Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It wasn't stability, AFAIR there were times when a previous session could not be accessed. It was a long while back and I just burned when +500MB had been accumulated. john -----Original Message----- The gold disks are very stable, but multi-session is hardware dependent. At the Cammie G. Henry Research Center, I only single write them, that is I did. I copy to multiple hard drives for archiving now, and have for about the past five years. On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:20 PM, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz>wrote: > Yep, step 14 is the important one. I always (talking ~10-15 years ago) > found multi-session was less trustworthy than a single write. > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > i think it can be done with cd-r > < > http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/4836/os-x-how-to-burn-a-multisession-cd > -or-d > vd/<http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/4836/os-x-how-to-burn-a-multisessio > n-cd-or-d%0Avd/> > > > > > ric > > > On Mar 9, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Robert Meier wrote: > > > Leo, Jim, and Ken, > > > > Thank you very much. You have cleared up the situation completely. > What I have are CD-R disks, so that explains why I can't multi-session. > I'm glad to find out that CD-RW disks will do that. And so putting > together a folder with close to 700 mb of pictures and burn it all at one > time is the only way to use the CD-R disks. I have those disks because > they were given to me and I thought I would use them. I do use multiple > hard drives for back up, but a physical disk in a different location > seems like a good idea too. > > > > Robert > > > > On Mar 9, 2012, at 7:42 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > > > >> I abandoned CD's and DVD's some time ago for storage (small > >> capacity, > cataloging issues), but I recall that the only way to have multiple > sessions was to use a CD-R, which from what I read is compromised as > to storage life. > If it is an archiving issue, I think multiple redundant hard drives > are more convenient for the average amateur (myself). > >> > >> Ken > >> > >> On 3/9/2012 7:16 PM, Robert Meier wrote: > >>> I'm not trying to burn over over material that is already on the disk. > I have Delkin 300 year Gold Disks, and after I've burned one 7 mb > picture file to it, it won't let me add anything more. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>> > >>>> Yea cause usually a CD you can burn to once. The ones you can do > >>>> more than once cost a lot more are harder to find and they warn > >>>> you > about it. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Mark R. > >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> From: Lottermoser George<imagist3 at mac.com> > >>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> > >>>>> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:20:21 -0600 > >>>>> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> > >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Burning to a CD > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Mar 8, 2012, at 11:21 PM, Robert Meier wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I don't think so. I didn't do anything after the first jpeg. > >>>>> Have you done multiple "burns" in the past? > >>>>>