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 ____________________________ [log in to unmask] http://pesh.what.cc -----Original Message----- 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. _______________________________________________ Why pay for something you could get for free? NetZero provides FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://nospin.com