XP Don't Count No Good On CDs

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I am running Windows XP Home SP2 on two computers.

I copy 10 Mb of files to a blank CD. Under Properties I see that the CD
contains 10 Mb of files. I also see that the capacity of the disk is 10
Mb. I copy five Mb of files to the CD. Under Properties I see that the CD
contains 15 Mb of files. I also see that the capacity of the disk is 15
Mb. I copy hundreds of Mb of files to the Cd, say 386 Mb. Under
Properties I see that the Cd contains 386 Mb of files. I also see that the
capacity of the disk is 386 MB.

This is true on both computers with drives from different manufacturers. I
have run a Nero utility which indicates the proper numbers.

Why XP don't count no good on Cds?
 
I am running Windows XP Home SP2 on two computers.

I copy 10 Mb of files to a blank CD. Under Properties I see that the CD
contains 10 Mb of files. I also see that the capacity of the disk is 10
Mb. I copy five Mb of files to the CD. Under Properties I see that the CD
contains 15 Mb of files. I also see that the capacity of the disk is 15
Mb. I copy hundreds of Mb of files to the Cd, say 386 Mb. Under
Properties I see that the Cd contains 386 Mb of files. I also see that the
capacity of the disk is 386 MB.

This is true on both computers with drives from different manufacturers. I
have run a Nero utility which indicates the proper numbers.

Why XP don't count no good on Cds?
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Windows XP is counting properly, if these are CD-R discs.
To have a workable CD-R disc, the disc has been closed.
Thus, the copied volume size is the burned disc size. But
a blank, unburned CD-R disc may be listed as 700 MB.

OTOH, a CD-RW disc will show unused disk space and its
formatted size under properties. Don't confuse the 2 types
of burnable CD discs.
 
Windows XP is counting properly, if these are CD-R discs.
To have a workable CD-R disc, the disc has been closed.
Thus, the copied volume size is the burned disc size. But
a blank, unburned CD-R disc may be listed as 700 MB.

OTOH, a CD-RW disc will show unused disk space and its
formatted size under properties. Don't confuse the 2 types
of burnable CD discs.
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Not true. On my wife's computer running XP only, these CDs do show the
correct amount of unused space of all CD-Rs I have burned under SP2. It
must have something to do with SP2.
 
Not true. On my wife's computer running XP only, these CDs do show the
correct amount of unused space of all CD-Rs I have burned under SP2. It
must have something to do with SP2.
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The operant word is "closed". If the CD-R is closed after
burning, then no more files can be burned to it. The total
size and capacity of the CD-R should match.

OTOH, for multi-session utilization of the CD-R with it still
remaining open (i.e., not closed), then the size count will be
incremental.
 
I am running Windows XP Home SP2 on two computers.

I copy 10 Mb of files to a blank CD. Under Properties I see
that the CD
contains 10 Mb of files. I also see that the capacity of the
disk is 10
Mb. I copy five Mb of files to the CD. Under Properties I
see that the CD
contains 15 Mb of files. I also see that the capacity of the
disk is 15
Mb. I copy hundreds of Mb of files to the Cd, say 386 Mb.
Under
Properties I see that the Cd contains 386 Mb of files. I also
see that the
capacity of the disk is 386 MB.

This is true on both computers with drives from different
manufacturers. I
have run a Nero utility which indicates the proper numbers.

Why XP don't count no good on Cds?
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"Why XP don’t count no good on Cds?"
You just explained that it dosnt add up the bytes correctly, so why
did you ask "Why XP dose XP count good on CDs?". If by "Why XP don’t
count no good on Cds?" you actualy ment "Why XP don’t count good on
Cds?" then the answer is probably due to the multi-sessioning. The
Lead-in and lead-out on each session will take up space, even thought
it’s not acounted for in the disk space used count.

BTW, to ask that question grammaticly correct you would say "Why
dosn’t Windows XP count the size of CDs correctly?".
 
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