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April 28th, 2005, 12:01 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
Thanks I'll use win RAR if it's still on my computer.
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April 28th, 2005, 12:12 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
Just don't compress the unextractor if you plan on rebuilding your machine from scratch.
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April 28th, 2005, 10:02 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
Hehe. I have done exactly that before.  |
April 28th, 2005, 10:20 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
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Hehe. I have done exactly that before.
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Ditto.
I've also made the mistake of putting everything in ONE archive.
Said archive then got corrupted.
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April 28th, 2005, 11:58 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
CD-RW disks can vary, just like other media. I'll wager that most CD-RWs are blasted out with little regard to quality. Also, the burner matters: Plextor > everyone else. The safest bet is an external HD...
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April 29th, 2005, 03:39 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
IMHO For the time involved, and with drives at dollar a gig, just use a second drive.
CD RW has some issues, and for what you are doing CD R would do the job just fine. Be sure to check the duty cycle on your burner before burning a bunch of disks.
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April 29th, 2005, 04:22 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
Duty cycle? Don't know what you mean by that sorry.
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"If men build things to look like our penis such as towers and ships does that mean female achitects represent women having penis envy?"
A line that made me chuckle, I can't remember where I heard it I just know it made me laugh.
"I'm not really a slapper....I mainly punch and gouge."
Tammy Lee my kung fu instructor/sifu's daughter when asked if she ever slapped a boy for saying something nasty to her.
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April 29th, 2005, 04:53 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
Time "on" vs cooldown/idle time required
CDs come out literally "Hot off the presses", and if you are going to be burning 40x CDs for a couple hours, you don't want things to cook inside your burner.
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April 29th, 2005, 06:26 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
Well my Computer is "supposed" to have a built in CD burner in the standard CD-ROM so I figured since my regular CDs tend to get warm if I've had to use them for hours then I wasn't actually planning on burning disks for several hours streight.
Thanks for the advice though it's definately good to know that there is actually something "official" about the whole CD heating up thing  And actually I think my CD-Rom can go faster then 40x but I don't remember exactly....I may have some other numbers stuck in my head as happens too often.
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When life gives you lemons take them and squeeze them in life's eye until it gives you the oranges you asked for!
"If men build things to look like our penis such as towers and ships does that mean female achitects represent women having penis envy?"
A line that made me chuckle, I can't remember where I heard it I just know it made me laugh.
"I'm not really a slapper....I mainly punch and gouge."
Tammy Lee my kung fu instructor/sifu's daughter when asked if she ever slapped a boy for saying something nasty to her.
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May 6th, 2005, 10:54 PM
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Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
The duty cycle is the amount of time it can burn cd's. Most std PC burners are 15m/hour. If you abuse the cycle, you will shorten the life of the burner.
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