To finalize or not to finalize disk when burning CD/DVDs

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Published on 2009-08-03T18:51:10Z Indexed on 2010/05/31 5:34 UTC
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What is the point of finalizing CD/DVDs from user's point of view? First of all does it have any impact on reliability of media or it's just a way to ensure that the content of the disk cannot be changed?

I wonder because I use DVDs to store my system backups.

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