Why do magic markers make unreadable CD-R's readable?

hi folks had no idea where to post this , and not wanting to post such trivia elswhere here goes:

whenever i get a blank cd-r that my burner refuses to recognize, i run a black sharpie all the way around the edge of the disk and viola it burns reads etc.
WHY???
i read this somewhere thought it was a joke to make me feel foolish but tried it works everytime

trivial i know but the why is driving me nuts

thx folks

 

Its in the name - thats why they are called [bold]Magic[/bold] markers :-D

 

ROTFLMFAO

okay then, mystery solved
but seriously anybody know why besides "magic"?
lol

 

I have only heard about one thing that might be related to that. Hackers would mark on certain parts of a copy protected cd that would cover up certain copy protection data. I doubt that has anything to do with your situation though.

 

Hi Hanedrick
yes I had heard that as well
very interesting i wish i understood why both cases worked . one of lifes ponderables i guess lol