Burning CDs while surfing the web....

**Snake785** · February 23rd, 2002

Hey. Is it safe to Burn a CD while doing a bunch of stuff in the background (mainly just surfing the web and listening to live radio)? I want to be able to surf the web while I'm burning my CDs so I don't have to wait. I have a Matsu****a CW-7502 CD-R which writes at a max of 4x. I just don't want to have a bunch of coasters (cause CDs cost money!).

JAZ · February 23rd, 2002

Ive done that a few times with no problem.
If your cd writer doesnt have burn proof like mine then I wouldnt do it though.

**Snake785** · February 23rd, 2002

hmmm....I don't think mine has Burn-Proof. Well, Thanks for the reply. Since you have done it with no problems, then i'll give it a try. Thanks again!

Fou-lu · February 23rd, 2002

You can try, that's only a cd-r you may loose

But, if your computer is fast enough, both drives are using dma, and you does not do something that may get the hd busy for more time than the writter buffer can wait (about 4 secs if your drive has 8MB buffer and you are writting at 12x), then there should be no problem

**Snake785** · February 23rd, 2002

I just burned a CD and it worked. So, i guess it's safe as long as I just surf the web since it doesn't access the HD all the time. I was also listening to this radio station (using WMP) in the background.

**Betamax** · February 23rd, 2002

Nowadays you can do almost anything whilst recording... So long as you don't put too high a load on the device from which the data is being transferred from. Far cry from the good old day were if I even breathed on the desk that the pc was sitting on the disk failed.

**Demigod** · February 23rd, 2002

You can do almost anything, as long as it doesn't interfere with the source too much. I've played games and movies while burning CDs and they've turned out fine (those games and movies were loaded from a network source). My friend even claimed he was able to burn CDs while playing Starcraft.

Fou-lu · February 24th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Betamax
Nowadays you can do almost anything whilst recording... So long as you don't put too high a load on the device from which the data is being transferred from. Far cry from the good old day were if I even breathed on the desk that the pc was sitting on the disk failed.

And it took one hour or more to record a single cd with the 1x speed, huh Beta?

I've seen that time...

**Betamax** · February 24th, 2002

Don't remind me :eyes:. I remember the first disk I attempted. Took me a couple of hours to figure out how dao worked, (after spending 2 days trying to get that legacy SCSI card to be recognised) and then preceed to burn a disk... which didn't work. That was $20 wasted.

Auri87 · February 24th, 2002

i dont really care cuz i dont buy cds and they only cost my parents like 70 cents for each and i do a TON of stuff while burning and i would say from a 50 pack i get about 10 coasters

Fou-lu · February 25th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Betamax
Don't remind me :eyes:. I remember the first disk I attempted. Took me a couple of hours to figure out how dao worked, (after spending 2 days trying to get that legacy SCSI card to be recognised) and then preceed to burn a disk... which didn't work. That was $20 wasted.

And I'm sure you tried again, just to prove to yourself you did everything right, eh?

**Betamax** · February 25th, 2002

Actually yeah

. This time I left out one of the directories

.

But I got the third disk ok

**Snake785** · February 25th, 2002

Hey third time's a charm, right?

Ninjaa · March 3rd, 2002

Reminds me of my first burnt CDs. That was just horrible. I was also using Easy CD Creator, which I have since found out to be the worst burning program ever written.

**Kane** · March 3rd, 2002

I always used to love CeQuadrat, but it's **** now. I use Nero

**Snake785** · March 3rd, 2002

Ya, Nero is the best burning program, IMO.

Ninjaa · March 3rd, 2002

I still like CDRWin. It's simple and effective.

February 23rd, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Burning CDs while surfing the web.... Hey. Is it safe to Burn a CD while doing a bunch of stuff in the background (mainly just surfing the web and listening to live radio)? I want to be able to surf the web while I'm burning my CDs so I don't have to wait. I have a Matsu****a CW-7502 CD-R which writes at a max of 4x. I just don't want to have a bunch of coasters (cause CDs cost money!).

February 23rd, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Nowadays you can do almost anything whilst recording... So long as you don't put too high a load on the device from which the data is being transferred from. Far cry from the good old day were if I even breathed on the desk that the pc was sitting on the disk failed. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

February 23rd, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	You can do almost anything, as long as it doesn't interfere with the source too much. I've played games and movies while burning CDs and they've turned out fine (those games and movies were loaded from a network source). My friend even claimed he was able to burn CDs while playing Starcraft. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

February 24th, 2002	#9 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Don't remind me :eyes:. I remember the first disk I attempted. Took me a couple of hours to figure out how dao worked, (after spending 2 days trying to get that legacy SCSI card to be recognised) and then preceed to burn a disk... which didn't work. That was $20 wasted. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

February 24th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Auri87 aka. "Kr0nic_2000" Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: If i told you then i would have to kill you... Posts: 2,165	i dont really care cuz i dont buy cds and they only cost my parents like 70 cents for each and i do a TON of stuff while burning and i would say from a 50 pack i get about 10 coasters __________________ If you're lying to me, I'll kill ya. If I think you're lying to me, I'll kill ya. If you leave anything out, I'll kill ya. As a matter of fact you're gonna have to work very hard to stay alive. Do you understand? Good, cause if you don't, I'll kill ya. "trying is the first step towards failure" -Homer Simpson- check out my 3d marks http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4481587

February 23rd, 2002	#2 (permalink)
JAZ Nintendo Zealot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,424	Ive done that a few times with no problem. If your cd writer doesnt have burn proof like mine then I wouldnt do it though.

February 23rd, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	hmmm....I don't think mine has Burn-Proof. Well, Thanks for the reply. Since you have done it with no problems, then i'll give it a try. Thanks again!

February 23rd, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Fou-lu Junker daughter Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,289	You can try, that's only a cd-r you may loose But, if your computer is fast enough, both drives are using dma, and you does not do something that may get the hd busy for more time than the writter buffer can wait (about 4 secs if your drive has 8MB buffer and you are writting at 12x), then there should be no problem

February 23rd, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	I just burned a CD and it worked. So, i guess it's safe as long as I just surf the web since it doesn't access the HD all the time. I was also listening to this radio station (using WMP) in the background.

February 25th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Actually yeah . This time I left out one of the directories . But I got the third disk ok __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

February 25th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Hey third time's a charm, right?

March 3rd, 2002	#14 (permalink)
Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 0	Reminds me of my first burnt CDs. That was just horrible. I was also using Easy CD Creator, which I have since found out to be the worst burning program ever written.

March 3rd, 2002	#15 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	I always used to love CeQuadrat, but it's **** now. I use Nero __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 3rd, 2002	#16 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Ya, Nero is the best burning program, IMO.

March 3rd, 2002	#17 (permalink)
Ninjaa Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 0	I still like CDRWin. It's simple and effective.

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