Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 2:26 pm
Here's attempt # 2.
Win98SE
Adaptec 4.71 ASPI
InCD 3.51.61
Fresh, never been used 24x Verbatim RW disc.
Formatted with CD-MRW. I then left the system alone for approx. 1 hour to allow the background formatting to finish. (OK, I HAD to clean all 3 bathrooms, I was getting the evil eye from The Wife).
File information:
4,377 files in 71 folders.
Total size: 400mb (420,154,022 bytes)
Same process as before: CTRL+ click until I had all 71 folders selected. Right click "Send to InCD Drive".
Start time: 1:10:30pm
Finish time:1:15:04pm
total time: 4:34
Slightly slower than before, but the drive stopped writing at one point and the read light came for about 5 seconds. Then it started writing again. It did not do that the first time around.
eject time: 4 seconds.
I waited long enough for it to finish. I tested it about 2 months ago. I'm not 100% sure, but if you start Nero BEFORE you format the disc, you can check as you described. Otherwise, Nero wants to shut InCD down to gain control of the disc. In my previous tests, I think I timed the background formatting around 8 minutes with 24x RW media.
Win98SE
Adaptec 4.71 ASPI
InCD 3.51.61
Fresh, never been used 24x Verbatim RW disc.
Formatted with CD-MRW. I then left the system alone for approx. 1 hour to allow the background formatting to finish. (OK, I HAD to clean all 3 bathrooms, I was getting the evil eye from The Wife).
File information:
4,377 files in 71 folders.
Total size: 400mb (420,154,022 bytes)
Same process as before: CTRL+ click until I had all 71 folders selected. Right click "Send to InCD Drive".
Start time: 1:10:30pm
Finish time:1:15:04pm
total time: 4:34
Slightly slower than before, but the drive stopped writing at one point and the read light came for about 5 seconds. Then it started writing again. It did not do that the first time around.
eject time: 4 seconds.
3. How did you discover that CD-MRW formatting was finished?
I waited long enough for it to finish. I tested it about 2 months ago. I'm not 100% sure, but if you start Nero BEFORE you format the disc, you can check as you described. Otherwise, Nero wants to shut InCD down to gain control of the disc. In my previous tests, I think I timed the background formatting around 8 minutes with 24x RW media.