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Eeyore wrote:
Are you talking home recorded ones or 'factory'? Can't say I've had
problems with mass produced ones - but home recorded seem to have a
limited life. Although it seems to depend on make of blank.

CDRs really. And I don't know if it's the make of the blank alone ( I
usually use 'name' ones of some reasonably quality reputation ) or the
drives pack up early. I've thrown out more CD drives than any other
piece of PC kit.

Is that on the burning side or reading them afterwards? Finding one reader
that is universally perfect might be difficult. I recently had a PC data
disc that wouldn't read on any of my PC drives - but would on an ancient
Acorn one, so I managed to copy it.

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