Hello. burning further away from the edge of discs is indeed a very good idea. i myself only use top notch media now and still stay away from the very outer edge of discs (just so happens i stuck with 4300MB many 1000s of discs ago).but anyway, this thread is continued here - so i'll close this one..@pgavinski - pls don't spread problems across threads...thanks... Main PC ~ Intel C2Q Q6600 (G0 Stepping)/Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3/2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec 900/Corsair HX 620W Network ~ DD-WRT ~ 2node WDS-WPA2/AES ~ Buffalo WHR-G54S. 3node WPA2/AES ~ WRT54GS v6 (inc. WEP BSSID), WRT54G v2, WRT54G2 v1. *** Forum Rules ***