Q I am considering the purchase of a CD-RW drive but I need some clarification. I can't seem to get any straight answers regarding what is needed to record audio CDs that will play on any CD player.

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I have just been re-reading your article on Backing up digital photos, and would like your opinion of using DVD-RAM discs for this purpose. I have used these for DVD recording and they seem to work ...

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