Clamshell iBook CD-ROM/CD-R Help!!

[besson3c]

Hi,

I hate the CD-ROM player in my original 300Mhz iBook. It has so much problems with burned media.

I bought a bunch of CD-R's with absolutely no labels on them a long time ago, and they seem to work perfectly. However, I'm out of them and since there is no label I can't determine the make.. =)

I have tried Memorex, Sony, KHypermedia, and Verbatum burned CD media, and none will read properly.

I'm sick of spending money with experimenting with CD-Rs to find out they are useless (fortunately, I can use them with my future laptop).

If you are an iBook owner and have found a brand of CD-R media that actually works reliably, please let me know. Please do not post if you have some ideas as to what I could try, there is plenty info on the web. I need to know what *will* work... if it doesn't, I'll hunt you down! =)

(Okay, your opinions will also be highly valued, but what I'm really looking for is actual experience).

Thanks so much, in advance!

 

[vniow]

Yeh, its a real pain, I've never been able to find a brand that works on mine, they all seem screwy.

One of the ways I get the files from a CD-R/RW onto my iBook is to get the files off from a PC or make a disc image of it then transfer it over the network.
Another way that sometimes works is to open Disc Copy and set it to record a new image from a device or volume, if the computer can read the disc at least on a certain level, then you may be able to get the files off of it that way, its pretty troublesome and often doesn't work but it couldn't hurt to try...

 

[besson3c]

Originally posted by vniow
Yeh, its a real pain, I've never been able to find a brand that works on mine, they all seem screwy.

One of the ways I get the files from a CD-R/RW onto my iBook is to get the files off from a PC or make a disc image of it then transfer it over the network.
Another way that sometimes works is to open Disc Copy and set it to record a new image from a device or volume, if the computer can read the disc at least on a certain level, then you may be able to get the files off of it that way, its pretty troublesome and often doesn't work but it couldn't hurt to try...

Yeah, I would do that but I'm trying to install an OS... There is no way I know of to install an OS without using the CD. Can you think of a way?