rewritable cd?

Question

I have a cd writer.....I want to know how many times can I burn a single rewritable cd....authentic answer please

Answer 1

you can write upto 100 times but companies says for 800-1000 times

Answer 2

I agree to all the authenticated answers above.No issues.
But practically u wont be able to write the CD more than 80 times
Also within 30-40 writes the CD surface gets a bit dull and hazy with time.Whichever quality it is.
That's bcoz of the Writer Head Some time coming too near.
Also make sure u clean the Lens with the Lens Cleaner.
But still i would tell u after 40-50 writes ull start getting some read error's but no write errors

The error specifically would be Cyclic Redunduncy Error
This is a practical view.

Regards

Answer 3

Although theoritically 1000 rites, however, the media does go bad after a reasonable number of writes i.e. about 70 to 100 writes and nothing much can be done other than disposing it off. Its still a fair enough amount as I dont expect you to be rewriting the CD RW very regularly. In case you are planning on that as a backup scheme, then, I will suggest that you buy an external USB hard disk of 4GB or more size and keep your backup regularly there using a back up, software like "Second Copy" or "Cobian".

Answer 4

This depends. All CD's wear out eventually with constant use.

"At present, stated CD-R lifetimes are only estimates based on accelerated aging tests as the technology has not been in existence long enough to verify the upper range. With proper care it is thought that CD-Rs should be readable one thousand times or more and have a shelf life of several hundred years. Unfortunately, some common practices can reduce shelf life to only one or two years. Therefore, it is important to handle and store CD-Rs properly if it is necessary to read them more than a year or so later."

I'd drop the CD's and get yourself a jump drive with 1 gig or more of memory. They're much more durable and read/write far quicker.

Answer 5

You can rewrite a CD-RW a LOT of times - up to 1000, but I imagine that most CD-RWs behave similarly.

"It is our understanding that the behavior of CD-RW media is that it degrades very little up to a point (~1000 rewrites) and then very rapidly after that. If you would like to be very cautious about your data, you may want to limit your use to 500 rewrite cycles."

Answer 6

You can rewrite a CD-RW a LOT of times - up to 1000, according to this site. It's for Kodak media, but I imagine that most CD-RWs behave similarly.

"It is our understanding that the behavior of CD-RW media is that it degrades very little up to a point (~1000 rewrites) and then very rapidly after that. If you would like to be very cautious about your data, you may want to limit your use to 500 rewrite cycles."

Answer 7

Depends on CD & how u can use it?? I use rewritable CD at least 30 or 40 times. Depends if it's a brand name and quality.

Answer 8

Any number of times. When it is full you can erase the data and rewrite. However after say 30 writes the surface of the CD gets corroded and then the quality is bad. It can cause damage to the lens of the wirter.

Answer 9

Approximately about 1000 times and you have to throw the disc away. Unrecorded shelf-life of a cd-r or cd-rw is about 5 to 10 years.

Answer 10

This is depend on the CD quality, and the maintance. The CD can be write upto 100 times easily, but fro mbad maintance it can only be used upto 10 times, then it stop working, and we can not get the data.

Answer 11

on an average u can use that cd writer 2000 times