CloneCD and Imation CD-R's don't work together...

[mhurley]

I've got an HP 9103 CDRW, had it for about a year now and burns great. Works fine with Clone CD (Version 3.0.0.1.4) and in the past I've used Memorex CD-R's and CD-RW's. Ran out of CDR's recently and bought a spindle of Imation 80min CDR's. Clone CD wont burn a single thing to these disks....After it burns the leadln it fails and gives me a "Media Error" message..coaster city. I've got about a dozen of them laying around. But if I take that same image and stick in a Memorex CDRW, works like a charm. Haven't had a chance to try some more Memorex CDR's. It's not even that ever few fail, every single one of them fail.

Anybody else experience anything like this??? I find it hard to believe that CDR's differ that much in quality and that Imation's are bad but I can't find any other explanation at the moment.

Thanks,
Mike

[BOT]

Take them all back and get a refund.

[Fire_Burner]

Imation/3M used to market excellent quality discs. You can still find some of these old Imations if you're lucky, but the bulk of what you'll see on department store shelves, etc., will be new CMC Magnetics Corp. made Imation.

To tell the difference between the new Imations and the old Imations, look at the packaging. On the "U-Card" on the back of the jewel case, if on somewhere it says "Copyright, 1998, Imation" or earlier, then you've got yourself a good quality Imation. Also, look for "Made in Japan" or "Made in USA" as opposed to "Made in Taiwan". The Japanese product was of AAA+ class quality.

On the 8x-Compatible CD-Rs, look on the front index card of the CD for "8x-Certified" as opposed to "8x". This also signifies a Japanese CD-R. The Japanese product was manufactured by Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.

Most 12x-Comptible and all the 16x-Compatible Imations these days are made by CMC in Taiwan and quality can vary with every shipment. I have personally never had a problem with CMC Golds, but I've had numerous problems with CMC Blues (a.k.a. Imation 4x-Compatible, Taiwan, Imation 8x-Compatible, Taiwan).

Good Luck,

Fire Burner

[Wayniac]

Sometimes, your writer will just not use certain brands of media; my Traxdata coasters Samsung discs, yet the same image files can easily be burned on just about every other brand I slam in!

All the best. :-)