Thanks everyone for your help. Humble apologies for posting in the wrong forum, cringe, tugs forelock, doffs cap and squirms. I agree about Memorex: I've had nothing but trouble with them. TDK: I've had one bad disk so far and gosh was it annoying. Haven't had many others or many issues with the disks themselves but I needed to know if I was missing something - yes, yes, no smart responses to that, please! Again, thanks.