Thanks nihil, mohaughn...

I haven't had the time or resources to try a higher-grade brand of CD-RWs... I recently moved to Yoakum, TX (pop. 5731)... There's not a Wal-Mart right around the corner you see, and my car was "broke" until today...

I've been using Memorex "ultra-speed" CD-RWs... not exactly Verbatims, but they've never failed me...

Anyway, I've reached one of two conclusions - either the CD-RWs are crap, or the drives (even the CD-R/RW) I've been "testing" with are too old to recognize these newer discs... (even when burnt @ 2X)...

I'll let you all know when I try some better media or a newer drive... thanks for the input...

-wiski