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what is the life span of a CD or a DVD writer?

anyone know the answer to this? why? because my dvd writer says that the discs are empty, although I know I have already written them...

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  • Greg
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    Each drive should have a MTBF (mean time between failure) rating.

    Drives have moving parts and are prone to failure because of that.

    Does the drive still see pressed CDs or DVDs? If so the error could be the write laser is misaligned.

    Could you test the discs you have written in a different system?

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