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| Thread ID: 49809 | 2004-10-01 07:28:00 | CD re-writable not being read by drive | Scattershot06 (4844) | Press F1 |
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| 277313 | 2004-10-01 07:28:00 | An Imation CD-RW is not being read by neither my DVD nor my CD-RW drive anymore, and that's very strange. There's not a scratch on the surface of the CD and so far Iv'e written data to it and erased data from it without any trouble. I recently threw a CD-RW away after I tried it on a handful of different machines and it wasn't being read and the CD had been erased/written to countless of times, so I threw it away. But this one is virtually new, so I find it very strange why all of a sudden I can't use it anymore. Is there any software that can help perhaps? |
Scattershot06 (4844) | ||
| 277314 | 2004-10-01 07:52:00 | 1. How old is the computer and/or the drives? 2. What speed did you burn? 3. What OS are you using? Also what Burning software are you using? |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 277315 | 2004-10-01 07:53:00 | I bought a pack of 20 Imation CD-RW from Dick Smiths recently & only 3 / 20 would work with my Ricoh CDRW & my MSI DVD Writer Aback they are goin' Also bought a 50pk printable CDR's & only 20 of them worked, the last 50 I bought were great So it's back to the good old Transonic cheapies for me |
45South (4769) | ||
| 277316 | 2004-10-01 08:35:00 | Computer and drives are almost 2 years old. I run XP Pro and use one of the latest Nero versions. I always burn at 8x, though at school Iv'e sometimes burned at maximum speed when simply right-clicking and "Write the files to CD", I think you know what I'm talking about. For CD-R's I usually use Transonic, mainly coz they are the cheapest around I believe, but I haven't seen any CD-RWs. Do you any other brands apart from Imation that have CD-RWs?? I honestly thought Imation were the best around, so it really stinks that so many seem to screw up. |
Scattershot06 (4844) | ||
| 277317 | 2004-10-01 08:51:00 | CD-RW are more of an art than a science. I would never use them by choice, just too unreliable. Huge failure rate for data stored on them in my experience. Just not worth it with the price of CD-R now. I have seen them fail after one write. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 277318 | 2004-10-01 09:06:00 | Oh, I didn't know that, so it's not just the Imation series huh? I download a lot of stuff at school, and need to burn something to CD virtually every day. I thought with a CD-RW it would be a simple case of burning, erasing, burning etc. Guess not. Seems I'm gonna have to go through stacks of CD-Rs, with data on it I will probably never need again after copying it to my hard-drive at home. Wish I could afford a pen-drive with MUCH more storage capacity. |
Scattershot06 (4844) | ||
| 277319 | 2004-10-01 09:20:00 | ...just wondering , are DVD-RW [ or +RW] any more reliable in peoples experience than CD-RW ie have things improved , or is DVD-RAM the way to go for multiple re-writing , Mike | KatiMike (242) | ||
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