GARBAGE, I SAY! CHECK THIS OUT:Īll I did was stick in a simple Memorex OptiDisc CD/DVD Laser Lens Cleaner from Amazon and BLAM, problem solved for under $10. Either that, or trolls in forums telling people they are being idiots and using cheap discs and other troll-like behavior. Anytime I searched for “Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR” or “Sense Code = 0x73, 0x03” I came up with all kinds of false fixes and “the sky is falling” determinations from tech guys ranging from “the laser in the burner was weakening and the entire drive would have to be replaced for hundreds of dollars” to “you need to reinstall OS X” to “run disk utility” to “try to repair your permissions”. It was an issue that also proved the point that sometimes searching the web for answers can make you insane. I should have kept it simple because this was one of those problems I WAAAAAY overthought when the simplest answer was right in front of me. You know, the one where you get all ready to burn and everything spins and makes noises like it will work, then, BONK:

I was preparing to backup and archive some files from 2012 onto DVD and I kept getting the error “Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR”.

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