Simon Williams wrote:
*Should* be... it'd been my experience that a lot of "consumer-grade" CD-R start to develop problems very quickly, especially the bulk ones that you get at the office supply stores. For critical backup, I'd recommend Mistsui, Taiyo Yuden or Kodak - Most other brands are quite inconsistent in terms of quality control.
Strange, I've been using a CD burner since 1995, have likely burned 3000+ cheap CDs and have had none go bad so far. Wayne