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Compaq Recovery CD creator is bad. Please help

I have a Compaq Athlon s4020wm system.  I've been trying to create the Make your own Recovery CDs and my cdrw is bad.  I've replaced it with another cdrw(burned a backup of mydocuments..worked fine) then tried to run the Compaq Cd creator and it says the cd is bad media.  I'm using hp cdr 52x cds and these have worked with the backups previously.

My question is this.  I know I have two viruses on the computer, can this be stopping the Compaq Recovery creator to work?  Or can I call or email Compaq and just get the cds shipped out?  Any help would be appreciated.  I know I can't use safe mode since the cd won't work.
Thanks!



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I was lucky enough to have another compaq here with the same cdrw drive.  I swapped it out with this drive and now the recovery is working.  I will keep your post and appreciate your prompt help in this matter.
Paul