Thank you for responding In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Dave Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You might have better luck if you were to perform a full blanking, > rather than just a fast blanking. This might give the drive a > more consistent medium onto which to burn. I have tried recording with "blank=all". BTW, this makes the machine unusable for more than 15 minutes (the duration of the blanking operation), probably because the CD-RW is on the same channel as the HD. It still fails almost every time (I think I have had ONE success re-recording with these Memorex CD-RWs. I can't remember if it was with blank=all or not). I should take them to a friend and see if she can re-record them on her drive. In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try to clean the lens, stop smoking (if you do), use different media > or let the drive be repaired. The lens appears to be clean. I can't stand smoke, and you have given me an idea to use on people who do >:) . I think I will try to torture Dell into replacing the CD-RW unit. I don't know how they will respond to complaints from a Linux user (I never allowed the thing to boot to Windows). If you have a CD-RW drive, try re-recording from a hard drive which is attached to the same controller as the CD-RW drive. Since the only other recorder I own is an old external SCSI CD-R (vintage 1999) I have very little experience with failed CD burns. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
