Are there known incompatibilities with normal CD-ROM drives and Recordable CD discs?
It sometimes happens that you write a disc apparently without trouble, and can even read it on your CD recorder, but when you put it in a normal CD-ROM drive, the disc is ejected, or you get error messages such as “no CD-ROM” or “unreadable,” or you have random problems accessing some files or directories. You may find that the problems vanish completely when reading the disc on another CD-ROM drive. Unfortunately, there are compatibility problems with some CD-ROM drives, especially older ones, and CD-Recordable discs. Some CD-ROM drives’ lasers were not calibrated to read recordable discs, whose surface is different from that of factory-pressed discs. If your CD- ROM drive reads mass-produced (silver) CDs but not recordable CDs, check with the CD-ROM drive manufacturer to determine whether this is the problem. In some cases an upgrade is available which will resolve the problem. The combination of disc brand and CD recorder can also make a difference. The recordable CD media we suppor
