I think I already know the answer to this question, but I'll ask it  
anyway:

Does anyone know of any reason why a DVD I recently burned on my  
PowerBook (as a data backup disk, not a movie) can be read by all of  
the Macs I've tried it on except one: two eMacs, my PowerBook and a  
G5 tower can read it, but it can't be read by one other computer, a  
G5 tower that is identical to the other G5. I've checked system  
profiler to make sure that G5 has a SuperDrive, and it does.

The G5 that can't read the DVD just spins it up for a little while --  
based on the sound the drive makes, it doesn't sound like it's ever  
reaching the higher speed spin that is needed -- and then the tray  
pops out. No error message.

Is this likely just a case of one drive being finicky? The DVD is a  
Memorex brand DVD-R.

It seems like I'm running across more and more cases of one computer  
being able to read a CD or DVD that another, identical computer can't  
read. What's with that?

Dan



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