03-13-2005, 04:21 AM
Noname stuff works fine for me, I've had very few coasters considering how I treat the discs. I read a while back that it might make a difference with the type of burner you have (ie some brands only want their type of cd media to go with the drive) but I haven't had any problems with that using my Sony drive.
As for RW media, if you're gonna be swapping stuff back and forth a lot, then yeah, it's worth it to get a couple. If I remember right, they can get burned a couple hundred times before you have to replace them, and usually it will say how many times on the package. The only thing you're going to have to watch out for is that if you set up an rw disc so you can go through explorer and copy/paste stuff (Nero DLA/whatever the Roxio version is called) you're going to lose a bit of space on the disc, usually down to 570mb or thereabouts. It's been a long time sicne I've bothered with rw media so that might not be accurate anymore.
Next time you make a coaster cd, instead of actually using it as a coaster or throwing it away, put it in the microwave upside-down fora few seconds (10 is more than enough) for a nice little light show. Just make sure you put a paper towel or something so you don't melt it onto the microwave.
As for RW media, if you're gonna be swapping stuff back and forth a lot, then yeah, it's worth it to get a couple. If I remember right, they can get burned a couple hundred times before you have to replace them, and usually it will say how many times on the package. The only thing you're going to have to watch out for is that if you set up an rw disc so you can go through explorer and copy/paste stuff (Nero DLA/whatever the Roxio version is called) you're going to lose a bit of space on the disc, usually down to 570mb or thereabouts. It's been a long time sicne I've bothered with rw media so that might not be accurate anymore.
Next time you make a coaster cd, instead of actually using it as a coaster or throwing it away, put it in the microwave upside-down fora few seconds (10 is more than enough) for a nice little light show. Just make sure you put a paper towel or something so you don't melt it onto the microwave.
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