CD-R drive LastModified: Friday, February 08, 2002
Short for Compact Disk-Recordable drive, a type of disk drive that can create CD-ROMs and audio CDs. This allows users to "master" a CD-ROM or audio CD for publishing. Until recently, CD-R drives were quite expensive, but prices have dropped dramatically. A feature of many CD-R drives, called multisession recording, enables you to keep adding data to a CD-ROM over time. This is extremely important if you want to use the CD-R drive to create backup CD-ROMs. To create CD-ROMs and audio CDs, you'll need not only a CD-R drive, but also a CD-R software package. Often, it is the software package, not the drive itself, that determines how easy or difficult it is to create CD-ROMs. CD-R drives can also read CD-ROMs and play audio CDs.
Article on removable storage options This PC Magazine article, from September 1996, describes the available storage options available to the consumer today. The author makes his own personal recommendations for hard disks and CD-R drives. CD-ROM information page Offers items to consider before purchasing a CD-ROM drive. Lynn Phillips CD-R home page CD-R home page of the Lynn Phillips CD-ROM publishing company. They offer CD recording services, CD-R systems, system rentals, and consulting. PC Guide's CD-ROM reference Extensive coverage of CD-ROM drives and technology. Describes how the CD-ROM drive works. Covers CD media and the different formats, CD-recordable and CD-rewriteable technology, performance and reliability, and interface and configuration issues. PC Magazine's CD-R review April 1996 PC Magazine review of CD-R drives. Recordable CD Format Overview Outlines the technology behind the recordable and rewritable CD formats and the associated standards which ensure compatibility with other formats. Includes graphics, diagrams and an integrated glossary. This page is from "The PC Technology Guide." Yahoo!'s CD-R page Yahoo!'s directory of CD-R buyer's guides. CD-Recordable FAQ Contains a CD-Recordable FAQ from the comp.publish.cdrom newsgroup.	related categories: CD-ROMs Lasers Peripheral Devices related terms: burn CD-ROM CD-ROM player CD-RW disk Orange Book UDF CD and DVD Burners CD R drive Products Shop by Top Models: JVC CU-VD3US DVD-RW Burner 18 store offers from $141 - $273 Velocity Micro VMDRIVE DVD±RW Burner 12 store offers from $54 - $89 Memorex 32023223 DVD±RW Burner 11 store offers from $59 - $125 Kanguru (U2-DVDRW-20LS) DVD±RW Dual Layer Burner 15 store offers from $46 - $75 Hewlett Packard Compaq (383975B21) DVD+R Burner 18 store offers from $130 - $240