This is a tough one. I don't use CD-RWs that much (why in the f* I own the domain then? and all that I have tried so far worked ok. A while ago I bought these: TDK CD-RW700 4-10x Manufacturer : unknown Code : 97m10s00f Disc Type : CD-RW Usage : General Recording Layer : Phase Change Recording Speed : 4 X - 10 X Capacity : 79:59.74 703 MB Additional Capacity : n/a Overburn Capacity : not tested At least in PC use these are ok.
I have no personal experience in those but I trust Mitsubishi as the manufacturer. You could grap the disc ATIP with Nero CD Speed, perhaps run the overburn-test and open a new thread for that disc.
I just bought an iomega Predator CD-RW drive and purchased some Memorex 4x CD-RWs to use in it. I tried "formatting" my first CD-RW today and it failed. It seems no matter what I try to do with this disk it fails. I'm using iomega's HotBurn software which shipped with the drive. I've already copied a few (read as made a few backups of owned cdroms) CDroms over to CD-R and they worked fine. They were Fuji branded. Anybody else have problems with Memorex CD-RWs?
This is the information CDSpeed gave me on this disc. Manufacturer : Infodisc Code : 97m25s30f Disc Type : CD-RW Usage : General Recording Layer : Phase Change Recording Speed : 1 X - 4 X Capacity : 79:59.74 703 MB Additional Capacity : n/a Overburn Capacity : not tested
NisMax - saw your question about Memorex CD-RWs - I've been trying to write some; shoot, to do ANYTHING with some of the 4x CD-RWs, but they just aren't recognized in my drive. It finds CD-Rs fine, writes great otherwise. Is there some sort of speed compatibility issue with CD-RWs not being downwardly compatible? Think my CD-RW is a 40/10/40. Any info would be great, otherwise, they're going back to best buy tomorrow ...
@Nismax, Jacobwall: If your CDRWs are Memorex, try another brand, those are notoriously bad and a LOT of drives don't recognize them. Even those that do burn them very badly...
fallen_br, Thanks for the info. Wish I had known this before I bought these blasted things. At least I didn't get alot of them. Came in a 5 pack. So I guess I'll end up with 5 CDRW coasters. Woohoo! Any recommendations on GOOD CD-RWs??
Coz I don't care much about cd-rw's quality I use them more or less as temporary storage. So I bought a disc form Imation just for fun. CMC yes I know, but this cd-rw has behaved nicely to me. They'll even manage 12X speed Manufacturer : CMC Magnetics Code : 97m26s65f Disc Type : CD-RW Usage : General Recording Layer : Phase Change Recording Speed : 4 X - 10 X Capacity : 75:00.00 659 MB Additional Capacity : n/a Overburn Capacity : not tested Brand Memorex and I was experiencing some weird behaviour. The data vanished for couple of days. I tried to retrieve my lost data with Liteon , HP and Plextor writers could't find any trace it. After couple of days and they was find again. I bought 4 of them and two discs did have this behaviour, still using them thou... Manufacturer : Infodisc Code : 97m25s30f Disc Type : CD-RW Usage : General Recording Layer : Phase Change Recording Speed : 4 X - 10 X Capacity : 79:59.74 703 MB Additional Capacity : n/a Overburn Capacity : not tested Maybe my best cd-rw will be this one, ATIP: 97m 32s 11f Disc Manufacturer: Prodisc Technology Inc. Reflective layer: Phase change Media type: CD-ReWritable Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. 4X nominal Capacity: 702.83MB (79m 59s 74f / LBA: 359849) , well over 1000 burns for sure. Brand Traxdata. ps . Nero couldn't identify the manufacturer so I used cdrinfo.
-->>> I don't use cd-rws that much... (why in the f* I own the domain then?) .. <<<-- You could always change it to 'cd-lasse.org' couldn't you? -- mgb --
