Which blank CD's do I oder??

Lifeisbutadream

I know I sound thick and for that I sincerely apologise..:o

I have not ordered CD's before, I have always just used the same ones and overwritten them. However, they are now all full and I need to buy some more, I have no idea what to buy - I am just not technically minded!

The ones I have say CD-RW 32x 700MB but they seem to cost quite a lot and all have seperate cases - I would prefer to buy in bulk without cases (I dont need them) - what is a CR-R - they seem cheaper?

Any help will be very much appreciated..

Lokolo

CD-RW's = re-wrtitables. Means you can delete stuff off the CD and put new stuff on.

CD-R you can only write stuff on once, so if you use up the whole CD you cannot delete the stuff and write new stuff on.

Now can you see why the CD-RW's are more expensive?

However, I have found Verbatim to be extremely reliable.

liitleblackcat

CD-R is a one-use CD. You can't overwrite the data and once you have put something on the CD it can't be added to. CD-RW is rewriteable and can be used again and again (within limits). Depends on what you are using the CDs for. CD-RWs are more fragile than CD-Rs so if you want to make sure the data is safe for a long time, use a CD-R.

I buy CDs for work (by the 1000s) and have started getting only Imation ones in cakeboxes of 50 as they seem to have a nil failure rate. The cost of postage can be quite high for small quantities, though. The last lot I got was from here http://svp.co.uk/ but I do check prices by doing a google search once in a while.

Donnie

An option... another option

iviv

A CD-RW allows you to delete the stuff thats on it and start again. A CD-R only lets you write files to it. When the CD is full, thats it. However, CD-Rs are cheaper.

You can easily get 50 packs of CDRs and CDRWs on a spindle. Lots of different companies sell the CDs, Donnie's link has CDs from Datasafe, Sky, Dyson and Verbaitem to name a few. In reality, the differences between the brands is minimal at best. You can also get unbranded CDs which will be cheaper, and 99% of the time will be fine. But they aren't quite the same quality, so the choice of which is up to you.

BritBrat

CD-RW will not normally work in a CD/DVD player.

CD-R will.

So it depends on what you are going to use them for.

I buy a lot of mine from here: http://svp.co.uk

And tend to go by the users comments.

EXAMPLE:
Avg Rating: 9.5/10

But some discs change over time and may not be as good as when the report was first made.

Lifeisbutadream

Thank you for all your replies - I will be using them to save PC files - I will have a look through all your suggestions..

Thanks again.:)

BillScarab

Perosnally I just go to Tesco and buy which ever branded ones are on offer. The only failures I've ever had have been due to me cocking up when burning the discs.

If you're planning to keep the backups for a long time and they contain critical data it may be worth spending a bit more on a well known brand. Alternatively make more than one copy of your backups.

penrhyn

You could get a lot more data on a DVD assuming you have a DVD writer on your PC. 4.7Gb(Single layer) as opposed to 0.7Gb with a CD.