CDR or CDRW Disks

[Gregory Nowak]

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Yes, cdrw disks can be erased, cdr disks can't.

Greg


On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 08:16:49PM -0700, Zachary wrote:
> Then I am assuming that this disk I have is CDRW, because I can erase the 
> contents.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis at shellworld.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: CDR or CDRW Disks
> 
> 
> >You can not do data rewrites on CDRs.  Write once, read many applies. 
> >CDRWs can be used for this purpose.
> >
> >On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Zachary wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>I am wondering whether it would be possible to physically erase the 
> >>contents of a CD, so as to convert it into a blank one.  I have only 1 
> >>cdr disk, which is not enough to install Slackware Linux, unless I am 
> >>mistaken.  I just need one more disk, and am wondering whether I can 
> >>either download a cD formatter program, or just have to go out and buy 
> >>another disk.
> >>I'd rather not do that, as I have plenty of disks already.
> >>Thanks,
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