I wonder whether some of the CD-Rs that prove unreadable elsewhere are using a non-standard format. There are some software programs available that allow you to use a CD-R as though it were a regular disk. You can actually "save" from programs directly to it, delete files from it (without, however, actually recovering the space they occupied), and so on. Clearly such software does not use the standard data-CD directory format, whatever it is. Presumably such disks cannot be read unless you have matching software on the other computer. Maybe those are the disks that can be "finalized," i.e., converted to one with its final directory info in standard format. The standard desktop software in common modern operating systems (e.g., the Finder on the Mac or Windows Explorer on a Windows machine) can write CD-Rs (and, I assume DVD+/-R) perfectly well all by themselves. I've never seen any advantage to programs like Nero. It might be the extra features in those programs that cause the problems. -- Mixon ----------------------- You may "Reply" to the address from which this message was sent, but note the following permanent addresses for long-term use: Personal: [email protected] AMCS: [email protected], [email protected]
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