I agree with Mark. Maybe it's changed in the last 2 years, but before then you definitely wanted to finalized a CD if you wanted to read it on any computer other than the one that burned it.
Mike On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, mmin...@nmhu.edu wrote: >Subject: RE: "finalizing" CDs > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:56:25 -0400 > From: "Minton, Mark" <mmin...@nmhu.edu> > To: CaveTex <texascavers@texascavers.com> > > > > Bill Mixon said: > >>I've sent CDs I've written that way to lots of places (a printer, another >>caver, etc.), with no complaints about them being unreadable. > > Interesting, as my experience has been just the opposite. I couldn't > even open a multi-session CD I made on a different computer in my office, and a couple >I sent to people before I realized there was a problem turned out to be >useless to them. After finalizing all of my CDs, I have not had a problem. I use Nero to >burn CDs. Maybe it's a Nero issue. In any event, I think it would be wise to >finalize any CD you plan to archive or send to others. They're so cheap >that there's really no reason to add more to a CD later anyhow, unless you're >just using it as a scratch disk. > >Mark Minton --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
