Pc Question Regarding Cd-rws

ConfuzorConfuzor Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2412Awaiting Authorization
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<div class="IPBDescription">Cause I'm stingy...</div>Sorry for the short post, but I'm curious in knowing: is there any way to find out how many times left you can write on a CD-RW? I heard the limit being at around ten, and I've kind of lost count with the current CD-RW I'm using. If it does reach its final limit and you try to burn it again, does it simply not let you format it, or does it a garbled format and render the entire CD useless?

Argh... I didn't want to burn over the 600 meg HL2 clip until I showed it to my cousin...
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  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    You will get corrupted data on it.
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  • InfinityXInfinityX Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15275Members
    They say around 1000 times, I say around 50 from experience. Just verify after burning to see if it's ok
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    I've only used a CD-RW once..

    Regular CDR's are so dirt cheap nowadays, especially if bought by the spindel, that really I don't see a point in using CD-RW's, other than an environmental one (and I don't burn THAT many cd's).

    I mean most burners burn the cd-rw a lot slower... a lot of cd-rom's won't read certain cd-rw's... it takes time to erase the cd-rw too, it'd be faster to just toss in a new CDR and be out of pocket 10 cents...
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    true doom, I bought 10 cd-rw's but I haven't used a single one of them yet. But this is france where the price on CD's are so awfully high. Except if you go to the chinese shops that is, but I mean normal prices <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • criticaIcriticaI Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15269Banned, Constellation
    I've pretty much found CD-RW to be useless as well. I have plenty sitting around collect dust. I bought them back 2 years ago when I thought they were better than CD-R. CD-R is just easy, cheap, quick.
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  • redeemed_darknessredeemed_darkness Join Date: 2003-01-21 Member: 12565Members
    I only find RW use full when you can't fit it on a floppy and you don't want to keep it and waste a cd
    Only to give it to some one to borrow
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  • GreyPawsGreyPaws Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8659Members
    Arg dont you just hate agreeing with DooM ?

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    I agree with DooM
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  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    I use my RW's for data storage. I use normal R's for burning...uhh, things that my friends want.


    I've burned one of my RW's a good ten-twelve times and it still works
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