At 12:42 PM 8/3/00 EDT, you wrote:
>If you use CDRWin as I suggested in an earlier post and you use the
evaluation >copy, you are limited to 1x speed, which is perfect because you
want a bit by >bit backup, which only 1x can truly get you.

I was always under the impression that 1x, 2x, 4x, were simply data
transfer rates.  Why would a higher tranfer rate not get a 'bit by bit' copy?

>Here are my settings for cdrwin, which has never made a coaster for me:
>First to make the image, you want to "Extract Disc/Tracks/Sectors"
>Always use your cd-rw drive to make the image, cause a bit by bit backup
>cannot be made using a regular cd drive.

This may be similar to my above question:  Why would a CD-ROM drive not
make a 'bit by bit' backup?  A bit is a bit is a bit.  I would also suppose
a CD-RW drive reads 1s and 0s just like a CD-ROM.

<snipped CD-R settings>

>Data Speed and Audio speed should be set to 1x as a rule. (With evaluation
>copy, you have no choice, which is good)

<more CD-R settings>

>I know this was long, but Cdrwin is the best for copying data discs in my
>opinion. It has not made me a coaster yet, which is more than I can say
for >other programs.


Since you haven't made a coaster yet, my next comment may be moot.  I had
read that some CD-R drives would not work reliably burning at 1x because
the burn time per bit was too long.  This may have been more due to
low-quality disks than the drive.


J. Paul Jones
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