On the plus side, discs created this way are more compatible with older versions of Windows. When you copy files to the drive, they are temporarily copied to a staging area on your hard disk first, then they are written to the disc all at once when you select “Burn” in File Explorer.

With a CD/DVD player: This is a more traditional method of “mastering” discs.

A drawback is discs created this way are typically not compatible with machines older than Windows XP. But if you use a rewritable disc, you can erase files as you go without having to wipe the entire disc at once.

If you’re using a write-only CD-R or DVD-R disc and you erase a file, the file will no longer appear in Windows, but space will still be taken up on the disc. Like a USB flash drive: This allows you to write and erase files to the disc on-the-fly using a live file system without ever having to finalize or “master” the disc.This dialog asks you how you want Windows to handle writing the disc. As soon as you insert it, a window titled “Burn a Disc” will appear. Log into your Windows machine and insert a blank recordable CD or DVD into your optical drive. We could never rely on Time Machine and Migration to copy all the details (especially related to our applications) but with Carbon Copy Cloner, what you see is what you get. Your online support is, by far, the best we’ve ever encountered - as good as having our own tech support advisor available whenever we need him/her! Amazing! And we rest assured, knowing that if we were to encounter a virus or an internet pirate, we have all the backups we need at our fingertips! Backups we can count on - identical to the original in every way - down to the programs and systems and preferences - perfect copies of the original like no other application has ever been able to provide. We cannot thank you enough for the best application we have ever discovered, the clearest, most up-to-date and detailed FAQ and guides, and the most responsive, knowledgeable, and concerned Technical Support Team.

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