cd's

adonis · 16-09-2005 4:59pm #1

so, i bought a thing of blank cd's and it says 700MB capacity.
now, when i put in the cd and try to burn sometihng on it that is over 700mb, it wont allow it!
i check with get info, and the capactiy on all of them is 670mb or something..whats the shhhhhtory with dat?
thks

babypink · 16-09-2005 9:59pm

adonis wrote:

so, i bought a thing of blank cd's and it says 700MB capacity.
now, when i put in the cd and try to burn sometihng on it that is over 700mb, it wont allow it!

hmmmm thats like trying to put a litre into half litre bottle...it dont work

more to the point...dont mind the finder get info with blank disks use toast - far more accurate. You're never gonna get a full 700Mb.

Ham'nd'egger · 17-09-2005 10:07am

adonis wrote:

so, i bought a thing of blank cd's and it says 700MB capacity.
now, when i put in the cd and try to burn sometihng on it that is over 700mb, it wont allow it!
i check with get info, and the capactiy on all of them is 670mb or something..whats the shhhhhtory with dat?
thks

Cd's have a small amount of space made available for "leader" information, such as CD text tracks names,amount of tracks, track times, etc. That's what the 30Mb is doing on the disc.