On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:11:16 -0500, Harry Travis wrote:

>What tool better the WPS do you use to check the capacity of a
supposedly blank CD? I have problems here of the WPS retaining information
from previous CDs in the tray, or failure to register what I think is a
virgin CD just placed there.
>
>Put it another way: Take a bunch of certainly good virgin CD's and
shuffle them with what may be coasters you've made. None have labels. What
is the fastest way to correctly sort them by status?

Flip 'em over and look for the burn ring... :-D

An unburned CD will be shiny, while a burned one will have a "matte
finish" of 1's and 0's burned into it, starting at the centre and
working toward the outer edge as it fills up.

Trust me, I have dozens of examples...

-Derek

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