CD-RW: Does anyone actually rewrite?

[Namuna]

Just wondering if anyone out there with a CD-Rewritable drive actually uses the rewrite function?

At work, I have a rewritable drive. NEVER used the rewrite function, not once. the blanks are costly and no one really appreciates the idea.

 

[Eeks]

When RW came out CD-R blanks were more expensive than they are now, so RW could be cost effective in some situations. But then CD-R's became dirt cheap and made RW pointless. Why spend 6 dollars on a RW when you can buy 6 CD-R's for that price?

 

[3615buck]

I bought 10 EMTEC (BASF) CD-RW discs for +/- 17$, that's not expensive.
Useful for backups or when making copies of protected CDs (to make sure they work)

 

[nickdakick]

buck you mean security copies I suppose ?

 

[Psychoholic]

I don't know what software you're using to rewrite, but I use Adaptec DirectCD and I still have many uses for RW media. Since it works just like a regular drive I can store data on RW media that I don't need to access as frequently as the other stuff on my hard drive.

 

[bigvince]

i use them regularly for backups but obviously anthing that has to go in the cd player in my car or in the dvd player (VCD'S)in gonna be on a cd-r.

 

[3615buck]

Yes, security copies of course, my originals are in a safe at the bank just in case burglers should break in and steal my computer...

 

[Namuna]

Yes, security/backup copies are important. I usually make at least a few copies of the really important stuff, and have my friends hold on to them for safe keeping. you can never be too safe.

 

[radiocore]

i use RWs, i actually haven't bought any new ones....my writer just came with 1 and i've been using it ever since =)

 

[MI6]

I never would have the use for a re-write. So i went with a cheaper write drive and cheaper cd-r.
As for friends holding onto your software. I try and hold on to things but they keep getting installed onto my computer in order to make sure the copy i have will work if they ever come back for it.

 

[prodigy]

On occasion I use RW, but regular CD-Rs are so cheap anyway, why bother. (Plus RW is 3 times slower, :disgust

 

[Moonark]

I RE-Write all the time because I recently discovered that my car stereo will read rewritable CDs
Now I don't have to waste CDRs for music anymore

 

[NFS4]

I use re-write to make twice-weekly backups of my system.

 

[SUOrangeman]

I archive my software downloads to CDRW regulary. I fugre with all the MS patches, I really need these silver thingies.

-SUO

 

I backup on to one like once a year. If I had the choice to get more speed vs. rewrite, I would go with the speed.

 

[Chooie]

Watch the sale flyers. I just picked up a 10 pack of Imation RW's at Office Max for $8.99.

 

[raxafarian]

i use rw to do backups.. just drag mydocs, fav's, and identities to it every week. Also tend to put downloaded programs on it also... Of course that is the only rw disk I have... everything else is cdr.