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mattyd
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I have just acquired a cd rewriter with nero software & may also wish to use the software for making compilation cd's{for personal use only!}.
But I am confused about the type of blank cd's to buy.
What is the best type to get to give me maximum storage of pictures{backing up photos in the even of a system crash is another reason for getting a re writer}.
Any advice gratefully recieved.
Edited by mattyd on 28/09/2003 22:34 (server time).
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George
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I use Memorex 700MB 48x, however, any branded CDR, Imation, Sony, Maxell etc. is fine. If there's a Maplin store near you they often have an offer on of 100 unbranded CDR's for £20 good quality they are, having used some on occasion.
Other than that, shop around, prices can vary store to store.
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mattyd
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Cheers for that.
I guess it all depends on the size of the pictures,but how many pictures {roughly} can you get on a 700mb disc?
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depends on the resolution of the pictures, the higher the resolution the less pictures will fit on the disc, your cd-rw will tell you when the disc is full and not to add anymore.
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I have set the resolution of my camera to 1600x1200, the same as my computer screen, so that when viewing them, the photo fills the whole screen. It's also sufficiently high to obtain high quality prints. Each photo takes up 400-500k so I get about 1400ish photos on one 700mb CD.
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Don't have any technical knowledge but if your'e near a Morrisons they are selling 3 boxes of 10 Imation CD's for a tenner, not as good as Maplins but maybe more accessible.
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that's not really cheap, some places you can get 100 for £13, that's what i paid.but i suppose compared to some of the big computer stores that is cheap.
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mattyd
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Cheers guys,Argos are currently doing 50 Imation cd's for £13-99.
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George
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"Argos are currently doing 50 Imation cd's for £13-99."
That made me get the brochure out, that's a decent buy for Imation.
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mattyd
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These are the spindle variety,but I bought some paper sleeves at a reasonable price.
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Barney_Rubble
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A couple of points, Mattyd. You ask what type of CD to buy, but people have been telling you where to get the best deal.
All useful information, so no criticism intended, but not much help if you really need to know the difference between CD-R and CD-RW. Basically, a CD-RW is reusable, a bit like a giant floppy, whereas a CD-R is written to once and that's it. It's fixed. You can delete files from an open multisession CD-R, but you won't regain the space.
To clarify that a bit more, a CD-RW is useful for backups that need updating from time to time. A CD-R can be written to once and then it's "closed". This makes it readable in most drives, including CD-ROMs and music players.
CD-Rs don't have to be written to all in one go though. If you leave the session open (choose "leave it as it is" rather than "close" when you eject it), you can continue writing to it until it's full, and then close it.
Photos. How many can you fit on the disc? It depends. If they're all in the same folder though, you can try selecting them all and then looking at the total size in MBs. Alternatively, your burning software will probably tell you how much space is left on the CD as you add additional files. I'm talking Roxio (Adaptec) here, so I can't say whether that applies to Nero.
Hope that helps.
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mattyd
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Thankyou Barney;that was nearer the answer I was after.The others were helpful too though.
I settled on a spindle of Imations from Argos.
I'll experiment with some rerecordable ones when I'm a bit richer!
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Barney_Rubble
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Glad we were able to help, Mattyd.
One thing to remember about CD-RWs when you get that far though is that a full format can take as much as 45 minutes!
Normally you only need to do that once though, and it's worth it to have a re-usable disc. Once it's been formatted, you can do a quick format any time you want to clear it out for re-use, and that's a lot faster.
The main thing though is that it's CD-R for music or anything that's not going to be changed, and CD-RW for backups and things that do need updating from time to time.
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