> > From: Feroze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/07/12 Tue PM 09:16:13 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: CDR Tester > > I don't have a cdrom, only a burner and a dvd. Strangely the cheapest > cdr's I have seem to use the longer lasting dye...go figure :) > How old is your your burner?
I bought it in 1997. It was the first rewriteable one I'd seen. My experience has been that they only good > for a couple thousand burns before the laser gives in, > regardless of make, though the samsung burners I've been using lately > have lasted the longest. About 12 months average. My useage is much lower than that. Much, much lower. > > Feroze > > mike wilson wrote: > > > Feroze wrote: > > > >> Not sure if it works, just got it today > >> http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/CDRIdentifier.exe > > > > > > This should be a useful tool - I bought a pile of Maxells recently > > that appear to be defective as I have never been able to get one to burn. > > > > I didn't realise at first that the boxes were buttons, so it took me a > > while to make it work. > > > > So; manufactured by Ritek, Phthalocyanine dye, speeds unknown. No > > obvious reason for them being defective, unless it is because it is a > > very old burner that cannot use the dye technology. > > > > The software only reads information from the burner drive, not from > > the CDROM. > > > > Excellent stuff. Thanks. > > > > mike > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
