What does a 52X24X52X CD Writer and 16×4x16x DVD Writer mean?

Posted August 13, 2004

These numbers mean three different speeds for any writer. The first is the write speed, the second is the rewrite speed, and the last number is the read speed. Now, you may say as I did, why are the DVD writers so much slower. Well, they aren’t

DVD writers can run up to 10,000 revolutions per second when writing. The speed is all in relation to the original speed that was released. So a 16X DVD writer is 16 times faster than the first one that was released, and so one for the other speeds for CD / DVD rom and writing drives.

How do I get to a file in Dos without typing the full path?

I have found out an extremely useful tip when using a Linux / Dos interface for file browsing. If you are looking for a directory with a name you aren’t sure of the spelling, but do know part of the word, don’t want to type the length of it, or are just looking to move quickly.

Type the part you know in this format

cd file/My Doc*

By adding the asterisk, this will retrieve the first result that has those first three characters, saving a ton of time when trying to change directory names to get to a file.