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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 461500" data-attributes="member: 4923"><p>There shouldn't be any cd formating these days. RW (rewritable disks), I think they got formated IF you wanted to use them as a drag and drop drive years back. Bottom line is RW cd's stink on ice, data disappears in a year or so. If you have them, don't use them for any long term storage. They were good for machine to machine transfer before usb drives, thats it. A regular cd should just burn right off with no special prep. 3rd party burner is fine. Windows burner may play some games with asking you what you want to do. I forget exactly what it asks, I never use it. I think windows gives some provision to keep adding files to the disk. That can be less compatible across machines because the disk is not finalized. You wouldn't want to do that for a give away disk. Just burn a regular disk and don't look to add to it later and you will have a very compatible media for any machine with a drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 461500, member: 4923"] There shouldn't be any cd formating these days. RW (rewritable disks), I think they got formated IF you wanted to use them as a drag and drop drive years back. Bottom line is RW cd's stink on ice, data disappears in a year or so. If you have them, don't use them for any long term storage. They were good for machine to machine transfer before usb drives, thats it. A regular cd should just burn right off with no special prep. 3rd party burner is fine. Windows burner may play some games with asking you what you want to do. I forget exactly what it asks, I never use it. I think windows gives some provision to keep adding files to the disk. That can be less compatible across machines because the disk is not finalized. You wouldn't want to do that for a give away disk. Just burn a regular disk and don't look to add to it later and you will have a very compatible media for any machine with a drive. [/QUOTE]

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