CD-RW Drives, How can you tell?

Murlyn · Murlyn #1 (**permalink**)

08-04-2004, 07:05 AM

Ok if you look to the left you will see my specs.. now would my drive be capable of writing and rewriting CD-RW's? I have several of them that I was given and at this point IM not sure if they were just expensive CD-R's or if I can actually RW them...

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trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #2 (**permalink**)

08-04-2004, 07:51 AM

Yes it can

Murlyn · Murlyn #3 (**permalink**)

08-04-2004, 12:52 PM

Is it as easy as burning it, then throwing it back in and erasing it by throwing everything in the trash, emptying the trash, throwing things back in, then reburning it?

Padawan · Padawan #4 (**permalink**)

08-04-2004, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Murlyn

Is it as easy as burning it, then throwing it back in and erasing it by throwing everything in the trash, emptying the trash, throwing things back in, then reburning it?

I've never tried the trash method (or any method with CD-RW's for that matter), but if you open Disk Utility, you'll see an option for "Erase", and I'm almost certain that should let you wipe a CD-RW disk clean.

Murlyn · Murlyn #5 (**permalink**)

08-04-2004, 02:05 PM

Ok Ill have to give it a go, I would just rather not ruin them and make them one write and that's it

rman · rman #6 (**permalink**)

08-04-2004, 02:32 PM

I use toast, so I erase and then rewrite them.

Murlyn · Murlyn #7 (**permalink**)

08-04-2004, 02:39 PM

kewl thanks!

llaamaboy · llaamaboy #8 (**permalink**)

08-06-2004, 09:27 PM

[QUOTE= Once you go Mac you never go back [/QUOTE]

LOLROF ... so true..

Murlyn #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	08-04-2004, 07:05 AM Ok if you look to the left you will see my specs.. now would my drive be capable of writing and rewriting CD-RW's? I have several of them that I was given and at this point IM not sure if they were just expensive CD-R's or if I can actually RW them... Thanks! ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	08-04-2004, 02:05 PM Ok Ill have to give it a go, I would just rather not ruin them and make them one write and that's it ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	08-04-2004, 02:39 PM kewl thanks! ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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