On Tuesday 04 March 2003 06:52 am, Mark wrote: > On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 22:10, Ken Walker wrote: > > You may think this a stupid question, but your not using a 8x re-writable > > disk are you ? > > > > If you put in a x2 re-writable, it'll only write at x2, if it's a x8, > > it'll only write at x8, irrespective of what you want it to burn at ? > > I wish it was that simple.. The CDs I was using have 2-40x on them, I > guess that means in theory I could burn up to 40x on those CDs.. > > Cheers > Mark in my opinion it has much less to do with the speed of the burn of the cd (but is MUCH more applicable when it is a Rewritable CD) than the abilities of the burner. now about this statement "If you put in a x2 re-writable, it'll only write at x2, if it's a x8, it'll only write at x8, irrespective of what you want it to burn at ?" It has also been my experience that it is VERY possible to (_attempt_ to) burn at speeds (both higher and lower) than either what is rated on the disk, or what is rated on the burner.
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