-- Posted by shadowpool at 2:20 pm on Nov. 7, 2008 You get the slightest scratch on a data dvd, and it screws shit up.  CDs aren't like that--you can put a completely scratched up CD in a drive and it'll read MD5perfectly.  (New word) Of course I have all my old backups on DVDs. They never work when I need them: Code: /cdrom/xab: Input/output error FU** YOU TOO!   I need a bigger hard drive.   -- Posted by young22 at 2:21 pm on Nov. 7, 2008 Yeah you got to take care of them the best you can. Sometimes new technology has it's lows. -- Posted by Dannay at 2:21 pm on Nov. 7, 2008 get an external hard drive? -- Posted by allsmiles at 2:21 pm on Nov. 7, 2008 :/ My DVDs work alright with a few scratches. Maybe you have a cheap DVD drive? -- Posted by hI jAMES at 2:23 pm on Nov. 7, 2008 Most of my DVDs work fine. -- Posted by shadowpool at 2:27 pm on Nov. 7, 2008 Quote: from allsmiles at 7:21 pm on Nov. 7, 2008 :/ My DVDs work alright with a few scratches. Maybe you have a cheap DVD drive? It did sit out in the rain for like 5 years.  Maybe I'm in denial.  I don't want to actually get off my chair and switch the drive out. . . -- Posted by shadowpool at 4:42 pm on Nov. 7, 2008 ddrescue ftw!