Re: CDBurnerXP

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kenterm wrote:
smh wrote:
kenterm wrote:

I a currently use CDBurnerXP Ver. 4.2.3.1110 to burn backups using DVD
+RW media. All works well except the program forces me to erase the
media every time because it contains the previous months data. I
choose "Finalize" to tell the system to overwrite when it writes but
it still comes up and points out that there is not enought room to
"Add" files, which I am not trying to do. Can someone who uses this
program show me how to get it to overwrite instead of erasing. Thanks.

Not using CDBurnerXP so cannot give you specific steps. For what you
want to do you need to start burning as multisession. When you finalize
a disc, the disc is closed hence you get the message there is no room.
Look up "multisession" in help.

"RW" does not mean you can do overwrite. RW means you can reuse the disc
like a brand new blank "R" disc -- after erasing. When you write to
"RW", you are writing to "R".

Thanks for the response. I understand the RW meaning now and the
requirement to erase. Neither Burnaware, InfraRecorder or CDBurnerXP
software will overwrite as you have pointed out. However, looking at
multisession help in all three programs implies that it gives you the
ability to add files at any time but that is not what I want to do. I
want to replace a session that is already recorded. Based on that it
seems I still have to use the Disk-at Once method and do the erase
beforehand. Am I understanding this correctly?

If you want to burn another session *without* "linking" to the previous
session, see if the softwares have "No Multisession" option under
perhaps "Multisession" menu. (This method "virtually" erases the
previous session.)

(Nero has "Start multisession", "Continue multisession" and "No
multisession".)

With *linked* multisession (by "Continue multisession"), you do
"virtual" overwrite for files with the same name. By "virtual" means the
older files are physically still there but the links to the older files
are gone and links to the new files are created. This means the older
files are "virtually" erased and overwritten with new files.

As an experiment burn a file named like "same-name.txt" with content
like "session 1 file". Then burn another session with the above
"same-name.txt" with content like "session 2 file". If you look at the
dvd with Windows Explorer, there should be only "same-name.txt" listed
and its content should be "session 2 file".


Thanks. I will give it a try.

Your burn softwares may not have [Start, Continue, No] multisession
options. Nero Express, for example, defaults to Start multisession with
blank disc and defaults to Continue multisession with non-blank data
disc.

If your burn softwares are like Nero Express and want to backup monthly
data, for example, suggest you create a directory named like "08-12"
(using two digits for year and month) and then burn files into that
directory. This way you get the benefit of accessing previous months
data.

If you don't care about the previous months data, just drag and drop the
new files. The older files will be "virtually" overwritten with the new
files.
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