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merlin_the_magician
Jan 22, 2003, 07:29 AM
I purchuased a Nashua CDRW that (according to the text on the disk) is supposed to hold 700MB/80minutes.

After i formatted it using InCD, it shows only 600MB. What the ....? :confused:

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psibob84
Jan 22, 2003, 10:17 AM
you probably formatted it for packet writing which does take up some space on the disk

merlin_the_magician
Jan 23, 2003, 02:18 AM
Yes i did... but i can harly imagine it takes up that much space... when i format a 640MB disk i also get 600... so 100MB vanished somewhere?

psibob84
Jan 23, 2003, 11:00 AM
well depeding on what software you use you can end up with as little as 530 mb to work with