I work for an attorney and the courts are moving from VHS to CD's and I am trying to figure out if it would be cost effective to use VHS or switch to CD-R's. If CD-R's are re-recordable then I feel that CD-R's would be a better choice.
2007-03-14 10:26:48 · 13 answers · asked by Chris J 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
no CD-RW's are re-recordable
2007-03-14 10:28:09 · answer #1 · answered by phoenix_61_98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cds are far cheaper than vhs you can get re recordable cds these are called cd-rewritable they will also be plus or minus so check which on the drive takes some will take both if you cant find out then you could buy one of each from a computer shop then you will be able to see
2007-03-14 17:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CD-R, no. Once the disk has been written, that's it.
They are what's known as "WORM" devices - "Write Once, Read Many"
If you want recyclable CD's, use CD-RW, which can be erased and re-written, up to about 1000 times.
They have a different recoding surface, which can be "healed" by different levels of laser energy in the drive.
If the choice is open to you, you might also consider DVD-RW, which have a much higher data capacity
2007-03-14 17:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by IanP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CD-Rs are write once. CD-RW is required to record more than once- but even then, you have to erase between re-uses.
It IS possible to do what is called a multi-session CD-R which lets you write files on separate occasions, but you can't overwrite or delete files already on the disc.
2007-03-14 17:30:02 · answer #4 · answered by Bob Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not, but you can still burn files/data into them as long as you still have space available.Keep in mind that when you burn to a CD-R is to have permanent data;CD-RW you can burn and delete over and over so they are not safe for keeping data specially if it has to do with legal matters, use only as temporary storage
2007-03-14 17:33:34 · answer #5 · answered by juan l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CD-Recordable, CDReWrite. Compare to EPROM or electronically programmable Read Only Memory device and EEPROM, eraseable electronically et cetera...
2007-03-14 17:36:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CD-R's are not re-recordable. But you may use CD-RW which is rewritable. It can be erased and recorded again and again.
2007-03-14 17:30:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you cant record over CD-Rs but you can go to wal-mart and buy a pack of 30 for 10 bucks
2007-03-14 17:29:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After you burn a CD, you cannot re-burn items onto it. Its a one and done kind of deal.
2007-03-14 17:29:05 · answer #9 · answered by Jason B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. CD-Rs are record once. CD-RWs are rerecordable.
2007-03-14 17:28:35 · answer #10 · answered by Tom D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋