Peter,

It is also possible that the label unbalanced the CD, causing the write
failure.

As far as computer expenditures passing the wife's scrutiny, you need a plan
that gives her some benefit! "But honey, think how much better and easier it
will be to use our CD collection if I can print the information on the
surface of the CD! You'll be able to find your favorite much faster." Makes
it much easier to convince that the expenditure is a necessity! :)

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Shkabara
>
> Thank you to James, Sven, Larry, and Tracy for the information on CD
> labeling. In my case, it was a permanent type label and I did have it
> applied before I burned the CD. Looking back, it may be
> possible that the
> label caused the write failure, although I doubt it. The
> failure had all the
> signs of a buffer underflow because the source was a USB drive.
>
> Although labels look much better, I will probably switch back to using
> markers, as all of you indicated seems best. Perhaps I should
> look into
> getting a CD printer to make pretty CDs, but I have to consider the
> cost/benefit issue - my wife will ask "why do you need it?"
> and that may be
> the end of it! Actually, she is very supportive of my
> computer hobby. I was
> just making a joke, but the point still applies.
>
> Peter
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