friend's CDRW screwed up

[alphatarget1]

Hello guys I have a Sony CD-RW CRX100E burner that's about 2 years old. I used to be able to burn any 700MB data onto 700MB perfectly fine. But up till some couple of months ago, my CDs could no longer be read. After I burn a 698MB movie onto a 700MB disc, Nero doesn't give me any errors (e.g., disc not big enough, buffer overrun, etc.), and it says Burned Successfully.
However, when I put the CD back into my CD-ROM drive, and click on My Computer, explorer.exe freezes and my CD can't be read. I've tried the same on multiple computers with multiple drives, and the same thing occurs - the CD makes a lot of noise, but the action on the computer is very slow.

he doesn't listen to me I think his burner is screwed up after 2 years... all burners will die eventually

 

[Pqee]

Could you be using poor quality CDRs? Some people say they're all the same others say the brand of CDR makes a huge difference. Maybe try a different brand of CDR? Try burning a 700Mb CD on another burner and see if it can be read fine in your CDRW.

 

[Loggerman]

Set your burning speed inline with the max suggested on the cd your burning to,if not a touch lower.