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 -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
