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| Thread ID: 26950 | 2002-11-09 03:20:00 | It's stupid but how do you work a CD-RW? | Jase1 (459) | Press F1 |
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| 97353 | 2002-11-12 11:44:00 | OK, if you use a CDRW as a large floppy then format it with InCD, and move files to / from it the same way you use a normal floppy or a hard drive - drag'n'drop. Otherwise, don't format it, and use Nero to burn files to it as an ISO type CD (one that most CD-ROM drives can read) Here's and example: I download a lot of junk off the internet. Sometimes it actually usefull junk, however I have a nasty habit of keeping it all. Now, I'm on dial-up, so I download about 10mb tops a day. After a few days, I have accumulated say 50mb. To save hard drive space, I transfer these files with Nero, to a bblank unformatted CDRW. I then delete these downloads off the hard drive. A CDRW can hold say 650Mb, which means I can keep adding my weekly download collections until it is full. When it is full, I copy the whole CDRW to an elcheapo CDR blank, then erase the CDRW and start all over again. On the other hand, I'm also a graphic artist. Sometimes I'll have a 10mb picture that I need to operate on my PC at work (Im being theoretical here - I don't actually work, let alone have another PC) So I use a CDRW that has been formatted with InCD (which I have at work as well) and in Explorer, I copy the file to CDRW. I can then take it to work, copy it to the hard drive in explorer, edit it, and save it. I can then simply copy it back to the CDRW for me to take back home. That help? SiK |
SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 97354 | 2002-11-12 11:47:00 | And for the secong part of your question (I'll make this one a bit shorter ok?) A quick erase just writes over the TOC (table of contents) where a full erase will write over the whole CD. The same goes for quick format and full format. |
SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 97355 | 2002-11-13 07:06:00 | Thanks Sik, that is off some help and I understand a little more. But still not sure when a full or partial erase should be used. And this is a real silly question, but I am serious, as I always see this mentioned but I don't understand what you mean when you say you open something in Explorer. Where is the program Explorer to open something in? I have ME, but no program I can see called Explorer. There is an Explore on right click of my start button, and there is Internet Explorer, but still not sure what is meant by opening something in Explorer. Don't laugh!!! |
Danger (287) | ||
| 97356 | 2002-11-13 08:01:00 | Danger, Explorer is just Windows Explorer. Can also broadly be My Computer. You may have renamed yours to something else but it's just the place where you see all your folders, files, etc and do maintenance on your hard drive's contents (eg deleting, copying and goodness knows what). | Susan B (19) | ||
| 97357 | 2002-11-13 20:02:00 | Use a quick erase when you want to quickly erase the CDRW Use a full erase / format when you securely delete all of the stuff off the disk. Quick erase only rewrites the table of contents (TOC) or the file list, not the actual files themselves where full erase will erase the files as well. SiK |
SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 97358 | 2002-11-13 20:39:00 | Ok, thanks Susan and Sik, things are much clearer now. | Danger (287) | ||
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