defragged hard drive??? copied cd-image first? not doing anything else at the same time? some burners are also picky about what media you use. like my yamaha 8x8x24 burner... somehow doesn't like sony ...

If optical discs are a dying breed, then why is that so many of us still seem to be searching for the best ways to produce them? Admittedly, the digital age has welcomed new methods for storing and ...

Yesterday we began coverage of an issue where users are unable to burn DVDs at the advertised speed on newer PowerBooks with Matshita-manufactured SuperDrives. We've since received dozens of reports ...

How many people are still burning CDs and DVDs these days? If you’re one of the few, then chances are you’ve come across something that says “Power Calibration ...

VicTsing's Portable External CD-RW / DVD-R Combo Drive is now on sale at Amazon for only $9.99 when you enter promo code 4I3HL6B6 at checkout. That discount saves you $9 off its regular price. You can ...

The Nero suite supplied by Samsung includes a test utility - Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.51.1 - but the more we looked at the results, the less sure we were that these reflected real-world burns and reads.

More Mac 101, tips and tricks for novice users. Every so often, stumbling around the Mac OS you find something clever and wish everyone knew it. As I was about to do a CD burn on my internal optical ...