On Tue 28 Jul 2009 10:15:27 NZST +1200, Craig Falconer wrote:

>> The DVD-RW drive in my laptop is partially faulty:
>>    * Why would it fail in this way? What is special about CDs that it
>>      cannot read them, but it can read DVDs
>
> Different laser colour.

To expand, because it might not be obvious to everyone: Because CD and
DVD use different laser colours, there are two different lasers in the
drives, and only one may be faulty.

Volker

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