EXP Computer EXP CD-Rewriter Bundled S_W - Manual (Page 15)

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Introduction
Adaptec Easy CD Creator Standard Edition
Stock Number: 511446-00, Rev. A
Page: 1-5
Print Spec Number: 496513-00 Inside Text: 496512-00
Current Date: 5/8/98 First Draft
About CD-Recordable and CD-ReWritable
Technology
If you have a CD-RW drive, you can use two types of discs to make
your own CDs:
■ CD-Recordable (CD-R) discs
■ CD-ReWritable (CD-RW) discs
CD-RW is a new technology and like CD-R, it allows you to record
information to a CD. What is new is that with CD-RW you can also
erase the contents of a CD and rewrite new information to it.
Depending on how you want to use your CD, each disc type offers
unique advantages.
CD-R Advantages
■ Good for permanent data storage
■ Less expensive per CD than CD-RW discs
■ Readable on virtually all CD-ROM and CD-R drives
CD-RW Advantages
■ Allows you to erase the data and rewrite new information (for
example, updating files)
■
Allows you to make a practice CD or to test the contents of a
CD before making a permanent one
■
More cost effective for near-line data storage requirements
than CD-R
Note: Only CD-RW drives can read and write data to
CD-RW discs.