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Approximately how many times can a DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc be rewritten?


Approximately how many times can a DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc be rewritten?
  • 1000 times
  • 10 times
  • 100 times
  • 1 time

Approximately how many times can a DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc be rewritten?


EXPLANATION

As is the case with other optical storage media using phase-change technology there is a limit to the number of times the recording layer in a DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM disc can be reliably switched between its crystalline and amorphous states. It is estimated that a DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc can be rewritten approximately 1000 times and a DVD-RAM 100,000 times. In addition, these formats (under certain circumstances) employ defect management schemes to actively verify data and skip over or relocate problems to a spare area of the disc.

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