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Any way to re-write a closed cd?

  • 16-09-2005 1:11pm
    #1
    EFC-4eva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 204 ✭✭


    I've wasted so many blank cd's, it'd be great to have a way to re-open them and re-do them. Anybody any ideas?


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  • #2
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,500 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    EFC-4eva wrote:
    I've wasted so many blank cd's, it'd be great to have a way to re-open them and re-do them. Anybody any ideas?

    No, just buy more, there very cheap.


  • #3
    EFC-4eva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 204 ✭✭EFC-4eva


    aw, boo, i'm poor. sure there's no way?


  • #4
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,500 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Closed CD: If a CD is closed, it is permanently write-protected. No further information can be added to the disc. Closing a CD is analogous to moving the write-protect tab on a floppy disc to the write-protect position. However, unlike floppies, you can only change the write-protect setting on a burned CD once. Once the disc is write-protected (closed), this setting is permanent.


  • #5
    EFC-4eva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 204 ✭✭EFC-4eva


    ok, im defeated.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,385 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    CDRW's ?

    At the start of a normal CD is Table of Contents (TOC) , if the CD is setup as a multisession CD then AFAIK you can add further sessions to a CD but each time a new TOC is added to the CD so you loose another 30MB in addition to the data you add. If you close the CD then most devices won't know to go looking for another index or TOC or whatever further down the disk even if you could persuade your PC to write the data.


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  • #7
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    EFC-4eva wrote:
    aw, boo, i'm poor. sure there's no way?
    Make sure the "Close this disc" box is unchecked before you hit the burn button. Problem solved.


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