CD-R and CD-RW which is better

[Rottie]

I went to some computer retail stores and I have seen several brands of CD-R than CD-RW so why it is better than CD-RW? I don't burn CD that often but used CD-RW mostly.

 

[SilentRunning]

CD-R is not erasable. CD-RW is erasable.

If you have data or files you intend to keep indefinately on a disk then use CD-R.

If you want to be able to reuse (as in erase then use again) the disk for other data then use CD-RW.

 

[HiTek21]

I use CDR's mainly for Audio CD's and CD-RW's for misc files that I want to back up for future use.

 

[LED]

CDR's are cheaper, able to Burn faster, in most Cases last longer and can be played/read on more devices (ie Portable Players, Older CDROMs)....CDRW's are resuable...Also I have yet to see a mini CDRW Disc (3") although I suspect they may be out there.

Edit= Forgot...CDR's are available in larger format's, hence can more Data can be burned on them.

 

[borgmang]

Tons of people burn CDR's, especially for MP3's, and that's why you see so many of them for sale. CDRW's can be used over and over for quite a while, so there's not as much demand/customers.

 

[Rottie]

I thank you all people for wonderful informations. I think I will stick with CDRW for now to back up all data that I want to save. CDR is nice but too risk if I make a mistake (I have done that b4 ) and there is no way to remove it.

 

[deadseasquirrel]

be careful about backing up data that you want to keep for a long time on CDRW. from what i hear, the data doesn't remain on the disk for a "long" time.

cdr is so cheap (usually can pick up 50 for <$5 with sales) that, to me anyway, there are not many reasons to use a cdrw. 1 cdrw disk came with my writer almost 4 years ago. every so often i put some video i encoded from a digital recorder on there and test to see how it looks on my dvd player/tv. but thats the only one i have ever used.

deadseasquirrel