What he did forget was to burn at the slowest possible burn speed your burner will allow. Makes for most reliable playback. jco
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Norm Baugher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CD-R lifetimes disputed You forgot the burning incense, mirrors and headless chicken....<g> Norm Rob Studdert wrote: >>Rob, what are your sensible writing methods? >> >>Use a recognized brand name writer with good driver/software support and >>mainstream branded media. Use blank media free of dust or scratches (CDs >>supplied on spindles sometimes fail this criterion), ensure that the system can >>deliver the data at faster than the CD writer speed, ensure good power to the >>writer, hands off the computer until the media is burned and finalized, always >>write and finalize an archive disc in one session, verify after write. That's >>about it. >> >>
