It would help if you gave the brand and model number, or just checked their website. This is "mainly" dependent on the media. -Clint
God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com � ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Warman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gerry: Thanks for the reply and for the valuable links. Would you know whether a CD RW drive manufactured 1-2 years ago (the age of the two machines in question) would have a problem in writing a 700 MB disc? I'm interested in tracking down the reason that the 650 MB media worked flawlessly and the 700 MB did not. Any thoughts? Thanks. Carol Warman ___________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- Behalf Of Gerald E. Boyd At 07:41 PM 6/21/02 -0700, Carol Warman wrote the following: >Could someone please explain the difference (other than the obvious >capacity) of a 700 MB CDRW versus a 650 MB CDRW. I am asking because we >helped a client back up his files today and both of his CDRW drives (in two >separate machines) would not recognize this media. Once we inserted a 650 MB >CD, both drives recognized the media and the copying worked fine. I am used >to working with the 650 MB media and the 700 is new to me. Early CD drives hold about 74 minutes of audio, or about 650MB of data. Later models hold about 80 minutes of audio, or about 700MB of data. The change came about because of all the audio fans "overburning" the original CD (circa 1997) to achieve longer play times. Hence, the manufacturers just started making the newer sizes. For more info, see the CD-R FAQ (start at section 7-6) http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq01.html ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
