Maximum capacity of Cds

[saROMan]

well the image file is in ISo form try to load it in Nero , or Alcohol .....
resently i burnt a VCD with files of 854 MB...nero can remove the grabage contents in these files........

 

[sujithtom]

U ALL HAVE GOT IT WRONG A cd can hold more than 700 mb bcoz.....(I am not speaking of the 800MB cd) Actually
1KB=1024bytes
1MB=1024KB
1GB=1024 MB and so on.........

For simplicity they take::
1KB=1000bytes
1MB=1000KB and so on
The 24 bytes or KB is skipped alway
Calculate how much MB they have ignored.....

Disclaimer:::
Well I am Note sure of this answer. I AM NOT ALWAYS RIGHT!!!

 

[Ankur]

hi all,

cds generally i hav seen of 700MB only of most brands. i've downloaded isos nearly 800MB from the net, so was wondering if it was meant for cd or dvd. now i know the concept of overburning, so i understood hw to burn it on cd.

 

[Third Eye]

702 MB.

 

[sujithtom]

I have seen a 800 MB dat (movie) file in a cd

 

[QwertyManiac]

use the overburn feature or get an 800 MB cd

 

[nishant_nms]

DONT OVERBURN CD'S
they spoil the lens of ur writer
even thos 800 mb 90 min cds are so because they need overburning
once maybe 2ce ... dont make it a habit

I can't understand how it will spoil my drives lens

 

[kalpik]

use the overburn feature or get an 800 MB cd

Nah.. DAT files dont need to be overburned.. VCD'd and Audio CD's are taken by time.. (A 700 MB cd is 80 minutes..) So it doesnt matter how big the file is, as long as you are making a VCD (and the file is in VCD format).. Generally DAT file wont exceed 760 mb for 80 mins..

 

[QwertyManiac]

Umm.. I didnt refer to DAT files, I was reffering to ISOs the person above sujith

Thnx for the info tho.. didnt know that

 

[Ankur Gupta]

oh well can sumone xplain to me how my 700mb moser baer cd which has office 2003 in it has 1GB of data in it??
it is compressed or wat???

 

[Kniwor]

Well.....
i think CD's can be any capacity(well be logical here....it cant obviously be a TB ) ..... when CD's are procuced in large scale... cant remember the exact term... these are called pressed CD's or something...

now if they fit in too much of DATA...say 1000Mb.... well many CD roms might not be able to read them... it depends on a particular CDrom also...

but 800-850 Mb cd's are easily available.... if anyone purchased the CD of Hazaar Khwahishen Aisi....
it was 820Mb.... i got it... so no big deal...

but this is what is my personal thoughts.... might very well be wrong....
so dont quote

 

[kalpik]

Umm.. I didnt refer to DAT files, I was reffering to ISOs the person above sujith

Thnx for the info tho.. didnt know that

Oops.. quoted the wrong person.. My bad!

 

[vutonium]

DONT OVERBURN CD'S
they spoil the lens of ur writer
even thos 800 mb 90 min cds are so because they need overburning
once maybe 2ce ... dont make it a habit

How does overburning spoin the lens of a CD RW drive? Could you please elaborate?

 

[Kniwor]

How does overburning spoin the lens of a CD RW drive? Could you please elaborate?

have u not read the message that nero gives when u try to alter the overburn settings...

that is not an elaboration though.... just a proof that he's right