open session on data CD?
CWG
later but can you do the same with data? I often copy data files for people
with old CD roms which don't read multisession. I would like to fill the CD
over a few weeks then close it all in the one session. How?
Don McLean
<gre...@mailandnews.com> wrote:
I am relatively new to this CD-burning lark - but AFAIK I understood it
to be the other way around. Meaning - burning an Audio CD can only be done
as a WRITE CD - giving one closed burn; whereas burning Data/
Files&Folders can be written as a WRITE SESSION - leaving your CD-R
availabale for further sessions' writing (up to its 640-MB capacity).
I realise this does give you a multi-session CD.
But getting around your "old CD-ROMs don't read multisession" prob., --
assuming A) you wish to get these multiMB files off your harddrive B) You
have a system CD-ROM - and C) you have a recorder capable of burning
CD-RWs) -- I'd suggest this: -
Record your date files/folders as multiple sessions onto a CD-RW over
your few weeks. Thus you can free up space on your hardrive.
As and when the CD-RW is full/or you have completely copied the other
peoples data files - mount the CD-RW in your CD-ROM drive and
drag-and-drop the individual data files across and do ONE closed-session
WRITE onto a CD-R.
HTH
Don
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Geff
wrote:
>I know you can leave a session open on audio CD's to allow additional tracks
>later but can you do the same with data? I often copy data files for people
>with old CD roms which don't read multisession. I would like to fill the CD
>over a few weeks then close it all in the one session. How?
>
You can leave a session open on an audio cds but you cannot play it
until you close the disc ; closing the disc will not allow you to add
audio or data anymore. Also it is not advisable to create one
session, add audio, then create a second session to add additional
audio, especially if you are going to play it on a regular audio cd
player because these players do not read multisession discs. It can
read only the first session created.
As far as data goes you can create what is called a multisession discs
whereby you add data then append more data later on. You don't have
to close the disc to read data recorded. However keep in mind that
for every new session created, you lose about 14 megs of disc space.
geoff
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CWG
Geff <lab...@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
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I understand what you mean It's just that "Easy CD creator" gives you the
option of leaving the session open on the audio burn but doesn't let you do
it on the data. Is there a program that let's you leave a data session open?
If I could do this I wouldn't need to worry about losing 30mb of space
(according to the manual) every time I closed a session. My CD's sometimes
have 5 or more sessions.
John Bettenhausen
question 2-5 for some background on multi session discs.
So far as I know there is NO way to get out of the 30 meg overhead for every
session
Geff
wrote:
>
>Geff <lab...@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:B222FEA862BA6E42.11D878A9...@lp.airnews.net...
>> On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 07:17:09 -0700, "CWG" <gre...@mailandnews.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I know you can leave a session open on audio CD's to allow additional
>tracks
>> >later but can you do the same with data? I often copy data files for
>people
>> >with old CD roms which don't read multisession. I would like to fill the
>CD
>> >over a few weeks then close it all in the one session. How?
>> >
>>
>> You can leave a session open on an audio cds but you cannot play it
>> until you close the disc ; closing the disc will not allow you to add
>> audio or data anymore. Also it is not advisable to create one
>> session, add audio, then create a second session to add additional
>> audio, especially if you are going to play it on a regular audio cd
>> player because these players do not read multisession discs. It can
>> read only the first session created.
>>
>>
>> As far as data goes you can create what is called a multisession discs
>> whereby you add data then append more data later on. You don't have
>> to close the disc to read data recorded. However keep in mind that
>> for every new session created, you lose about 14 megs of disc space.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> geoff
>>
>> Please remove .nospam at end of email address to respond.
>
>I understand what you mean It's just that "Easy CD creator" gives you the
>option of leaving the session open on the audio burn but doesn't let you do
>it on the data. Is there a program that let's you leave a data session open?
>If I could do this I wouldn't need to worry about losing 30mb of space
>(according to the manual) every time I closed a session. My CD's sometimes
>have 5 or more sessions.
>
Easy-CD Creator can write multisession discs;I haven't use Creator
much to point you how to do it. No matter what software you use, you
still will lose disc space each time you close a session and create a
new one.