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Skriven 2004-12-11 22:06:00 av ED VANCE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JEFF GUERDAT
Ärende: Cd-Rw
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JG>On 12-07-04, ED VANCE said to ALL:

JG>EV>A friend gave me his old Iomega ZipCD650 burner and some blank disks.

JG>EV>The other day I copied some files over to a CD-RW disk and it worked.

JG>EV>The ZipCD650 could read the disk,
JG>EV>but none of my other CD-ROMs could read the disk.
JG>EV>They are all readers, 1 on the same box and the other 2 on other
JG>EV>computers.

JG>Assuming that the readers can actually read RW media, the usual cause is tha
JG>the session is not closed.  There needs to be a properly written leadout are
JG>at the end of the written data so that the reader can see it as a valid
JG>session.  Most software should give you a choice of closing the session or
JG>closing the disc.  You may have no choice but to close the disc if the
JG>software is limited.

I wasn't given any option to Close the session,
the writing was all done automatic by my program.

I didn't know that there could be a problem with old CD-Rom readers
reading RW disks.
2 of mine are 2X, the one that came in the laptop is 10X.
I'll try a R disk next time and see if my other CD's can read that.

JG>EV>Before I burned the disk I read the Help file, it mentioned Formatting
JG>EV>the RW disk first.
JG>EV>I tried using Windows Explorer to Format it but since it was a blank
JG>EV>disk Explorer was unable to access the drive, so I went on ahead using
JG>EV>the software my friend gave me, Iomega Hotburn Burn & Go, to copy the
JG>EV>files.

JG>EV>I suppose the Burn & GO software Formatted it on the fly while writing
JG>EV>the data.

JG>There are 2 types of formats - ISO9660 and packet writing.  The former is us
JG>to write any data in one fell swoop and is written in one session using the
JG>authoring software.  The second is a special program that utilizes a feature
JG>in the writer that allows for small, disconnected writes, ala a large floppy
JG>This requires formatting by the writer software.  Check out
JG>http://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iomega_na_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_al
JG>php?p_prod_lvl1=7&p_prod_lvl2=68&p_scf_answer_category=2 (this wrapped!) for
JG>Iomega's tutorials.  It's also possible that the software is old and can be
JG>upgraded to a certain level to make it work better.

I suppose the Burn & GO software is using Packet writing.
I'll try adding some more files to that RW disk and see.

Thanks for the Iomega URL.


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