Yes - you may even find an 'erase' facility by right-clicking the drive icon within a Windows Explorer session.
Also - I'd advise you to avoid the Packet mode of using RW media. Not only do some software/application facilities/utilities use 'proprietary formats when writing to RW media 'as if it were a hard drive'. But I've found that they frequently corrupt the control information on the platter so the entire data set becomes unreadable. It's safer to write to these as if they were CD-R media and erase them when you want to re-use them.. However you then have to consider the limits to the naming size and structure on CD media I believe the phrase is 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other Or... when you come to read the data back - Something to do with shafts I would recommend using DVD's - They hold more data, The systems seem less liable to corrupt the control data on them The reflective layer is protected by a plastic layer on the top so less liable to become unreadable due to scratches And if you only have a CD drive, at £35 a new combo CR and DVD drive is not really that expensive JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Glazier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 11:00 PM Subject: Re: CD-RW > CD-RW disks can be erased. > You should have that option in the program you use to > record your stuff to the drive. > > If you use Win-XP, Open My Computer. > Double-click the CD recording drive. > Windows displays the files and folders located on the CD. > Under CD Writing Tasks, click Erase this CD-RW. > Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. > Follow the instructions in the wizard to delete the files on the CD-RW. > > Now the bad news. CD-RW disks can be very unstable, and refuse > to either record, erase, or "give up" the information on them... > > For the relatively cheap price of CD-R disks, I would recommend > them more for anything important... > > With either type, you can record in mutiple sessions and keep > adding files until all the space is used up. (This is as long as > you do not intentionally "close" the disk and finalize it.) > > Rick Glazier > > > From: "Helen Gordon" > >I have several CD-RW discs (700mb) with a small amount of data written on > > each of them. Is there a way I can delete the files on them and re-write data on > > them. I think that I remember that when I tried to write more data on one of > > them, I received a message to insert new CD in drive, although I know there > > was only one file on the disc. > > TIA > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.0/132 - Release Date: 10/13/2005 > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
