Problem copying a CD

The Sony CD burner that I installed in my PC came with disc duplication SW which works fine so long as I use 8X speed or slower.

CD copy problem solved! Got another original of the CD and it copied fine. Lesson: Because a CD plays fine doesn';t mean it copies fine. Thanks to all for good input, however.

glad you got it figured out.

EAC would have saved you a lot of trouble, though, as it can sometimes read a bad disc that can not be read by lesser burning programs. what it does is it reads the problematic spot over and over until it gets it right. if it can't, which is rare, it will tell you the exact location of the "suspicious position" and you can either fix it or ignore it... or buy a new cd as you did if it's really messed up.

I would be interested in the results if you were to try EAC with the original bad disc. there's a chance it could have corrected the problem.

AFAIK, EAC is the only available tool that checks CRC when reading, and reports *all* errors. But it doesn't allow to copy on the fly, and with good reasons for that!
They have pretty much to read about the known issues on their web site, if you'd like...