Why does my RWCD only have 570 MBs of Memory instead of 700?

c'mon I'm sure this is an easy question.

Is the type of formatting wrong??????

Possible reason:
This is the expected behavior when formatting CD-RW media for use with Roxio's DirectCD packet-writing software. CD-RW discs are formatted with fixed-size packets, which takes up more space but allows you to erase individual files. With variable-size packets, you get to use more of the space on the disc, but when you delete a file it is simply marked as gone. The space is still in use.

To use variable-size packets on a CD-RW with DirectCD, format a CD-R with DirectCD and then do an image copy from the CD-R to the CD-RW.

Packet writing programs from other companies may work differently.

Don't forget that it is only necessary to format a disc if you want drive-letter access. Conventional pre-mastering and creation of audio CDs should be done on unformatted discs.

thanks intrepid that worked!

however can you recomend another program other than ANYTHING made by roxio?

There is a free CD/DVD-burning program called CDBurner XP Pro 3 you could try. Just do a search on Google.

Glad that helped. I use Roxio myself and have not tried anything else at this point so I don't have a particular recommendation.

thanks for the advice Derevon, but I downloaded DeepBurner 1.5 at download.com, because I could read user reviews.

It's kind of funney, I needed the disk to put linux on and I seem to be clueless about Windows...

lol

Thanks all

-FanFan