Re: CD-RW failure to initialize

From	"ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr>
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Subject	Re: CD-RW failure to initialize
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Date	2011-08-01 09:22 +0000
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On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:56:23 UTC, "Doug Bissett" 
<dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:19:49 UTC, "yorkie" 
> <kevh@yorkie.dabsolLL.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > The only problem you might encounter with win 98 is the size of the CD
> > > - I'm not sure it can cope with the 700 MB CDs.
> > 
> > Thanks for that heads up ....... I'll use a 650MB CD.
> 
> Well, this appears to be wrong. I just tested my Win98 system (IBM 
> ThinkPad A22e), and it can use 700MB CDs, with no problem. It can also
> use DVDs, so I would doubt if there is a limit, unless the drive 
> itself can't handle the size for some reason. I didn't test writing to
> the CD/DVD.
> 
Doug, my statement was not so muvh about reading but more abour 
writing CDs.  The writing is also very much about the drive as well.  
A friend has three computers with win 98 on them and there is no way 
he can burn anything over 650MB even if he uses 700MB CDs.

ivan

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CD-RW failure to initialize "yorkie" <kevh@yorkie.dabsolLL.co.uk> - 2011-07-09 07:52 -0500
  Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr> - 2011-07-09 14:35 +0000
    Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "yorkie" <kevh@yorkie.dabsolLL.co.uk> - 2011-07-16 04:46 -0500
      Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr> - 2011-07-17 08:35 +0000
        Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "yorkie" <kevh@yorkie.dabsolLL.co.uk> - 2011-07-17 10:01 -0500
          Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr> - 2011-07-17 19:00 +0000
            Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "yorkie" <kevh@yorkie.dabsolLL.co.uk> - 2011-07-30 15:19 -0500
              Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr> - 2011-07-31 09:40 +0000
              Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> - 2011-07-31 14:56 +0000
                Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "ivan" <ivanjt@free.fr> - 2011-08-01 09:22 +0000
                Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> - 2011-08-01 19:40 +0000
                Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> - 2011-08-02 15:14 +0000
                Re: CD-RW failure to initialize Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2011-08-02 20:10 -0700
  Re: CD-RW failure to initialize johnsuth@nospam.com.au - 2011-07-10 01:14 +0000
    Re: CD-RW failure to initialize "yorkie" <kevh@yorkie.dabsolLL.co.uk> - 2011-07-16 04:46 -0500

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