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Thread ID: 28044 2002-12-09 19:35:00 And at last... more questions ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) Press F1
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104546 2002-12-09 19:35:00 Hello everybody, How's everybody doing?

Yes, schools out! But now comes the computer queries... i have just brought a BenQ CD-Rewriter (yes, it works very well). Brought a few CDs, but just lately found out that of the files I copied onto the CD appeared to be small in size. I could of fitted all the CDs into one! So my question is:

If a CD-R (normal one) is not burnt near full, can I go back and add stuff to it until it is closer to the limit, i.e. 650/700 MB?

If so, how do I go about it? Can I classify this as 'Multisession' in the Nero 5.5 Burning Rom software?

Please do remember that I am using Nero 5.5, so hopefully you can reply in a instruction which I can do.

Many thanks, cheers ;-)
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054)
104547 2002-12-09 20:18:00 Yes, you simply leave the session open (i.e. uncheck the option just before burning that says finalise CD). It does waste some space per session though.

Some CD reading devices don't like CDs with open sessions (such as stereos).
gibler (49)
104548 2002-12-09 20:50:00 Thank you very much for your reply, I understand what you're saying.

But, when I come to adding things in.... in the wizard, do I check 'make new data cd' or 'continue with multisession cd'

Many thanks once again, :-)
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054)
104549 2002-12-09 20:50:00 Untill it is finalised, most cdr will not read it, only cdrw.
Bye
Peter H (220)
104550 2002-12-09 20:52:00 Continue with Multi session until you want to close it.
Bye
Peter H (220)
104551 2002-12-09 20:59:00 Click on Continue Multi-session CD, Provided you started with Create New Multisession CD. Multi session CD's add 14Megs of data to the end of each track, so each time you write to sometihng, add 14megs (More for Nero coz it has its own little extra file that remembers where everything was on your PC and updates it) to the compilation size.

Some older drives dont like Multisession and only read the most recent sessino written. Most stereos dont like Audio CD's that have been used for multisession. I'd sugggest you burn Audio CD's all at once.

Dont forget that for full compatibility you should finalize the CD on your last write to it... But then again, I hardly do that.

Cheers


Chilling_Silence
Chilling_Silence (9)
104552 2002-12-09 21:17:00 CDR r so cheap now doesn't really matter if I don't use to it's full potential :D SKT174 (1319)
104553 2002-12-09 21:21:00 At DSE you can buy the 80 Min DSE ones or the Fluro colored Melody CD-R's both in a pack of 10 for $10!

No cases with them though, but a minor set-back :D
Chilling_Silence (9)
104554 2002-12-09 22:31:00 How about Philips's 80mins CDR pack of 50 @ $33 :D ? SKT174 (1319)
104555 2002-12-09 23:59:00 Thanks you everybody, I have now tried it... and it worked! :-) ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054)
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