[KLUG Members] Re: Backup solution

[Bruce Smith]

> I think my understanding of a cdrw is a bit cloudy.
> 
> For a regular cd once you burn it, it is forever on the cd and you can never
> write to the cd again - even if you only burned a 1K file on the cd.
> 
> Now, a cdr I thought you could write and delete from it all you wanted. Is
> this not correct?

It is NOT like a regular hard drive where you can read and write on the
fly.  Think of it as a regular CDR, which has an additional option for
"erase" which lets you start over.  Erasing a CDRW media can take as
long as writing it.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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