I happened to be on the ACER site today and saw they started to support
CD-RW as of the 24x speed drives (other companies will vary).
The problem is that a CD-RW only reflects about 25% of the laser light, so
the drive must self calibrate a lot more than what was normal in the past.
                Rick Glazier


> Older CDROM drives cannot read CD-RW...typically those from before 2nd
> quarter 1998.  I am not aware of any software patches to correct this in
> these older drives (?).  Newer hardware (CDROM) will correct this.  Yes, the
> two media are read differently.

> > My CD-ROM drive can read data in a CD-R disc perfectly but it cannot
> > read anything in a CD-RW disc burned from the same CD-RW drive. Dose
> > CD-R and CD-RW Disc has different format? How could I make my CD-ROM
> > reading both?

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