Blank CDs

[talos]

I found some old Memorex 650mb CD-R and tried burning some music onto them with no or mixed results, sometimes they record nothing but static or the first track is scrambled.  Some newer disks Maxwell 700s work just fine, is it possible the old Memorex are no longer compatible with the modern burners, I notice the speeds listed on the disks are 1x2x3 and my drives min speed is x16 would this have a bearing? should I just dump them ?

[Simon]

For the price of blank CDs nowadays, I wouldn't think old ones would be worth bothering with.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TDK-CD-R80-pieces-recordable-re-usable/dp/B006LTV1HK/ref=sr_1_72?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1344124408&sr=1-72

[talos]

For the price of blank CDs nowadays, I wouldn't think old ones would be worth bothering with.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TDK-CD-R80-pieces-recordable-re-usable/dp/B006LTV1HK/ref=sr_1_72?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1344124408&sr=1-72

I know you are right, but I suppose Its the Scotsman in me

[Steve]

You could use them as coasters.

[Simon]

Or frisbees... 

[FritzBox]

You could use them as coasters.

I do, also the install disc that comes with PC Pro every month. Very useful

[Baz]

You could use them as coasters.

I do too   

ive used many Norton discs as coasters

[cavillas]

Try burning them at a slower speed....if you have the time to wait that is.

[pctech]

I do, also the install disc that comes with PC Pro every month. Very useful

Maybe contact Dennis Publishing to see if they do a non disk version which you could prob get for a slightly lower price?

[talos]

Try burning them at a slower speed....if you have the time to wait that is.

Tried that but my min speed is x16, I dont think they make drives slower than that

[talos]

Bit the bullet and bought some new ones today £1.50 for five

[FritzBox]

Maybe contact Dennis Publishing to see if they do a non disk version which you could prob get for a slightly lower price?

Then I wouldn't have a new coaster every month

[Technical Ben]

Try burning them at a slower speed....if you have the time to wait that is.

Yep, this. Older disks only do 2x or 10x for example. Some degrade as well, so they might be dead.

However, I've found some old disks pushing on nearly 10 years old, and some still work (although at 2x speed take ages to write to ). However, my old DVDrW I found are defiantly worth keeping, as it's much more handy than a rwCD.

[armadillo]

Tried that but my min speed is x16, I dont think they make drives slower than that

You should be able to set the burn speed in the burning software. This software is excellent and free
http://www.burrrn.net/
Get burrrn 1.14 beta 2 from their download page.
You can set any speed you like, right down to 1x if you wish.

This is also the only software I have that can make music CDs from lossless flac files, which is why I have it.

[talos]

You should be able to set the burn speed in the burning software. This software is excellent and free
http://www.burrrn.net/
Get burrrn 1.14 beta 2 from their download page.
You can set any speed you like, right down to 1x if you wish.

This is also the only software I have that can make music CDs from lossless flac files, which is why I have it.

Thanks for that, Iv'e downloaded it and will certainly try it.

[armadillo]

Thanks for the Karma. I hope the software works for you.

[talos]

Thanks for the Karma. I hope the software works for you.

Software works fine, but the disks are still scrap even at 1 speed, still never mind the prog is def a keeper