rw cd's

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I have been trying to work with photos copied to a CD-RW. Once the photos
were copied to the disc and I tried to edit and then saved them, I received a
message saying I was not able to save them to the disc. Why? I was under
the impression that by using a RW CD I could edit and save multiple times and
then erase the whole thing and use the CD again.

 

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ToleFaery wrote:
> I have been trying to work with photos copied to a CD-RW. Once the photos
> were copied to the disc and I tried to edit and then saved them, I received a
> message saying I was not able to save them to the disc. Why? I was under
> the impression that by using a RW CD I could edit and save multiple times and
> then erase the whole thing and use the CD again.

Unless you're using packet-writing software, such as Nero's InCD, the
only difference in burning between a CD-R and RW is that the latter may
be erased and used again. You can't "save" files to a CD-RW, but you
can, using session-writing, burn additional files to the disk. XP's
native burning facilities will allow you to add files to the disk until
it's full.

 

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An 'rw' CD has all of the properties of a regular CD except for one.. data
stored on it can be erased and the space used for something else..


"ToleFaery" <ToleFaery@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D80CF63-C6BA-4867-8E6F-7993FCF0AA0E@microsoft.com...
>I have been trying to work with photos copied to a CD-RW. Once the photos
> were copied to the disc and I tried to edit and then saved them, I
> received a
> message saying I was not able to save them to the disc. Why? I was under
> the impression that by using a RW CD I could edit and save multiple times
> and
> then erase the whole thing and use the CD again.

 

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Check here for work-a-rounds
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/saving_files_to_cd.htm

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"ToleFaery" <ToleFaery@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D80CF63-C6BA-4867-8E6F-7993FCF0AA0E@microsoft.com...
>I have been trying to work with photos copied to a CD-RW. Once the photos
> were copied to the disc and I tried to edit and then saved them, I
> received a
> message saying I was not able to save them to the disc. Why? I was under
> the impression that by using a RW CD I could edit and save multiple times
> and
> then erase the whole thing and use the CD again.