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It's not for DATA. It happens occasionally. Reflection Confuses the Optical Sensor DVD-RW drives use laser reflection to detect and read discs. If the label side is overly reflective, the drive might mistake it for the data side or get confused by the unusual reflection pattern. Disc Inserted Upside Down (Misread) If the drive detects the shiny label side as the readable surface, it might assume the disc was inserted incorrectly. This can lead to incorrect detection of disc type, format, or capacity, sometimes even showing random or incorrect data sizes. Format Recognition Error The drive might try to interpret the label side and fail to find any logical data structure, which could cause it to report incorrect or bizarre storage sizes (like 0MB or some huge number).

It's a malfunction caused by reading an incorrect signal. It happens occasionally and mostly occurs when the label side is silver-colored. That silver-colored label can reflect Laser. Many beginners often confuse the recording side with the label side. That's why.

It is a CD-R that was sold in 1998. That is a recording side. Opposite side is just Silver color label side. Manufacturer: Princo. Princo is a company that sells low-quality, cheap garbage media. Reflection Layer: GOLD. Interestingly, GOLD layer with Cyanine dye. What the...... Dye: Cyanine with tiny amount of UV stabilizer or Cyanine without UV stabilizer(not Phthalocyanine) This CD-R was a failed product in terms of its composition. The product itself was practically defective. Normally, when using gold, the dye should have been phthalocyanine. But for some reason, they used cyanine instead, which made the disc extremely vulnerable to light and other environmental factors. As a result, it was a trash CD-R with an extremely short lifespan. Conclusion. User fault with a cheap garbage CD-R. This forum is so funny including Beta Team Members. How could they not even tell the front from the back of a CD-R?

This is not true. I don't understand why this guy keeps saying wrong information every time. Taiyo Yuden no longer makes Optical Media since 2015. Taiyo Yuden doesn't even have an optical media factory at all since 2015. Taiyo yuden's an optical media factory was located in Fukushima where was a nuclear disaster. 'Taiyo Yuden sold its disc manufacturing patents and equipment to CMC MAgnetics, and today the media is manufactured by CMC under the CMC Pro brand.'

This is not true. cmcmag-ba5-000 is cheap BD-R. VERBAT-IM-000 is the best in the market now. The price for VERBAT-IM-000 is 2 X higher than cmcmag-ba5-000. Failure rate: cmcmag-ba5-000 > VERBAT-IM-00 Defective rate: cmcmag-ba5-000 > VERBAT-IM-00 Longevity: VERBAT-IM-00 > cmcmag-ba5-000 They are different BD-R.