How to Burn More Than Once to DVD R

Last Updated: June 20, 2017

With a simple trick, it's possible to burn files to CD/DVD R's multiple times. This process is called "burning with multi session" and it's easy even for inexperienced computer users to understand and perform.

Steps

1
Insert a blank DVD-R, DVD+R or CD-R into your CD-Drive.
2
Install Nero on your computer or any other CD/DVD burning software.
3
Select the files to be written on the DVD and then click next, after you will be asked if you want to burn the DVD in multi session or not.
4
Select "burn with multi session".
5
Once the burning process is complete, insert the DVD again into your driver and this time you can write it in usual manner.
6
Finished.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I convert a DVD-R to DVD-RW?

Community Answer

You can't convert a DVD-R; they're manufactured to only be written to, not erased. You'll have to buy some DVD-RW discs.
Question

How can I format a DVD-R?

Rudy Toth

Community Answer

You don't need to format a DVD-R, for that is automatically done for you every time you record a non-copyright film (home movies/privately filmed footage).
Question

I copied a VHS tape to a DVD-R. How can I add another VHS tape to same DVD?

Rudy Toth

Community Answer

You probably need a compressor unit device to compress two films on one disc. Once a DVD R is finalized, there is no way to add another film to the open unrecorded space.
Question

I accidentally burned a DVD-R and now it became a 2 KB DVD-ROM. How do I reverse this?

Rudy Toth

Community Answer

You can't reverse what is already charged to the disc. If you burned a DVD RW, then you can rewrite over the mistake and later erase it, then record over that again. But since you say it is a DVD R, then you will have to use a brand new one.
Question

Once I have burned onto a DVD+R once, can I burn more videos onto the disc later?

Rudy Toth

Community Answer

No. You would need a DVD RW to continue where you have left off, due to the space left on the disc.
Question

Is this process - installing a burner software - for DVD+R too? Is there a another simple way to do it by the computer itself?

Rudy Toth

Community Answer

A lot of burner drives comes with software to install into your computer and re-route the recording process to the external device. A DVD+R is another format option.

Warnings

Do not use up the whole disk when you first burn the disk (read the next warning for an explanation).

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Once you burn a file onto a DVD-R or CD-R, that portion of the disk cannot be changed, and is "read-only". Therefore, you will gradually lose disk space, if you are to keep adding files.

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