using a CDRW disc

[abc]

does a cdrw disc work just like a floppy disk?

as in, with a floppy disk, I copy 5 files, then to delete any, I just highlight and delete what ever files I want?


OR is a cdrw disc more like... I can copy periodically more and more data into it until it is full...

but I cannot delete individual files at any point other than wiping out the entire cdrw ... format it... and then

use it as a blank again.

 

[KingofFah]

Not sure whether you can delete individual files or not. I know that with CD-MRW (not media, drive technology) you can add files whenever you want (drag and drop). I never used it so I would not know.

 

[Heisenberg]

There are two basic ways to use CDRW's. The first is just like CD-R's. You burn can to them in sessions (adding data each time but not deleting) or burn once and close the disc. The disc will then be readable in any standard CD-ROM drive. The second is using packet writing software like DirectCD or InCD. This lets you use the disc like a big floppy - adding and deleting as you please. The downside to this is that the disc is only readable in drives/computers that have the packet reading drivers installed. In either method, you can erase the entire disc and start over.

 

[KingofFah]

If the drive does not have CD-MRW I do not think you can use DirectCD or InCD, but now I know that MRW does allow files to be deleted.

 

[redbeard1]

My understanding was that by using packet writing software you could add and delete files at your leisure. Not all windows's os's or cdroms will natively see packet written cdrw's. You used to have to add a udf reader to win95, and I think 98, to be able to pass cdrw's from one machine to the next. Newer cdrom's could read cdrw's but you still needed the udf program for the os.