@Tom;

Very interesting.....

The fact that you ARE able to perfectly read that CD on another machine tells me that the data is NOT corrupted on that CD....and it further leads me to what I had earlier thought was a possibilty...that being incompatibilty with earlier burners/readers and the newer ones.

So...I don't think the issue here is one of a CD "going bad".....rather, a hardware situation.

In youth, we learn....with age, we understand.