How do I burn a 700 MB file onto a 700MB disk when the formatting takes up 33MB first? I have a CD-R/RW writer and use Easy CD 5.0.
Your drive will probably have to support overburning, and your cd creation software must have it as an option. Try Nero: http://www.nero.com/ Nero also has a list of compatible drives, and shows if they support overburning.
PING GhostDog: Well I did say I was new to this... What I have done so far is format the disk using Direct CD which leaves 670 MB available space, then copy the movie to that disk. How do I copy it without first formatting? I use Easy CD 5.0 Sorry, I know I'm computer illiterate - well, almost. I have NERO but when I tried to burn movies using that prog. it took the time to do it but left me with blank disks (you could see the burn zone but my system couldn't read anything - I un-installed nero). Could you give me some step by step info, please?
Just excuse me, are you using a CD-RW or a CD-R ? If it´s a CD-R then you don´t need to format it. Atleast I´ve never heard of anyone doing this, just burn the movie on to the disc.
Dont use DirectCD, since it wastes space - as you have noticed. Burn the CD-RW disc just like you burn CD-Rs.
Sorry, my mistake - I'm still getting my "burner" language together. I have a TEAC CD-RW Burner and want to burn movies onto CD-R 700MB disks. Up to now, I've been using DirectCD Format Utility to format the disk (using up 33MB of space) then copying the movie file to the disk using MS explorer. I hope you can tell me there's a better way of doing it ( hopefully without using NERO) Many thanks in advance.
Since you´ve been talking about CD-Rs as your selected format, some info: CD-R = A disc that you can burn/write once CD-RW = A re-writable disc that you can burn over and over again. Am I missing something here? CD-RW.org, you know abouth this type of stuff. You format CD-RWs but not CD-Rs. At least I´ve never had to do this.
Malcomt, Just forget the damn DirectCD for a while. What other software you have on your PC - Easy CD Creator? Then use it to burn the disc. Also, spend the weekend reading this: http://www.cdrfaq.org/
You mightn't think so but I've learned a lot these last few days. Many thanks, guys. I'm off to look at cdrfaq right now - yep, good weekend reading. Many thanks again. End of Thread
EasyCD creator comes with DirectCD, it is a separate module that loads itself onto Windows Explorer, so that you can acess your burner as a floppy drive, with CD-RW discs. The CD-RW must first be specially formatted, and DirectCD must be loaded in order to make Windows believe the burner is not a read-only device. DirectCD is not for burning regular CD ROM. In order to burn a 700 MB file on a CDR, use EasyCD creator, ask for a data CD, and burn. There's no formatting. It is perfectly possible to format a CDR, in order to burn it drag'n dropping files in the explorer, or from the "save as" dialog boxes. On the other hand, it is also possible to burn a CDRW like a CDR, but the quality is often bad, and the data quickly becomes unreadable.
Thanks for the info Pio. With what software do you format a CD-R? How does the actual burning process work when using the drag and drop-method?
Pio, Define "data quickly becomes unreadable". My understanding is that CD-RW longevity has increased during the years of developement. Not for archiving vital material of course.
I've never tried it, but I think you should be able to format CDR as well as CDRW with softwares for CDRW like DirectCD (bundled with EasyCD creator), InCD (bundled with Nero), Packet CD (originally bundled with WinonCD), or another one. I really hope that the lifespan of CDRW has been improved. Memorex 4x are unreadable after 6 monthes ! ATIP: 97m 27s 10f Disc Manufacturer: Plasmon Data Systems, Ltd. Reflective layer: Phase change Media type: CD-ReWritable Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. 4X nominal Capacity: 656.10MB (74m 41s 00f / LBA: 335925) A friend of mine also had his CDRWs unreadable after 6 monthes, but I don't know which brand they were.
How does the burning works ? Exactly like writing a floppy, or a file on the hard disc, exept it runs at your writer's speed.
Pio, The lifetime of CD-RW should be measured in years nowadays. My oldest CD-RW is over 3 years old (RICOH 2X) and it's still good.
I've got some Memorex Platinum 4x, and they're still performing well (knock on wood) for over a year, but that is of course using full erase each time I rewrite them. The only thing that's annoying is they make a loud vibration in the writer.
split the file in half and burn it onto 2 discs using http://www.divx-digest.com/articles/cutavi.html
