<s>
Disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
is	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
CD	B-Device
and	O
DVD	O
burning	O
software	O
that	O
automatically	O
spreads	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
across	O
many	O
data	O
discs	O
if	O
the	O
data	O
set	O
's	O
size	O
exceeds	O
the	O
storage	O
capacity	O
of	O
an	O
individual	O
blank	O
disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
works	O
well	O
on	O
CD	B-Device
media	O
in	O
many	O
applications	O
,	O
but	O
spanning	O
on	O
DVD	O
media	O
fails	O
often	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
lack	O
of	O
reliable	O
DVD	O
data	O
disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
is	O
odd	O
,	O
as	O
disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
was	O
used	O
extensively	O
on	O
older	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
and	O
5.25	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppy	B-Device
discs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
users	O
assume	O
every	O
operating	O
system	O
can	O
perform	O
disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
on	O
any	O
media	O
as	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
function	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
incorrect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
schemes	O
include	O
a	O
small	O
program	O
to	O
reassemble	O
the	O
data	O
set	O
into	O
the	O
same	O
structure	O
it	O
had	O
on	O
the	O
source	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
will	O
in	O
most	O
cases	O
make	O
your	O
files	O
unreadable	O
to	O
the	O
file-system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
users	O
do	O
n't	O
want	O
to	O
be	O
bound	O
to	O
such	O
solutions	O
and	O
use	O
"	O
Simple	O
disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
"	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simple	O
disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
is	O
a	O
solution	O
that	O
groups	O
the	O
files	O
into	O
any	O
media	O
grouped	O
based	O
on	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
simple	O
but	O
powerful	O
and	O
a	O
simple	O
calculation	O
would	O
be	O
"	O
How	O
many	O
CD/DVD/BD/HD	O
DVDs	O
does	O
this	O
bunch	O
of	O
files	O
need	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Simple	O
disc	B-Application
spanning	I-Application
software	O
Name	O
Description	O
Licence	O
Website	O
PrepareForBurning	O
Currently	O
in	O
beta	O
for	O
dividing	O
large	O
directories	O
into	O
multiple	O
smaller	O
directories	O
ready	O
for	O
burning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open-source	O
http://bttb.sourceforge.net/	O
CDBurnerXP	O
Free	O
https://cdburnerxp.se/fr/	O
DVDSpan	O
Tool	O
for	O
spanning	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
data	O
between	O
disks	O
Shareware	O
https://hcidesign.com/dvdspan/	O
Burnaware	O
Full-featured	O
burning	O
software	O
to	O
create	O
CD	B-Device
,	O
DVD	O
and	O
Blu-ray	O
of	O
all	O
types	O
,	O
including	O
M-Disc	O
.	O
</s>
