Hi all,
Just installed the drive in a new pc. I keep getting " cdrom has a bad block
" error in the win xp system events. About 30 errors in 20 minutes. Any
resolution to this error other than returning the drive?

xiaoke wrote:

disks CDR's, CDRW's, factory made, music, etc? Some disks DO have bad
blocks and sometimes copy protection can trigger that message. Can also
be the CDROM drivers or firmware (could try updating the firmware) but
may be the hardware as you suspect. I know this doesn't help much, but
there's quite a few possibilities.