Mt. Rainier?

**H@rdw@reXpert** · 06-26-2002, 12:07 PM

I was looking at some new CD Writer drives and in the spec's it says Mt. Rainier supported...can someone explain what this mean.

Thanks

**gotmonopoly?** · 06-26-2002, 12:37 PM

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Originally posted by H@rdw@reXpert
I was looking at some new CD Writer drives and in the spec's it says Mt. Rainier supported...can someone explain what this mean.

Thanks

Yeah it's the ability to write CDRW disks one block at a time. This way people don't have to wait for a CDRW disk to format, they can just use a CDRW like a floppy disk. Put the CDRW in, drag the files over to it like you would with a A: floppy drive and delete or move them as you please.

**H@rdw@reXpert** · 06-26-2002, 01:31 PM

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Originally posted by gotmonopoly?

Yeah it's the ability to write CDRW disks one block at a time. This way people don't have to wait for a CDRW disk to format, they can just use a CDRW like a floppy disk. Put the CDRW in, drag the files over to it like you would with a A: floppy drive and delete or move them as you please.

Does it require software to do the writing or is it all hardware?

**Insey** · 06-26-2002, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by H@rdw@reXpert

Does it require software to do the writing or is it all hardware?

I believe it is a software-side feature built into XP.

**gotmonopoly?** · 06-26-2002, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by H@rdw@reXpert

Does it require software to do the writing or is it all hardware?

Yeah the idea is that it's built into future operating systems. Win XP has it, and future Linux, BSD builds are supposed to support it. It is used in conjunction with a Mt. Rainier supporting drive.

**Rich1988** · 06-26-2002, 05:34 PM

Does the media have to support it too?

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