Re Burning a CD-R?

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    Nick

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    So i'm out of CD-R's for Audio CD's and I promised someone I'd burn them a CD soon. (My mom wont buy me any more for a while)

    Is it possible to Basically Erase whats on the Disk and re burn different songs onto a disk. Like get past the protection, remove the files and start over?

    Im sure there are some programs But I Google'd and had problems finding a way to do it.
     
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    No. It's impossible due to the physical design of the CD-R. No application out there can re-write to a CD-R.
     
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    Once a disc is finalized, it's impossible to overwrite. This includes CD-RWs, if they're finalized.
     
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    My computer lets me overwrite CD-RWs, even after I finalize them, so I dunno. However, I'm 100% sure that a CD-R is a one shot thing, which is why I'm so apprehensive sometimes about putting stuff on them when I have very few of them.
     
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    Because CD-RWs are rewritable. You can erase them and rewrite all you want. CD-Rs, once they've been burned and finalized, that's it.
     
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    Alright, Thanks

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    For CD-RWs you can't add more data to them after they are finalized without wiping the whole thing and starting again. Before then you can multisession it
     
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    Hmm, thought you couldn't write to RW's after they've been finalized, hence the name. Then again, they are RW for a reason. *shrug*
     
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    No, you can't. Once it's finalized, that's it. Did someone imply that you can add to a finalized CD-RW, because I'm not seeing it :lol:
     
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    esaul17 did right before Tomi's post.
     
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    Okay, so I'm not that crazy, phew. Thanks.
     
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    I didn't say you could add. But you can wipe it clear and start again.
     

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