Can DVD-RW drives burn CD-R drives?

I tried to burn a cd-r disk for music and it kept saying that there was an error and it couldnt burn it. I tried different softwares still the same results.
Answers

Harry

Yes it should be able to, just make sure that the CD-R hasn't already been written to, you can check this by looking at the back of the desk, it should be all the same color, if you see a secondary color (usually blue or purple) in some spots and not in others it means it's already been written to. What error are you getting specifically?

New World Man

Sure will - so can a BluRay burner. Just not backwards -

Gordon B

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