2007-03-26 03:51:15 · 12 answers · asked by dayner 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
CD-RW can be erased and rewritten. CD-R can be written to only once (assuming single session).
2007-03-26 03:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once, Read Many optical media (though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session) and retains a high level of compatibility with standard CD readers (unlike CD-RW which can be rewritten but has much lower compatibility and the discs are considerably more expensive). Some people jokingly refer to these mediums as CD-PROM since they are the optical analogy to Programmable read-only memory.
Compact Disc ReWritable (CD-RW) is a rewritable optical disc format. Known as CD-Erasable (CD-E) during its development, CD-RW was introduced in 1997, and was preceded by the never officially released CD-MO in 1988.
2007-03-26 11:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CD-R is "CD-Recordable". It means you can write to it once, then close it, and play it on any CD reading media.
CD-RW is "CD-Rewritable." You can write and erase and write again on it, but it can usually only be read by a CD-RW drive in your computer. It wouldn't work on your CD player.
2007-03-26 10:55:07 · answer #3 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A CD-R is a write-once type media. Once you write something to that cd, you can never change it.
A CD-RW is a ReWritable type media. Meaning you can over write and change whats on that cd over and over again, if you have a CD-RW compatable optical drive.
2007-03-26 10:54:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can only use the CD-R once(unless you made a comma on the cd where it hasnt finished burning and you can finish the project later) and CD RW you can reuse, erase whats on it and put brand new stuff on. Spiffy eh?? :D
2007-03-26 10:54:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
CD-R stands for CD WRITABLE and CD-RW means CD REWRITABLE
I think that that should clear it up...
2007-03-26 12:09:32 · answer #6 · answered by Nice guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A CD-R is just a recordable write once disk.
A CD-RW is a recordable re-writable disk.
2007-03-26 10:53:54 · answer #7 · answered by cduleck 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
CD-R you can burn to it once and then only read from it, and not delete stuff off it.
CD-RW you can burn to it as many times as you want, delete stuff off it, and write new stuff onto it theoretically as many times as you like.
2007-03-26 11:05:24 · answer #8 · answered by ray d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a cd-r can only be written to once, a cd-rw can be overwritten multiple times.
2007-03-26 10:53:56 · answer #9 · answered by Got Security? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
in a CD-R cd you can store data only once and it cannot be rewritten...in CD-Rw the data can be rewritten,as the name CD-RW suggests.
2007-03-26 10:54:31 · answer #10 · answered by frozenfire 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋