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mynameis?
Oct 18, 2002, 04:31 PM
I'm down to my last 2 cdrws, I've had about 4 or 5 that worked then became un-eraseable.
Is there anything I can try to correct this. Or are they just worthless now?
I'm thinking that I read something quite a few months back about a method to try to recover a cdrw that no longer works.
thanks

Darkman
Oct 20, 2002, 09:19 PM
Often if one proggy fails to erase a disc switching to another proggy can fix it. Do a full erase rather than a quick (ie erase toc) one.

I heard an Urban Legend that placing a CDRW in the sun for a couple of days can make it erasable again, you could give that a try but don't blame me if all you end up with is a warped disc :rolleyes:

jd-
Oct 30, 2002, 04:03 AM
try out a program called CD-R Diagnostics

if the data is on there, it will usually get it.