> Forgive me for asking, but if you have a CD-RW drive, do you *need* a ZIP drive?

Probably not. The original ZIP disks only held 100 MB, and the newer ones hold 250. I just saw a new product on the shelves the other day, a ZIP 650 drive, which I would assume writes to zip disks that can hold 650 MB.

In my field, it's usually customary to send your files to the printer on ZIP disks, but CDs would work too. That's why I wasn't incredibly concerned that I couldn't get my ZIP drive right away. I may eventually decide that I don't even need one after all.

This brings me to a question that's been bugging me. When CD burners first became available to the public, there was only CD-R. You could write to the disk once and *only* once, and then it was permanent. I think CD-Rs hold about 650 MB, but if you don't fill it up when you burn your disk, then any unused space is wasted.

I have been under the impression, perhaps mistaken, that the difference between CD-Rs and CD-RWs is that you can make multiple burns to the same disk, eventually filling it up. But what you've said makes it sound like you can actually erase information you've saved onto a CD-RW and/or overwrite it.

Which is the case? I'm sure that someone can answer my question in no time flat.

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