CD-RW Disks Eventually Die

[Chiles4]

I use my burner to transfer files by burning what I need onto a CD-RW, taking it to someone's computer, erase the CD-RW, repeat. I have found this to be a great way to transfer large files to other PCs. The old way of carrying my parallel zip drive around really sucked! I'm finding that after about 5-10 burns on a CD-RW it's history. Does this make sense? Also, does anyone have any brand recommendations for good CD-RW disks.

[aug1516]

That should not be happening. You must have really poor cdrws.

[Cal]

CDRW's do wear out, but you should be getting between 100 and 200 full burns out of each one. Some time ago I read about new ones that would do over 1000 burns before dying. Anyhow, I agree with aug1516, you must have been using poor quality disks.

[Shinma]

No problems with Verbatim brand yet.

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[sven256]

u should def get around 1000 burns out of a cdrw

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[e=mc2]

or at least 1 burn.