KCK -> RE: ReFormatting CDRWs from data to audio (2/3/2003 1:02:06 PM)
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Taylor: rabbit's explanations are correct, but let me add some points. If you wish to re-use a CD-RW disc in Nero for recording audio or data, you must first do either Full Erase or Quick Erase in Nero. Nominally there is little difference between these two actions (except that the quick one takes less time, whereas the second one "wears out" the disc more), but in practice many users report that Full Erase tends to ensure better quality for subsequent recordings. Hence some users employ a cycle of several quick erasures followed by full erasure for a given disc. Now, if you get errors in InCD for a certain disc, and you still want to use this disc in InCD, you could try running a quick or full format in InCD, but most users get better results by doing Full Erase in Nero first and then InCD (full) format. Similarly, if you want to run InCD on a disc previously recorded by Nero, you should do Full Erase before running InCD format. Finally, to use an InCD formatted disc in Nero, you should run Full Erase first. Most users keep separate sets of discs for Nero and InCD. Note that each CD-RW disc can only handle a finite number of rewrites. Manufactures may claim 1000 or more, but most users say 100 is a more realistic estimate. Yet there are tests showing that some poor media may become unusable after just 5 rewrites. To check your discs, you may run Nero CD Speed| Extra| CD Quality and Scandisc.
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