,
unreliable packet "format":

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill)
Subject: A note on Take Two
Date: 9/1/99

You may back up ...to a DCD-formatted erasable.
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