Testing DVD writing drive

[Laura Conrad]

I got my new computer, and the first thing I tried to do was to make a
set of recovery disks.  It keeps failing; it writes the first disk and
then tries to verify it and says it doesn't verify.  I've made 3
coasters this way.

I'd like to figure out whether this is a hardware problem, in which case
I should deal with it while it's under warranty, or a software problem
with the writing and/or verification of recovery disks.  Does anyone have a
good method for testing a DVD writing drive? 

I'd like to get the recovery disks made before installing Linux, so the
ideal answer to this question wouldn't involve Linux at all, but I can
probably install Linux without clobbering Windows, or use a Live CD for
Linux.

It's an HP Pavilion Elite m9517c 2.2GHz Quad-Core Desktop PC w/ Blu-ray,
running Vista Home Premium.

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Laura   (mailto:lconrad-O0WJhd4tT3hg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org http://www.laymusic.org/ )
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fungi.  (Karl Marx may have gotten it backward when he called religion
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