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Thread ID: 88960	2008-04-16 01:26:00	Reading CD-R	rumpty (2863)	Press F1

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659322	2008-04-17 11:05:00	Changes in technology might contribute to reading issues. If a disk was written at a certain speed, then it's likely to more readable (i.e. optimized) on the Acer drive or similar drives around that time of 5 years ago. Particularly if auto write settings were applied, which might not strictly be suitable for proper readability on newer and generally faster drives, - which might have to employ a backwards compatibility mechanism to try, and hence struggle to read a older written disc. Also, cd-r disc thickness, dye composition, and manufacturing techniques are likely to have changed so that they are more optimized for the newer drives - and not for older discs -unless a propriety system is embedded with the drive (some might recall the Mt rainier system introduced for cd-rw's to aid formatting). Possibly the case of the old trying to adapt to the new... Yes, those factors could well be a good part of the problem. It certainly doesn't auger well for long term storage of files though.	rumpty (2863)
659323	2008-04-17 12:21:00	Cd/dvd rot is becoming a problem, they're not as indestructible as we were led to believe: www.google.co.nz :horrified	feersumendjinn (64)
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