how can I be sure my DVD/CD drive is failing?

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01-06-2013, 08:51 AM

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newbiesforever

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Registered: Apr 2006

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Quakeboy02

But, seriously, just replace it. DVD drives don't cost enough to spend a lot of time and anguish on.

Refer to post #12.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gnashley

Have you tried simply slowing down the burn speed?

I always burn at the slowest speed available, ever since Linux users told me years ago to burn ISOs at 4x. (Drives still could run at 4x then; I'm annoyed that they can't anymore.)

Last edited by newbiesforever; 01-06-2013 at 09:20 AM.

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