Re: [Thinkpad] T40 CDRW Media?

On Monday 23 February 2004 07:44 pm, sncdoc@charter.net wrote:
> I've had my T40 for three months or so now. It has the Matshita UJDA745
> DVD/CDRW installed. This weekend I decided to try to CDRW to make some
> quick "in between" backups. I purchased Memorex 700 MB 4X CDRW's and
> clicked away to format using IBM DLA, which failed with a "Format failed
> due to media write protect". I also tried CDBurner XP Pro and got the
> same error message.
>
> I am able to read and write CD-R's easily. Before I go out to get another
> brand of CDRW disks, does anyone have a recommendation?
>
> Doug

Before you get more, see if you can write to them but at a slower
speed. I don't like CDRW's much--I prefer CD-R's, which are also
longer lasting. But check the speed at which you wrote them,
and even if the CDRW package says that speed is OK try something
slower.

--STeve Andre'
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Received on Mon Feb 23 14:56:35 2004