Re: cdrecord and BIG DISKS - Might help someone
On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 17:44, Tim wrote:
> Marc Wilson wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 10:43:35PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
> >>Where did you get 900MiB CD-Rs?
> >
> >
> > Buy them in a store. ^_^ You can get 90 minute and 99 minute discs now
> > The 90's usually work in most drives that you can get to do overburn, but
> > the 99's are VERY twitchy because not only do they use the run-out area,
> > but the spiral is tighter
>
> So I bought 50 of the 99s a year ago, and read an article a week later
> which said they can damage the CDRW drive hardware, and I left them in a
> cupboard. Can I use them after all?
What if you use them in 700MiB mode? Maybe that won't hurt them.
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