Blank CD advice

[perplexed]

I inherited a laptop and I need to download a version of compuserve for windows xp, what kind of blank cd's do I buy?? I read where they have have ones for music and one for data is that correct? Will it say that on CD?????

I need the ones for data???? Will one CD hold the download , will I need more and how would I go about doing that with a download????? I mean will the download stop when the cd is full?? and alow me to put in another one.???

Thanks

[Jim Smith]

AOL 9.0 is 428 MB. A CD will hold 650 to 700 MB. When you download you will download to your hard drive and you will know for sure how big it is. It will not be 650 MB. I've never done it but I supposed you can install Compuserve from the hard drive by executing Setup.exe in the downloaded file.

All I've ever bought are CD-R and CD-RW CDs for data storage.

[Roadrunner777]

Blank music and data CDs are interchangable. The music CD's are slightly more expensive with part of the cost supposedly going to the music industry. There is no difference technically. I prefer name-brand CD's (Memorex, Sony, TDK, Verbatim) over bulk/generic, but it's a matter of personal preference.

[perplexed]

thanks so much is this any help????

CompuServe 2000 version 6.0 for Windows 2000/XP


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Windows 2000/XP System Requirements:

Remote Access Services (RAS) Installed
32 MB RAM
166 Mhz Pentium-class processor
Hard drive free space required for install: 145 MB**
VGA, SVGA or better display
640x480, 256 colors or better screen (optimized for 800x600)
28.8 Kbps or faster modem or other means of an Internet

** Requires up to 210 MB of free hard disk space if IE 5.5 needs to be installed.

[Rainbow32]

The version your referring to is only a 17.5 Mb download.

[perplexed]

o.k. what does that mean??? sorry it says ** Requires up to 210 MB of free hard disk space if IE 5.5 needs to be installed.

[Miz]

Windows XP comes with with IE 6 so if you're running XP, you won't need to install IE 5.5. Windows probably won't let you install an older version than what you already have anyway.

[perplexed]

So one disk will hold the download, Thanks so much all of you are so helpful!

[rlprlp]

A good friend once told me (and when I thought about it, I realized that it was true): When music is on a CD, it IS data! Makes sense, don't you think? I read a really interesting article by a major PC magazine once that said that in tests, brand name CDs last longer than generic ones. I wish that I could link you to that article, but it was a long time ago...

[oracle128]

Burnt audio CDs are just data CDs, where the data (the music) is merely in the correct format to be able to be read by a CD player. Many CD players these days will read MP3 CDs anyway (burnt CDs with MP3 files on them), the advantage being you can fit more MP3 songs on a CD than you can CD-Audio.

[perplexed]

Walgreens has them on sale but it says for music and it says CD R they told me it had to say W on it for data and it is a maxell brand is that good? 5 pack for 2.00 is that a good deal?

I just don't want to do this slow download with dialup and get a message afterwards that says "Cd not working for Data lol lol

Thanks!

[zipulrich]

The W you're referring to means it's a RE-writable disk. Erase & re-write over it like an old floppy. CD-R will do what you want just fine.
As for price, depends where you're located. 5 for 2 bucks is a little steep, but it's only 2 bucks. Big deal :)

[perplexed]

How much will 1 CD hold in information?

[oracle128]

How much will 1 CD hold in information?
Jim answered that in post #2.