devil270975 Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I was just thinking to myself, i wonder how much money the cd-r manufacturers are making off us guys "i bet it is more than i earn...lol..." the amount of wasted discs due to errors or a new file can be hacked so we just have to try it, then it came to me, why not use cd-rw discs, but i thought to myself surely somebody else would have done this, so then i thought maybe its not possible to make a cd-rw disc bootable, forgive me for being silly, but can you make it bootable???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Yes its bootable. A CD-RW disc is in every way the same as a CD-R, but rewritable I think most people are using CD-Rs for the unattended testing because of the higher capacity it can hold (700/800MB) so they can squeeze all their extras in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachus Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I must be really out of the loop--there are 800MB CD-Rs nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Yep, only the newer CD-RW drives support it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stix Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I've been using an old 4x 730mb CD-RW for my test cd's - until my writer went tits up :/ Thank god for Virtual PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkkavenger Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I've been buying a couple CD-RWs for my unattended/slipstreamed tests.. beware when you get hi-speed CD-RWs that they are compatible with your CD-RW drive. If your CD-RW shows High Speed on the right side, get high speed. If it shows Ultra Speed, get Ultra Speed CD-RWs. Ultra Speed CD-RWs won't work on high speed CD-RW drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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