How do you know when your CDRW drive is starting to go?

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Linda

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My drive is an older Philips CDRW 2412A. I just bought a new spindle of Verbatim cd-r disks, and was able to burn one okay. The second one, and 3rd, 4th, 5th all returned errors. I defragged my drives, and tried to burn different files. I also tried burning at the slowest speed.

So all I can think of is, the Verbatim disks are bad, (all but one) or the Philips is going bad. How do you know when it is time to buy a new drive? Do they go "bad?" I don't think I have ever used Verbatim disks before, but I read they are okay. And I have used really cheap disks before with no errors...
 
You should try cleaning the lens first. Also, to rule out any Windows issues try the burner in another computer or use a CD Linux.
 
Well, I tried in Slackware. No good, it kept saying there was nothing in the drive: no media. I was using K3B.
I dont know how to clean the lens, but I guess I better try it...
 
There are lens cleaning CDs available. Or you can just open up the drive and improvise with a cotton stick and some alcohol.
 
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