I recently started using CD-RW discs on my home audio CD burner deck. According to the owner's manual, I should be able to finalize discs, then unfinalize them, erase them, re-record and finalize them, and so on and so on, doing so over and over literally hundreds of times with a single disc.

However, I am finding that I can unfinalize a disc only once, and when I re-record and finalize it a second time, the burner goes through the unfinalize process, but then won't recognize the disc as either finalized or unfinalized.

It is a Philips CDR775 ome burner deck, and the CD-RW discs I'm using are Memorex 80 minute digital audio re-writable discs.

Contacting Philips was a waste of time... waited on "hold" for 35 minutes only to have some gal read back to me the very same owner's manual I had in front of me.

Likewise with contact Memorex... all they could say was "it should work on your unit".

Has anyone else had this problem with CD-RW discs of ome burners?

Thanks!

Unless I'm making a music CD I use Windows XP native burning software to burn data to a CDRW. When I need to use the CDRW again I simply "Erase this disk" and use it again.

Hi,
I am sorry, but don't have a specific answer for you. My best guess is that it is a problem with your burning software; not your burner drive, and not your choice of CD-RW brands.
I use Nero Express 5.5, and have no problem with erasing CD-RW's.
I have found, however, that if you are making backups, the CD-R's are the best; cause they can't be accidentally erased, losing your files.

Best of luck,
fredg