700 MB CD
I have a file to put on a 700 MB CD.
Windows explorer says the file size is 717,112 KB.
So I expect it's not going to fit.
What's the probability that it WILL fit?
If so, why?
(Boy are things going downhill. I think everyone burned out their brains on the 720!)
Windows explorer says the file size is 717,112 KB.
So I expect it's not going to fit.
What's the probability that it WILL fit?
If so, why?
(Boy are things going downhill. I think everyone burned out their brains on the 720!)
Labels: Probability
posted by Ragknot at
10:34 PM
15 Comments:
zip it..
Probability =1
well, my theories:
1) yup compressing it is good. i prefer .7z as i think it compresses files more.
2) if it is a video, audio, picture, etc. you can easily compress it by different methds.
3) if it is a program, text, word, etc. u can compress, and if it is already compressed, you can compress it with anothe compressor, (i do tht a lot)
Well, tht is all i can thnk of, i cant think of any more types of files.
Btw, i found the 720! really easy. PS: i am putting a capital S in my anonymous from now now. so u can identify me. Call me S if u need to refer to me.
Probability =1
well, my theories:
1) yup compressing it is good. i prefer .7z as i think it compresses files more.
2) if it is a video, audio, picture, etc. you can easily compress it by different methds.
3) if it is a program, text, word, etc. u can compress, and if it is already compressed, you can compress it with anothe compressor, (i do tht a lot)
Well, tht is all i can thnk of, i cant think of any more types of files.
Btw, i found the 720! really easy. PS: i am putting a capital S in my anonymous from now now. so u can identify me. Call me S if u need to refer to me.
1024 kb = 1 mb
You're at 700.3 mb...close
On most 700mb cds there is a 1-10mb overburn area and windows explorer tends to give u the size based on the size of the clusters are when the drive was formatted and the clusters are larger on large drives so it might say 717112kb and might take up as much as 2mb less depending on the cluster size so more than likely it will fit
717,112/700/1024 = 1.004
So if the CD had 700 MB then it would almost fit.
Actually my diskwriter says that it has just over 702 MB so
717,112/702.1024 = 0.9976
So it will fit, after all.
(if there's no bad sectors on the CD)
717,112/702.1024 = 0.9976
should have been
717,112/702/1024 = 0.9976
ooook, i dont get it, first for anything to be put on a cd it needs to be formatted, formatting a disk normally takes up 1 or 2 mb (this is for data disk, and im assuming this for the moment).
So i ruled out that possibility, because normally a cd has ~699mb.
I dont know how u get 702.1024
Maybe cds are better in your conutry O.o
Formatting does take some space away from data storage. Just how much, I don't know. But there are lots of different types of formatting, some take a lot more space than other. But I know that if I use the windows system format, you are correct, I will have less than 700 mb left. I suspect that the windows default format is making the disk more compatible with older systems.
All the disk writing programs I have used, show more than 700 MB are available for storage, and the disk is formatted as it writes the data. And it will write just a little more than 702 mb of data.
And the format can be read by Windows XP, and even my TV's DVD player.
it will definitely fit on 700 mb CD...
the file is 697.57
+
formatting needs 2.0 mb (max)
-------
total comes to 699.5
A Mb is 1024Kb, which you can figure by going up from the smallest form of KB space, well not exactly the smallest but going smaller isn't needed. 126, 256, 512, 1024.
717,112/ 1024= 700.3Mb. just barely over.
Daniel,
you are right
I said "717,112/702/1024 = 0.9976"
as if to say it will take up a little more than 99% of the 702.
By the way, the 702MB does not include the format space.
overburn
1mb = 1024kb
therefore
717,112 = 700.31mb
if written in one file, will fit
if multiple files, will not fit.
this is due to the enteries in the FAT table.
one 10mb file is ~20kb in the fat table.
two 5mb files is ~40kb in the fat table.
by compressing
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