With a CD/DVD player: This is a more traditional method of 'mastering' discs.A drawback is discs created this way are typically not compatible with machines older than Windows XP. But if you use a rewritable disc, you can erase files as you go without having to wipe the entire disc at once.
If you're using a write-only CD-R or DVD-R disc and you erase a file, the file will no longer appear in Windows, but space will still be taken up on the disc. Like a USB flash drive: This allows you to write and erase files to the disc on-the-fly using a live file system without ever having to finalize or 'master' the disc.
