Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
 

Thanks I'll use win RAR if it's still on my computer.

Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
 

Just don't compress the unextractor if you plan on rebuilding your machine from scratch.

Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
 

Hehe. I have done exactly that before. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/stupid.gif

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Ditto.

I've also made the mistake of putting everything in ONE archive.

Said archive then got corrupted.

Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
 

CD-RW disks can vary, just like other media. I'll wager that most CD-RWs are blasted out with little regard to quality. Also, the burner matters: Plextor > everyone else. The safest bet is an external HD...

Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
 

IMHO For the time involved, and with drives at dollar a gig, just use a second drive.

CD RW has some issues, and for what you are doing CD R would do the job just fine. Be sure to check the duty cycle on your burner before burning a bunch of disks.

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Duty cycle? Don't know what you mean by that sorry.

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Time "on" vs cooldown/idle time required

CDs come out literally "Hot off the presses", and if you are going to be burning 40x CDs for a couple hours, you don't want things to cook inside your burner.

Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
 

Well my Computer is "supposed" to have a built in CD burner in the standard CD-ROM so I figured since my regular CDs tend to get warm if I've had to use them for hours then I wasn't actually planning on burning disks for several hours streight.

Thanks for the advice though it's definately good to know that there is actually something "official" about the whole CD heating up thing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif And actually I think my CD-Rom can go faster then 40x but I don't remember exactly....I may have some other numbers stuck in my head as happens too often.

Re: OT: Advice about CD RWs
 

The duty cycle is the amount of time it can burn cd's. Most std PC burners are 15m/hour. If you abuse the cycle, you will shorten the life of the burner.