Hmmm....my CDs are neither silver or gold--they are blue.

R Paddock wrote:

> I have put data on eight gold colored CD-R disks and
> not been able to read from any of them.
> At the same time I have not had any problem reading
> from a different brand of silver colored CD-R disks
> that I put data on.
> The only difference I can see is the gold say have
> printed on them "CD-Recordable Media" and the silver
> have "CD-R Recordable".
> I have been told by two different people that the gold
> ones should work for data. The salesperson at CompUSA
> said that "they are all pretty much the same".
> I not sure but I think I read someplace that gold are
> for music and silver are for data.
> My question is are they the same?
> What am I missing here?
>
> Hewlett Packard computer with a Hewlett Packard Plus
> CD Writer model 8100 that I am sure were not purchased
> together.
>
> Ron Paddock
>
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