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I have some knowledge about CD-R's, such as the belief that the best ones are
probably produced by Mitsui and Taiyo Yuden and the worst ones are probably
made in Taiwan, but I know just about nothing about CD-RW's, and might need to
buy some soon. So can anybody please give me some basic advice about CD-RW's?
I would really appreciate it.

For example, are CD-RW's generally reliable and dependable? What are the best
ones, which I should buy, and what are the worst ones, which I should avoid?
What about ones produced by Mitsui or Taiyo Yuden or ones made in Taiwan?

Thanks.

XYZ XYZee wrote:
> I have some knowledge about CD-R's, such as the belief that the best
> ones are probably produced by Mitsui and Taiyo Yuden and the worst
> ones are probably made in Taiwan, but I know just about nothing about
> CD-RW's, and might need to buy some soon. So can anybody please give
> me some basic advice about CD-RW's? I would really appreciate it.
>
> For example, are CD-RW's generally reliable and dependable? What are
> the best ones, which I should buy, and what are the worst ones, which
> I should avoid? What about ones produced by Mitsui or Taiyo Yuden or
> ones made in Taiwan?

http://www.cdfreaks.com/ is a good place to start.

In general, if you stick to well known brand names, you shouldn't have any
problems. TDK, Memorex, Fuji, and Maxell are a few of the better brands. I
use the CD-RW for short term storage of non-vital data. If the data is
somehow corrupted (usually by something I did), no great loss. If you plan
to make long term backups, use a good CD-R. Don't try to overburn and don't
record at the rated speed, ie if the CD-R is rated for 48x, use the next
lowest setting. Same for a CD-RW.

"XYZ XYZee" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I have some knowledge about CD-R's, such as the belief that the best ones
are
> probably produced by Mitsui and Taiyo Yuden and the worst ones are
probably
> made in Taiwan, but I know just about nothing about CD-RW's, and might
need to
> buy some soon. So can anybody please give me some basic advice about
CD-RW's?
> I would really appreciate it.
>
> For example, are CD-RW's generally reliable and dependable? What are the
best
> ones, which I should buy, and what are the worst ones, which I should
avoid?
> What about ones produced by Mitsui or Taiyo Yuden or ones made in Taiwan?
>
> Thanks.

I cannot help but since I upgraded to XP it will not read my CD-RW`s. I use
Nero 5.5 and it`s not compatable with XP. Nero 6 is but I would have to buy
this!

--
IAN. P. GARDNER
ISLE OF WIGHT
www.gardner44.freeserve.co.uk

Personally, I had great success with TDK silver CDRs.

"XYZ XYZee" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I have some knowledge about CD-R's, such as the belief that the best ones
are
> probably produced by Mitsui and Taiyo Yuden and the worst ones are
probably
> made in Taiwan, but I know just about nothing about CD-RW's, and might
need to
> buy some soon. So can anybody please give me some basic advice about
CD-RW's?
> I would really appreciate it.
>
> For example, are CD-RW's generally reliable and dependable? What are the
best
> ones, which I should buy, and what are the worst ones, which I should
avoid?
> What about ones produced by Mitsui or Taiyo Yuden or ones made in Taiwan?
>
> Thanks.

"IAN GARDNER" <> wrote in
news:c7l0oc$vne$:

> I cannot help but since I upgraded to XP it will not read my
> CD-RW`s. I use Nero 5.5 and it`s not compatable with XP. Nero 6 is
> but I would have to buy this!

Hi Ian, there are plenty of good freeware CD burning programs around
these days that will work with XP, here are a few-

DeepBurner

http://www.deepburner.com/

Burnatonce

http://www.burnatonce.com/

CDBurnerXP

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

A few more at this link, scroll down to 5.20-

http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/pr...MUTILITIES.php

Hope this is some help.

--
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

"IAN GARDNER" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "XYZ XYZee" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > I have some knowledge about CD-R's, such as the belief that the best
ones
> are
> > probably produced by Mitsui and Taiyo Yuden and the worst ones are
> probably
> > made in Taiwan, but I know just about nothing about CD-RW's, and might
> need to
> > buy some soon. So can anybody please give me some basic advice about
> CD-RW's?
> > I would really appreciate it.
> >
> > For example, are CD-RW's generally reliable and dependable? What are
the
> best
> > ones, which I should buy, and what are the worst ones, which I should
> avoid?
> > What about ones produced by Mitsui or Taiyo Yuden or ones made in
Taiwan?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> I cannot help but since I upgraded to XP it will not read my CD-RW`s. I
use
> Nero 5.5 and it`s not compatable with XP. Nero 6 is but I would have to
buy
> this!

Nero 5.5.10 and higher is compatible with XP.

IAN GARDNER wrote:
>
> I cannot help but since I upgraded to XP it will not read my CD-RW`s.
> I use Nero 5.5 and it`s not compatable with XP. Nero 6 is but I would
> have to buy this!


Free update from Nero, at the top of the page, version 5.5.10.56
http://nero.com/us/631933457317970.html

I have Nero 5.0 with updates on my computer with XP home and I have no
problems with it.
"IAN GARDNER" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "S.Heenan" <> wrote in message
> news:3Opnc.401586$Pk3.190329@pd7tw1no...
> > IAN GARDNER wrote:
> > >
> > > I cannot help but since I upgraded to XP it will not read my CD-RW`s.
> > > I use Nero 5.5 and it`s not compatable with XP. Nero 6 is but I would
> > > have to buy this!
> >
> >
> > Free update from Nero, at the top of the page, version 5.5.10.56
> > http://nero.com/us/631933457317970.html
> >
> >
>
> Many thanks! Even better! I`ll take a look.
> --
> IAN. P. GARDNER
> ISLE OF WIGHT
> www.gardner44.freeserve.co.uk
>
>

> "XYZ XYZee" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I have some knowledge about CD-R's, such as the belief that the best
>> ones are probably produced by Mitsui and Taiyo Yuden and the worst
>> ones are probably made in Taiwan, but I know just about nothing
>> about CD-RW's, and might need to buy some soon. So can anybody
>> please give me some basic advice about CD-RW's? I would really
>> appreciate it.
>>
>> For example, are CD-RW's generally reliable and dependable? What
>> are the best ones, which I should buy, and what are the worst ones,
>> which I should avoid? What about ones produced by Mitsui or Taiyo
>> Yuden or ones made in Taiwan?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> In news:c7l0oc$vne$,
IAN GARDNER <> typed:
> I cannot help but since I upgraded to XP it will not read my CD-RW`s.
> I use Nero 5.5 and it`s not compatable with XP. Nero 6 is but I would
> have to buy this!

I use Nero version 5.xxx and Windows XP Pro and have *never* had a problem
with it...if fact I don't ever remember anyone having a problem with the 5's
version of Nero on any version of Windows. Version 6 of Nero is basically
the same as 5 except for DVD burning.

....Allen

>> "XYZ XYZee" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I have some knowledge about CD-R's, such as the belief that the best
>>> ones are probably produced by Mitsui and Taiyo Yuden and the worst
>>> ones are probably made in Taiwan, but I know just about nothing
>>> about CD-RW's, and might need to buy some soon. So can anybody
>>> please give me some basic advice about CD-RW's? I would really
>>> appreciate it.
>>>
>>> For example, are CD-RW's generally reliable and dependable? What
>>> are the best ones, which I should buy, and what are the worst ones,
>>> which I should avoid? What about ones produced by Mitsui or Taiyo
>>> Yuden or ones made in Taiwan?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> In news:c7l0oc$vne$,
> IAN GARDNER <> typed:
>> I cannot help but since I upgraded to XP it will not read my CD-RW`s.
>> I use Nero 5.5 and it`s not compatable with XP. Nero 6 is but I would
>> have to buy this!
>
In news:Eerpc.102262$,
Allen_L <> typed:

> I use Nero version 5.xxx and Windows XP Pro and have *never* had a
> problem with it...if fact I don't ever remember anyone having a
> problem with the 5's version of Nero on any version of Windows.
> Version 6 of Nero is basically the same as 5 except for DVD burning.
>
> ...Allen

I should state that I do run the updated versions, even when I have Win98
2nd, before XP...don't ever remember running anything less than 5.5.15 or
so...am running the latest available on Nero's page at the time and I
believe it is way up in the 50's for the last digits now. Back when Nero was
in the early 5.5's they would update about every month or less.

....Allen