Yeah that's because there's nothing to replace it. All those flash drives and media cards are sensitive to electromagnetic fields. Get too close to one, and your data is fried. That's why I use optical media, and media cards, and HD's. There's solid state HD's out now, but I think they are just like memory cards, too sensitive to EM fields. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://www.OrpheusComputing.com http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Grossman" Nonetheless, CD/DVD media has withstood the test of time, and it is still very popular. By now, it should have been replaced by something better - and less flaky. David Grossman > -----Original Message----- > > > Correct, it "should not" damage it. It should just say the > typical "insufficient disk space". You just need to wait for > more input from Nero users, and from the person you got the > CD. > > >I wonder how CDs got to be so popular > >when they are so delicate, fussy, > >fragile, problematic, and ornery. > > Because CD's were a totally new form of media at the time, > nothing else like them. They have NEVER been the way they > should be. A technology that never was ready for release due > to the problems, yet it was released. To this day the same > type of issues plague them. Partially to blame is flaky > buggy > burning software that's always released years too early! > Then > you have the crappy non-existent quality control of the > disks. > Then also you have the idiot manufacturer's of the drives > that > shove them out the door as fast as they possibly can, also > without any quality control, and with buggy firmware--and > with > every new model release is a worse POS than the previous > models > thanks to Ch*ina. Each new model is made worse, with more > problems, using cheaper garbage components from Ch*ina. > They'll never learn. All they care about is money and how > many > unsuspecting victims buy them. > -Clint ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-