CD-RW and CD-MRW (Mr Rainier)

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John Lee - 29 Mar 2005 18:25 GMT

I recently installed a new CD unit, which incorporates InCD software that
uses the so-called Mt Rainier technology. If you re-format a normal CD-RW
disk with this software it becomes a CD-MRW disk. This allows the disk to be
used in a more flexible manner (drag and drop, rapid formatting etc).
However, documentation suggests that it could be impossible to read a CD-MRW
on another PC if that PC did not have special software installed. I would
like to be able to use a CD-MRW for photo images to be taken to a local
photo dealer to process into prints. But I checked with two specialist photo
shops locally and neither had heard of CD-MRW nor could they tell me whether
their photo machines could handle them. Has anybody any observations on this
please? John

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Ken Weitzel - 29 Mar 2005 19:19 GMT

> I recently installed a new CD unit, which incorporates InCD software that
> uses the so-called Mt Rainier technology. If you re-format a normal CD-RW
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> their photo machines could handle them. Has anybody any observations on this
> please? John

Hi John...

Just my two cents worth...

Don't even think about it!

It is possible to create one that includes the necessary
udf bridge software on the same CD, and that may be acceptable
for your closest trusting friends and family, but of course
the print shops won't allow it to run.

I appreciate that you may like the drag and drop capability,
so let me propose an equally simpler and far safer way to
accomplish it if I may?

Create a directory on your drive; name it print for
simplicity and ease of remembering.

Now as you come across pics that you would like printed
drag them to the print directory.

Just before your ready to go off to the print store,
create a "regular" CD, or even a rewritable one and
copy the entire contents of "print" to that CD.

After you get back with your prints, delete the contents
of "print", and you're ready to start again.

Just as easy, just as fast, and far, far safer.

Ken

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John Lee - 30 Mar 2005 10:29 GMT

Thanks Ken and Spiderman for your very helpful advice - it has saved me a
lot of unwanted trouble I think.

I will stay well clear of Mt Rainier.

John

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SleeperMan - 29 Mar 2005 19:50 GMT

> I recently installed a new CD unit, which incorporates InCD software
> that uses the so-called Mt Rainier technology. If you re-format a
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> photo machines could handle them. Has anybody any observations on
> this please? John

First, DON'T mess with stuff...if you want to take pics to a local shop,
take them in normal format, i.e. make normal one session CDR or CDRW in mode
1 or mode 2. They probably won't read Mt Rainier anyway.
Second, forget CDMRW at all. It can forget all contents suddenly without
warning. It happened to many people many times. If some tell they had no
probelms, this means they were lucky...
Stick with normal ISO format, you can add sessions until CDRW is full, then
erase it and go on...
If you ask me, i'd forget CDRW at all. It's not a reliable media, and too
expensive. CDR is so cheap that it's not worthed to discuss...

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Matt Silberstein - 29 Mar 2005 23:13 GMT

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:25:32 GMT, in rec.photo.digital , "John Lee"
<jandj.lee@ntlworld.com> in <gcg2e.1943$wr4.1921@newsfe2-win.ntli.net>
wrote:

>I recently installed a new CD unit, which incorporates InCD software that
>uses the so-called Mt Rainier technology. If you re-format a normal CD-RW
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>their photo machines could handle them. Has anybody any observations on this
>please? John

Consider a USB drive. I got a 256MB key chain USB drive as one of the
bonuses when I bought my tax software this year. They are pretty cheap
and easy to use.

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Bubbabob - 31 Mar 2005 23:26 GMT

> Consider a USB drive. I got a 256MB key chain USB drive as one of the
> bonuses when I bought my tax software this year. They are pretty cheap
> and easy to use.

A lot of processors can take 4 kinds of cards plus CD's but have no
customer accesible USB port. I'd prefer to do it this way, too.

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Ed Ruf - 31 Mar 2005 23:55 GMT

>Consider a USB drive. I got a 256MB key chain USB drive as one of the
>bonuses when I bought my tax software this year. They are pretty cheap
>and easy to use.

I much prefer a medium that can not be written to by the kiosk myself. Call
me paranoid.
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