My HP 7200i CDRW gave up after just a bit over a year, and I could not get
any support from HP. Based on reviews and on feedback from this list, I
purchased a Plextor 12/10/32 drive as a replacement. I agree that it works
well for writing CDs. However, I did run into one problem. There were a
couple of data disks that it refused to read. When I put those disks into my
old 2x drive, they read without a hitch. These were disks of commercial
software (a Cannon inkjet software package). Anyone else run into read
problems with the Plextor?

To be fair, this trouble is not unique to Plextor. I have seen it before
with other drives that were not even writers.

Peter Shkabara
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As an added note, it works. I have a Plextor 12/10/32A and have yet to make
a
coaster on any type or recording, data or sound. I have even forced 12X
writes
to non- 12X blanks and the thing slows itself down by itself and starts and
stops the laser till the buffer fills again, very cool.

Jose

Mark Rode wrote:

> In the last couple of weeks there has been a number of threads about CDRW
> (read write)  burners, the advantages of SCSI verses IDE, and the coaster
> problems that everybody occasional runs into using a CD burner. A new
> technology developed by SANYO may soon end the widely accepted < SCSI is
> better > for burners rule and the < Buffer Underrun > problem that plagues
> IDE devices.

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