CD vs. DVD (OT?)

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I'm trying to burn recovery disks for my computer.
At the beginning it told me that I would need 10 CD's or 2 DVD's.

Do I understand correctly that data can be stored on DVD's as well as
on CD's, but that DVD's have a considerably larger capacity?

Thanks!
 
johnn said:
I'm trying to burn recovery disks for my computer.
At the beginning it told me that I would need 10 CD's or 2 DVD's.

Do I understand correctly that data can be stored on DVD's as well as
on CD's, but that DVD's have a considerably larger capacity?

Thanks!
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Yes, DVDs have many times the storage capacity of CDs. Standard DVDs
hold up to 4.7GB of data and double density DVDs hold roughly 8Gb, while
a CD can hold no more than 700MB.


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"...data can be stored on DVD's as well as on CD's, but that DVD's have
a considerably larger capacity?"

Correct on both points.
 
Yes, DVDs have many times the storage capacity of CDs. Standard DVDs
hold up to 4.7GB of data and double density DVDs hold roughly 8Gb, while
a CD can hold no more than 700MB.



"...data can be stored on DVD's as well as on CD's, but that DVD's have
a considerably larger capacity?"

Correct on both points.
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John
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