Does burning an ISO file on a non-rewritable DVD make the DVD read-only?

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If I burn an ISO file on a non-rewritable DVD, does the DVD become read-only?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '11 at 13:52

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That depends what kind of DVD you are using, if its a rewritable you can always write something else on it, otherwise it is read-only.

answered Jun 06 '11 at 13:52

Greg

But I think that non-rewritable DVDs can be written several times until it is full. – Second Person Shooter Jun 06 '11 at 13:57
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That depends if you finalize or not the DVD when you write on it. When burning an ISO the settings are usually set to finalize the DVD (not allowing anything else to be added to it). Some burning programs might allow you to change that. – Greg Jun 06 '11 at 14:00

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '11 at 14:01

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Yes. However, you can leave a DVD open for data to be added. I believe it's called a multi-session DVD.

answered Jun 06 '11 at 14:01

RobinJ

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