There were lots of variables to ensure a good cd was burned correctly. Quality of the burner, the quality of cds (from having used hundreds of them, they really had varying qualities) and a big one was the speed of the burn. Lot's of cds did not work for me when the burning speed was too high, for a good one to happen it had to be done in low speed. Also software to burn them sometimes fucked things up, I remember a time when Nero was destroying a bunch of my cds.

And then the copy protections of some influenced many copies, some made it very difficult. But at least we had cracks and all the warez around. Good times.

[–] ElectricTrombone@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I remember my brother and I having to set it to 1x speed and leave the room and pray the software didn't hang. No one was allowed to use the computer for anything while it was burning a disc. Lol. So much anticipation!

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

Early burners if you touched the desk even slightly that little bump would cause the burn to fail. Also you had to stop every other program from running. Screen saver kicked in .. enjoy your new coaster... You just had a buffer underrun while trying to render some flying toasters.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Plextor CDRWs with Verbatim 50yr gold disks ftw.