Yes, this is feasible!
When we sold the HP drives, we typically rejected 6 out of 10 drives because they wrote discs that appeared EXACTLY as you are reporting... when they were new!
We were very picky. If we saw any graphic random dots or color changes in letters, we rejected the drive. You must have a drive that was boarderline when it wrote the signal to the Sony media. The media has probably deterioriated over time, and the signal that was written to it was initially weak.
Thus, it now is showing the damage. My guess is it is the Sony media more than the HP drive. Mitsui media does not deterioriate with age as other media does.
|