Dumb / N00B DVD-R Question...

[bob4432]

i understand that the single layer dvd-r discs are 4.7GB in capacity. now, is there a true 4.7GB of useable space? can i put 3 1.5GB files on them, with a little extra leftover? the reason i ask this is because those damn old zip drives said they were 100MB, but were not, due to formatting.

 

[CheetahMk2]

There are actually ~4.3GiB [Gigabyte Binary/Gibibyte] of space, which is on your hard drive. I am not sure at which space [Kilo, Mega] they switch from 1000, but that is about how much you can fit on there when you burn it.

*edit* In actuality it is more like 468xxxxxxx bytes [I can't remeember exactly] but they truncate that to 4700000000 for ad puposes, and then take Kilo = 1000 from there. You can probably find the exact numbers somewhere if you are so inclined.

 

[bob4432]

so then 3x1.5GB=4.607994GB will fit, but pretty close. maybe i will make the files 1.4GB. thanks

 

[CheetahMk2]

er... 3 1.5GB files WON'T fit. You can fit up to 4.3GB...

 

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