Stupid Question

[daclassicgamingmaster]

if i have a rewriteable cd and i add 20 pictures to it, but in a year i want to add another 20, do i have to erase the whole thing, or can I just add pictures to it as i please?

 

[TelcoLou]

if i have a rewriteable cd and i add 20 pictures to it, but in a year i want to add another 20, do i have to erase the whole thing, or can I just add pictures to it as i please?

Do with it as you will, as though it were a removeable HD. It eventually wears out though ...

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

if i have a rewriteable cd and i add 20 pictures to it, but in a year i want to add another 20, do i have to erase the whole thing, or can I just add pictures to it as i please?

Do with it as you will, as though it were a removeable HD. It eventually wears out though ...

true, but i would only write to it with a lot of pics at a time, so after 4 or 5 writes the disc would be full and I'd start a new one.

What would you use to store family photos?

 

[Mosch]

If you just want to keep on adding you do not need an RW disc. You can just use a regular one and burn it as a multisession disc.

 

[dosteridge]

What would you use to store family photos?

I keep them on my hard drive and back them up on an external hard drive. All my data is backed up on it because I was ending up with loads of discs. This way I can quickly make a backup and then lock the external hard drive away for safety.

Also, if my laptop gets nicked or the external hard drive breaks I aways have a copy.

(unless the hard drive breaks the same day my computers nicked........knowing my luck )

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

If you just want to keep on adding you do not need an RW disc. You can just use a regular one and burn it as a multisession disc.

i have like 100 RW discs . Might as well use em!

My family is rather, er, small. lets just say 200 photos is a lot for me and i may not even have that many 10 years from now. With that said, are discs more practical? I dont have an external HD btw.

 

[Alex.]

I say use discs, they're a durable medium. Just make sure you use a slower burn speed (*superstition*). Putting all of them in a .ZIP and putting that on a USB stick as well wouldn't hurt either

- Alex

 

[PokeParadox]

If you start the disc as mutli-session, you can just keep on writing to it a bit at a time. If you didn't then you will have to copy the files to hard disk and format the rewritable... or get a new disc.

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

how do I start it as a multi session?

 

[WarmFluffyUK]

Most cd writing software will use muti session by default on re-writable discs. So how does it work:

When you write files to a multi session CD, the files are written first, and then the TOC (Table of Contents) is written last which points to all the files, it's like an index.
When you then add more files, they are added after the last TOC and a new TOC is written pointing to all the files presently on the disc.
If you happen to write a new file to the disc which has the same filename as a file presently on the disc, the TOC will point to the new file instead of the old file, so you will have two copies of the file but you will only see the latest version.

Generally if you want to close the multi session you have to do that manually, telling the software that no further sessions can be added.

 

[trooper]

how do I start it as a multi session?

Don`t use multi-session, I have used it on a few occations and had nothing but trouble, Depending on what software you use, The media and the actual cd burner/drive you use. I have found that certain drives will not see the additional sessions apart from the initial session you first burned, But you may have better success than i have, Personally i don`t think it`s worth the hassle. Just use a CD-RW and burn as a single session, And if you do have any problems, Just copy back the files from the CD-RW, Format the CD and reburn all files including the additional files as a single session again.

Just my findings.

Trooper

 

[Aninhumer]

I use two RWs for all my Live-Disky needs.

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

Thanks for the responses everyone, very helpful

@trooper: I thought that might be a better idea and less of a hassle, but I worried that some of my pics may corrupt after being transferred back and forth a few times. Perhaps my worries are unfounded though.


I've actually backed up almost everything I had (game files, pics, applications, etc) to make some room on my laptop, and everything is so much better now. I had all the scummvm games and stuff like that taking up like 5 gigs on my harddrive, and now theyre secure and I have room again!


I actually plan on buying an external HD at some point to back up all my, erm, "movies" :rolleyes: and music.

 

[BaDToaD]

I use RWs to burn MP3s onto for playing on my Hi Fi or my portable CD player. when I get bored of that compilation I just burn another without the clutter of loads of CDs building up that "I'll just keep in case I need them"