I have a Toshiba A35-S1592 laptop running XP Home with service packs 1 & 2 installed that I use mainly for home and office work and, a desk PC running XP Pro that I use for the Internet and games. I have been backing up the files on my laptop using some old (3 years) CD-RW discs and have been having no problems. I have been using the drag and drop method through Windows Explorer. The other day I decided to replace the discs with some new CD-RW media, as I was a little concerned that the old discs might not last much longer after such a length of time. My problem now is that I find that my laptop will not copy onto the new discs using Windows Explorer! If I try the same discs in my desk PC I have no problems but, if I try to erase the new discs in my laptop after using them in my PC, no go. Before posting this I had one more try, still no go. Then I noticed that the old discs are marked 1X-4X and the new discs are marked 16X-24X although the covers only state up to 24X. Any comments would be appreciated. FrankW Please allow me some time to reply I am in a different time zone. Australia

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ham30 Found the answer at the site you listed. It explains about media speeds and it appears that my laptop speed is not fast enough for the media I am trying to burn. Thanks FrankW Please allow me some time to reply I am in a different time zone. Australia