I am not able to use either of my drives for copying. I have a Plextor PXW1210A 12/10/32 CD-R/RW and Samsung TSH552B CD/DVD + - R/RW. I cannot use either drive using either Roxio Easy CD Creator 5.0 Platinum or Nero 6.0 without getting destination disk read errors. I uninstalled/reinstalled Roxio. Nero did not even install correctly, but I corrected the errors using Norton Windoctor and now the program works. I had been using (cheap) Durabrand CD-R media and bought a pack of Maxell CD-R media with no change. I have barely used the DVD writer, but the CD drive used to work fine. I wonder: Has Microsoft or some other vendor snuck in an "update" to disable my drives and prevent me from using them for copying and backup. I have barely used the DVD writer, but the CD drive used to work fine. As sneaky and dirty as the RIAA and MPAA and their members have become, i.e: Sony rootkit debacle, that would not surprise me.