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Number   :  4706
Date     :  2003-06-02
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: Two Questions
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Virg wrote:

>--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, Bernard Robinson 
>wrote:
>
> > Recently I wanted to clone a CD-RW to another CD-RW disc
> > using XXCOPY. The target CD-RW had been used to back up
> > the same folders and when I started the backup. I
> > received an error message saying that there was not
> > enough room on the target CD-RW for the operation. In
> > the source CD-RW many, many files had been deleted, so
> > there should have been room for the clone operation.
>
>I had the same experience with cd-rw (TDK 24/10/40, Nero) and I know I had 
>not written nearly enough to it to fill it but Windows said it was full 
>also. And I couldn't view it in order to delete anything. Had to 
>reformat it. I'm dubious about repeatedly backing up to the same cd-rw 
>disk (I'm talking only a few repeats, not hundreds or thousands). It 
>worked for several incremental backups before that happened. I'm 
>wondering if deleting files on cd-rw actually frees space. The few tests 
>I've tried since seem to show that it does but I haven't much faith in 
>cd-rw any more. Could use them like cd-r, I suppose and only back up to 
>them once.
>
>Virg

I am having difficulty dealing with InCD with CD-RW.
It seems that there is a bug that shows there is no room left
on the media when you have a lot of room. I found that
by ejecting and reloading the same disc, it will refresh
the remaining space value correctly. Next time you see
the problem, try reloading the disc. I have yet to see the
same bug using the DVD-RW disc. So, this problem does not
bother me at all --- I just noticed when I first tested
it with my Pioneer DVR-105 drive with InCD. Other than that,
I still have lots of faith in InCD than Roxio stuff.

Does anybody have experience with Sony's DVD+/-RW units
(e.g., DRU-100A, DRU-120?, etc.) and packet-writing software
in DVD+RW mode (which should be faster than DVD-RW)?

Just before I made my purchasing decision (settled on Pioneer
DVR-105), I searched the web and no one said positively that
InCD (or any other packet-writer) would work with DVD+RW.


Kan Yabumoto



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