On 19 May 99, at 14:11, Doug Simmons wrote:

> Related back to the differences between CD-R and CD-RW disks, I have a
> situation and a question.
>
> My secretary ordered and received a large number of CD-RW disks instead of
> the CD-R's that I needed.  It is not cost effective for our company to
> return these disks so I was wondering if I could use these CD-RW's in my
> CD-R burner?  Of course I can't do the rewrite thing, but can I just
> write?
>  TIA
>
> Doug Simmons
>
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Is your machine a CD-RW or just CD-R? If it is only a CD-R it is unlikely
you can use the CD-RW Cds.
Regards,





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