•CD-R
(CD-recordable)
§Enables “burning” your own CDs
§Cannot edit or overwrite
§Bottom of disk is tinted (eg, blue, black); CDs are
silver
§Inexpensive
§Can be read by all CD-ROM drives
•CD-RW
(CD-rewritable)
§Allows overwriting old data with new data
§Cannot always be read by older drives