CD-RW question

[UALOneKPlus]

Sorry for so many questions, but I am new to this great msg board:

when do you guys use Cd-RW's? When I 1st started burning CD's I was all about CD-RW. However, I stopped using them a few months afterwards because:

1) I started getting wierd read errors using DirectCD, where a CD-RW would be unreadable after 25-30 reads/writes;

2) The CD-RW's are more expensive than CD-R's, and since I use them mostly for temporary back-up, I've opted for a 2nd drive to store that data far more reliably and conveniently;

3) It takes too long to format a CD-RW for use in non-mt. rainier systems, so it's not worth the hassle.

As a result I've only used my CD-RW drives to create CD-R back ups.

Your thoughts?

[cfitz]

I personally have had the same bad results as you and, as a result, I also don't trust CD-RW (or packet-writing software, for that matter). I do the same thing you do - just burn ISO 9660 filesystem CD-R discs for my backups:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... 7569#47569

You might want to read the rest of thread as well, and a couple of posts here showing some really awful quality CD-RW error curves after just a couple of burns:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... 5675#45675

cfitz