Kam Leo wrote:
--
Robin Laing
Use DVD-R or DVD+R media. I would not recommend using DVD+WR media.
You're supposed to be able to use DVD+WR as a DVD-ROM. Well, long
story short, a DVD-ROM disc created on DVD+RW media 6 months ago is
totally unreadable. I tried reading the data using 4 different drives.
None of the drives could detect that media was in the drive. There is
probably something wrong with the burner I'm using. It is also causing
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If so, nothing else is relevant.
4X CD-RW media to become coasters after an erasing operation.
Nothing here suggests to me you'd have done better with write-once media.
You should verify important backups immediately.
--
Cheers
John
-- spambait
1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Z1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-- Advice
http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
You cannot reply off-list:-)