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| Thread ID: 56557 | 2005-04-08 12:02:00 | Where does my CD-RW capacity go | cube (7836) | Press F1 |
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| 342795 | 2005-04-08 12:02:00 | Hi, I've been using XP-Home to write to my CD-RW, adding new files several times over the past few months, and the disk now reports that: Capacity: 80,013,312 Used Space: 80,013,312 Free Space: 0 :mad: This used space figure is consistent with the files on the disk. Where has the rest of my 700M CD gone? Someone at work mentioned something about format, but I'm not sure what/where/how to format the CD. Any help gratefully received! Thanks cube |
cube (7836) | ||
| 342796 | 2005-04-08 21:23:00 | Each time you write to the disk (session) there's some overhead see 4th para www.mscience.com You could recover space by copying the files to your HD and erasing the disk and rewriting them all at the same time to the CD-RW |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 342797 | 2005-04-08 23:16:00 | Hi, Thanks - I erased the files after copying them to HD. NTI CD Maker then reported that the disk was 'RAW' format, so I re-formatted the disk as UDF. That seemed stuff it up completely, so now this disk is not reporting any space or data at all! Any suggestions as to how to format the disk? Update (10 mins later) - tried again, and all seems well. Does XP provide a way of formatting a CD, or do I have to use a Third Party tool? Thanks cube |
cube (7836) | ||
| 342798 | 2005-04-08 23:27:00 | XP's built in cd burning doesnt / can't format a CD . It only copies to it . You'll need INCD (which is on the Nero site), or CD Creator / DirectCD, or Nero to format it properly . Or this which is free . http://www . cdburnerxp . se/ |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 342799 | 2005-04-08 23:39:00 | heh? right click the cd drive icon,select format or erase cd,30 seconds later you have a fresh cd to write to... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 342800 | 2005-04-09 01:51:00 | Erase and format don't seem to be the same thing - erase left the disk in 'RAW' format, which isn't as user friendly, from what I've read, as UDF. | cube (7836) | ||
| 342801 | 2005-04-09 03:30:00 | You run out of space, because it doesn't reuse space . The new file is written and the a new, updated, directory is written, too . A new version of a file will mean that that file occupies twice the space . Another version makes it three times . ;) So erase the CD . That will recover all the space . Then format it as UDF . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 342802 | 2005-04-09 04:48:00 | Can't say I have ever come across an unfreindly CD, I seem to get along fine with mine,erase and burn,no issues at all. | Metla (12) | ||
| 342803 | 2005-04-09 04:56:00 | Can't say I have ever come across an unfreindly CD, I seem to get along fine with mine,erase and burn,no issues at all. But you always talk nicely to them, and give them fresh coffee when they want it. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 342804 | 2005-04-09 06:51:00 | But you always talk nicely to them, and give them fresh coffee when they want it. I think it far more likely that they take one look at Metla and decide right then and there to obey implicitly, or else. :p |
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