Closing CD-Rs

Factual Questions
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How do you close a CD-R in using Windows XP (or one of its included programs)?

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Close? What do you mean?

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So nothing else can be burned to them.

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      • If it’s not a packet-writing format, the burning software should have an option to close it. I have not the WinXP, so I dunno what’s exactly you’re talking about…? Does WinXP burn CD’s directly? Or are you using some other software?
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It uses Window’s Media Player 8 to burn them.

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Use the software that came with the drive to write them & the program should have an option for this.,

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Nero is god. Download it. You’ll love it.

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my XP pc came with nero
its good
havent sort of got used to some of the gubbins
but certainly after you burn a non rw cd it doesnt let you overwrite
is that what is being asked here.
i am going to get rw for backup for all my financial files and teaching notes which are forever being update
any suggestions as to what i should be looking out for as regards technique
using ahead nero of course.

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in nero, if you dont close your cd, you’re leaving it open for multisession. multisession recording very useful if you will gradually be adding files (not rewriting/replacing files) to the same cdr.

when burning audio cds, as far as i know, you must close it in order for a non-computer cd player to recognize it.

other types of cds that need closing are those that are required to be bootable.

so in regards to the original question, i believe the built in XP burning program doesnt support multisession recording, so all cds burnt by XP are in fact closed.

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Xp uses Roxio (aka ezcd creator). Thus, those who install their Roxio on Xp can find a few things happening as it overwrites the XP files. tsk. Be sure to use only the latest Roxio with XP.

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Uh, no. You can install any XP-compatible authoring software. This includes Nero, which, IMHO, is the best authoring software available.

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Uh, how about a cite? You seem mighty sure of yourself, and with absolutely no explanation whatsoever.

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Sorry. Ahead lists here (http://www.ahead.de/en/content/c1002822593674.html) that their software is XP compatible. If EZ CD Creator was the only software compatible, it would be false advertising. Plus, a default install of XP doesn’t include EZ CD Creator, assuming you didn’t get it in a bundle with other software.

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Nero lets you leave a CD open (as bensonGemini says) if there’s enough space left to add more than x megabytes (I think it’s about 10) representing the amount of space the closusre itself would occupy. IF the disk is nearly full, it closes it automatically. Audio disks have a completely different structure, so you can’t ever leave it “open”.

I love Nero, and Windows sucks!