on 06.11.2002 00:37, Mark Jay Mirsky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > P.S. I don't quite understand the suggestion about imaging the RW disk, > erasing and reburning after reconfiguring. Do you mean, creating and > holding an image on a separate drive of a previous CDRW session, > reformatting the whole disk and then reburning the image to it? My one > experience of using the RW drive with the old UDF and Direct CD was that > writing an individual file at least was no worse than the speed of a > floppy. Reformatting a disk however is another matter. That takes a lot > more time. By the way, does the software included with new Yamaha drives > (Nero, I believe) or Discribe, do this deletion and addition in any way > that is superior to the Toast software? >
Mark, There are a few inaccuracies in this thread. Both under Windows and Mac OS, a file can ony be "erased" from a CD-RW by deleting its entry in the disc's Table of Contents [TOC]; only by completely reformatting the disc can one reclaim the space. Here is a good reference: <http://www.cdrfaq.org/>. Adaptec had bundled a Mac OS version of DirectCD with earlier versions of Toast, but stopped after version 4 or so. In order to work it must agrressively take control of all CD drives. This is fine if you don't want to use your burner or reader for any other purpose, but is rather annoying if you need to be able to read from and burn to a variety of formats without rebooting into a different extension set. While I haven't used the Mount Ranier version, I suspect it would have to behave much the same. In this context, imaging refers to creating a read/write [r/w] disk image first, organizing the material in there, and burning from that, in contrast to burning from files and folders lying about on the hard disk drive <http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq02.html#S2-10>. In contrast to the arcana and expense one must go through on the Wintel side, Apple has included this powerful ability to image a disk with a standard installation of Mac OS since System 7.5, at no additional cost, in the form of the utility "Disk Copy." The image files created can then be safely archived on a large hard drive set aside for that purpose, and periodically can be used to burn updated CD-Rs. As r/w images, once launched, they behave like any other drive on the Desktop; files can be added, edited, deleted, etc. with any application, including Finder. Older versions of the CDs can be archived or disposed of, as you see fit. HTH, paul -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
