hey guys..
i don't run defrag nor scandisk regularly, but i know that's not the cause (i don't do it because i don't need too, it'd be useless to defrag my disks to often cause i move around large chunks of data all the time).
and about recording speed.. i never do over 12x, when the media says it can go up to 24x or even 32x. i generally read the cds in this very cdr, but i've tried other drives too a few times, and in all tests but one they couldn't read it either.
i use nero, cdrwin and nti cd maker.. i burn cds for maaaaany years, i'm sure this issue isn't software related.
i talked with the guys from the plextor support team one more time, and someone really helpful said that, for all the experience he has, this can't be a hardware issue (since audio cds and iso's burn fine). he said it had to be media-related, and though i totally discarded this possibility at first i'm starting to consider it now.
to name a few, i tried tdk, maxell and sony. BUT, i bought them all from the very same store, by far the cheapest store in town.. so i was wondering that, maybe, they sell it this cheap because the media is somehow bad..... i dunno how this could be possible, but i don't find another explanation for this.
i checked plextor's website, and even though they recommend all those brands, the "codes" on my blanks are different, so i can't even say i tested "certified media".
what do you guys think? would a media issue be possible here, considering i tried so many different brands? (please notice that the problem is sporadic to begin with, happening like 60-70% of the time)...
sorry for the looooong text
