----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Mullen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tom Rauschenbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:49 PM Subject: Re: CD burners
[snip] > > At the risk of oversimplification, if not outright error, here goes: [snip] > > 2. CD-R/W disc - Can be written to, can also be erased (but only by > completely wiping it out, not on a file-by-file basis like a hard drive). > Some regular CD-ROM drives can have trouble reading from these, YMMV. > Are you sure this is right? My CD-RW drive came with a Windows program to manage files just like a regular Windows file system, albeit slower. It is possible that they just manage the filesystem differently, but I'm pretty sure they can erase and reburn at least on a track-by-track basis. BTW, there ARE DVD recorders. Philips, Pioneer, Ricoh, and Panasonic all make them. Go here for more info: www.cdrinfo.com Reviews, news, OS issues, cross-platform recording, etc. Rich Cloutier SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES President, C*O www.sysupport.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
