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Posted by Paul Heslop on 11/17/07 20:34
Herbert John \"Jackie\" Gleason wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:23:24 GMT, Paul Heslop
> <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Herbert John \"Jackie\" Gleason wrote:
> >>
> >
> >> Bullshit. A higher "speed of disc" will burn at a slower speed in ANY
> >> burner.
> >>
> >> You need to "cope with" keeping your bullshit to yourself.
> >
> >Oh great, an angry person for no good reason.
>
> I am not angry, and there is nothing angry about what I wrote.
>
Oh, could be something to do with "You need to "cope with" keeping
your bullshit to yourself." but then I am a sensitive kind of guy.
> > I will state again I
> >have seen it mentioned, even on the external casing of discs, that
> >some drives may need a firmware update to use the discs.
>
> At their MAX speed, NOT at a lower speed.
>
The OP didn't really give us that much to work with, I don't think.
> > I was making
> >a suggestion, and it certainly isn't cast in stone.
>
> Whatever.
>
I hope you rolled your eyes and put your hand up when you said that
:O)
> > BTW, where were
> >YOU and where is YOUR answer to the problem?
>
> Drives get old. Laser heads sag, fall out of calibration and refuse to
> read disc data, much less the disc type indicator on the hub. I have
> several old drives that work perfectly if they are simply inverted
> (turned upside down). I am not saying that is what his problem is though,
> nor that operating a drive inverted is a solution. Merely that laser
> head calibration may be the cause IF the drive is very old, or has a
> large number of operating hours on it.
>
> Answer? Do not attempt to use those discs in that drive.
Pretty much. It really does help when we know what the drive is etc.
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