Ritek Media Failure: Best Burner Recommendation to Read Error-Prone Media

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CD and DVD Writers Discuss, Ritek Media Failure: Best Burner Recommendation to Read Error-Prone Media at Computer Hardware forum; It seems I have joined the club with a lot of other people with failing Ritek 4x & 8x DVD+R media. I am noticing disks that were fine six months ago now becoming unreadable and I can't access the data sufficiently to get it off the bad media and onto

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Dampier (CD Freaks Junior Member)
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Posted: 20-03-2006
It seems I have joined the club with a lot of other people with failing Ritek 4x & 8x DVD+R media. I am noticing disks that were fine six months ago now becoming unreadable and I can't access the data sufficiently to get it off the bad media and onto something new.

So what is the best current burner model available that will handle error-filled media, because my Pioneer and NEC burners sure aren't it.

This Ritek business has been very disturbing considering I always burned conservatively, and the media was highly recommended at the time. It makes you wonder just how worthwhile burned media is going to be when it is 1-2 years old.
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Arachne (Senior Moderator & Reviewer)
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Posted: 20-03-2006
Just a personal experience here - I've found that my LiteOn drives read trashed discs very well (Ritek G05 being one). My LGs just wouldn't read them.

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Dampier (CD Freaks Junior Member)
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Posted: 20-03-2006
Any particular LiteOn model recommended these days?
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From personal experience, I can recommend the 1693S, but I'm not sure where you'd find one.

The latest drives, I believe, are good too...there is a little problem with writing -R discs, but I think that's being worked on as I type.
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Originally Posted by Arachne
From personal experience, I can recommend the 1693S, but I'm not sure where you'd find one.

The latest drives, I believe, are good too...there is a little problem with writing -R discs, but I think that's being worked on as I type.
DVD-R problems fixed with test media for most drives, if you're willing to take such risks, of course.
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Posted: 21-03-2006
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DVD-R problems fixed with test media for most drives, if you're willing to take such risks, of course.
I'd take the risk in a heartbeat if I had a 5S or 6S drive...but at present, I have a 1693S - no such problems there.
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Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B + Pioneer DVR-115D
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