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CD vs CDR vs CDRW

I'm working from memory here, though you could check into the details further if you wish. Start with assuming the standard commercial CD (with pits in the surface) has 100% reflectivity. A CDR (burn once) is about 70% reflective while a CDRW (can be reburned multiple times) is down to about 40% reflective.

Some players were never capable of reading CDRWs (and a few models early in the history of CD couldn't even play CDRs.) Could be your player is one of those that can't read the low reflectivity of CDRW disks. If that's the case, your player is perfectly fine and the CDRW is also good, but they are just not compatible.


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