"Felix" <junkemail.RemoveThis@junk.com> wrote in message
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: Frank Thompson <gn52.RemoveThis@accucomm.net> wrote in
: news:5276lv04oqf5l0da7ksdjp93luooi0mfus@4ax.com:
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: > New & unknowledgeable here. Bought RCA CD Recorder and
Player
: > (CDRW120) When I insert new disks (CD-R80) I get message
: > "unreadable." If I put same disks in cd drive on computer
it tells me
: > they are empty (using Windows Explorer: properties). Do
these new
: > disks need to be formatted? If so, how? Another silly
question. This
: > new recorder seems to be a self contained machine. Isn't
any software
: > needed to burn cd?
: >
: > My correct e-mail address is gn052 (not gn52)
: > Fake adddress given to avoid spams
:
: What operating system are you using? Windows XP has some
built-in, but
: crappy, software based on Roxio stuff to allow writing to
CDs directly
: from the operating system. Normally, you would use
something like Nero
: (from Ahead Software) or Easy CD Creator (from Roxio) to
prepare and
: write CDs. Didn't one of these packages come with your CD
burner?
: Usually, one of these do.
:
: CD-RW disks, which are rewritable, can be used with
packet-writing
: software such as InCD (from Ahead) or DirectCD (from Roxio).
Packet-
: writing is supposed to make the CD-RW act like a large
floppy disk: you
: can write one file at a time directly using Windows Explorer
without the
: relatively large overhead (9MB) associated with adding a
session (track)
: to a multi-session disk. To use CD-RW disks with
packet-writing
: software, the disks do have to be formatted first. In
actuality, disks
: used in packet-writing mode are not as reliable as disks
written in
: (multi-session or single-session) CD-ROM format.
:
: Felix
And some of them take 45-60 minutes to format...some will
accept the quick format which takes about 5 minutes. ;( ..
wheeeeeO! CD-R-CDRW is not yet 'prime time' in the sense of
uniformity, reliability and dependability regarding the
hardware and the software. Additionally the fear of loosing
a penny and the resultant over-reaction by the music fat cats
over copy-rite!! has complicated things as they now want to
protect the fat corps via programs/hardware to make sure you
do not share one lyric with a friend!! Hey, I don't condone
theft, but this copyright thing has gotten waaaaaaaay out of
hand,
and serves to encourage what they want to prevent! I guess
you know where I stand on the issue.
Helen
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