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Joel
Flightless Bird
"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote:
>> RW discs can be overwritten each time, although they are commonly used
>> as you describe. For backups, I would overwrite the entire disc each
>> time (but again, rotating through at least two or three, with each
>> backup).
>
>IIRC, you do that by first explicitly erasing the whole RW disc and then
>writing the new backup - but it's been a few years since I switched to hard
>drives, so don't necessarily trust what I say.
Yes, typically a quick erase will work, but every so often a full
erase will be needed, and eventually the disc will be unwritable.
--
Joel Crump
>> RW discs can be overwritten each time, although they are commonly used
>> as you describe. For backups, I would overwrite the entire disc each
>> time (but again, rotating through at least two or three, with each
>> backup).
>
>IIRC, you do that by first explicitly erasing the whole RW disc and then
>writing the new backup - but it's been a few years since I switched to hard
>drives, so don't necessarily trust what I say.
Yes, typically a quick erase will work, but every so often a full
erase will be needed, and eventually the disc will be unwritable.
--
Joel Crump