when burning cd's?

Question

My pc is telling me i can put 640mb on one cd, but it seems this is not true, the max i have put on so far is 108mb, any ideas?

Answer 1

You aren't very specific with your q: Firstly there is nothing wrong with your software, i am guessing you are using wmp10 to burn , cos that's where most things end up. If you are burning music, then you will not be able to put 640MB on one disc, music files are compressed, and when the writing process is enabled they"expand" so your hi-fi will Be able to recognise the data to be read and played. When you are copying to disc data (eg photos) the information will remain in a smaller format , to enable your PC to read the information . So don't listen to the bleeding heart experts telling you to change your software..

Answer 2

It could be that the Cd was used some where else and it could be that 532 MB was used and if it is a CD-R that space would be remove if that data was cleared so Only 108Mb was left...

try Buying another Cd... or u can use CD-RW to keep changing your files like a USB etc... And try using a good software for copying like Nero... its really Good.

Bye..

Thats it..

Answer 3

Are you burning Audio CD? If so, it is not the MB that you should be checking, but the duration of the songs - a 650 MB Cd can fit about, IIRC, 74 minutes of music.

This is because an MP3 that you use as source is compressed, which means it takes less space, but when you burn it to a CD as Audio CD, it "expands" back to its original size.

Answer 4

it depends on what software you use and how you use.
your pc is right in that, a cd can have 640 MB of data (normally 700 MB and if it is video dat file even 800 Mb).

coming back to your case, cd can be burned in two ways. i.e. 1.write once and freez, 2.write and rewrite.

example 1 : you have new cd which has a capacity of 640/700 MB. you have data of size 220 MB or 5MB or 106MB (any size).
now if you choose the first way to burn, then you can not use the remainig space avilable in the cd.

example 2 : you have new cd which has a capacity of 640/700 MB. you have data of size 220 MB or 5MB or 106MB (any size).
now if you choose the secound way to burn, then you can use the remainig space avilable in the cd.

however, some cd-writers and cds, do not support consecutive writing(burnig).thay can be used once only.

hope this ans is helpful to you

Answer 5

ya is correct , so far u oredi put 108mb - that mean u still can out another 532mb = total max data u can put in one cd is 650mb

try to use Nero burner , a very good softwares for burning cds

Answer 6

I think the CD you're using is not compatible with the CD-Rom Drive. You'll need to refer to the manual of the Driver preferences. One of my mates had the same problem.

Answer 7

You are having some kind of software conflict. A normal CD should hold close to 700MB. If you've only got 108MB on a disk, I recommend changing your burn program.

Answer 8

it depends what you are writing that is correct for data. you choose what goes on if you want to leave a disc open so you can fill it you need to choose multi session disc so that you can add stuff.... if it's audio cds you are burning then don't it's a waste of disc space make a mp3 disc instead.

Answer 9

Man first u replace ur software ........
Then check out your writer also... and use u a new CD ok

Answer 10

Had you installed Nero burning?