I've heard bad things about using Sharpies and the ink being absorbed into
the layers of the disk. I know they make special markers for disks. Once
again tho, there are going to be people who say "I've used Sharpies for
years and haven't had any problems."

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message
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Ed Bennett wrote:

One area that springs to mind where optical discs are still important is
for sending large files to others. The internet is still not really
reliable enough for this, and flash drives and portable hard drives have
a high initial investment. Optical discs you can simply burn onto and
send off with minimal investment.

And I'm sending one of those to a friend in the hinterlands who
recently retired to that place and had to pay $150 to get a land line
installed. He has only has dialup for Internet access.

Still, labels are hardly a concern even in those cases.

I don't even bother to label those. I use a fine Sharpie.