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OK, thank you much. I guess I just never noticed it before.

The reason I ask is that I do not recall Dolphin displaying the System SSD partitions in the left menu before, just external drives when mounted.

Is this correct?

System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.6_KDE_x64 Libretto May
19 2024 ...

Am I correct in thinking that the number of MX Linux users could not be estimated from repository updates?

@DukeComposed: Thank you for that reference. I take that to mean that not only data burned to an optical disc, but the factory formatting of that disc that tells the drive & OS "this is an optical storage disc of #capacity" is subject to factory error, bit rot and subsequent damage. I had always ...

Thank you for your cogent, detailed response. I quite enjoyed Pink Floyd's works.

All of which beside, none of this explains why a blank CD or DVD, recognized, mounted and burned with data on it which, after a time, upon insertion in different drives can suddenly without apparent damage become a ...

Thank you all for your responses: I'll clean the drive lens. I understand about the drawbacks of the CD/DVD format. It just strikes me as peculiar that one apparently undamaged and clean DVD out of the same batch will suddenly become completely unrecognizable as a DVD while others of the same ...

Google has not been a friend; full of what to do when the OS can't find the drive.

My issue is when a particular CD/DVD suddenly is no longer recognizable as a disc with data. The drive will spin but does not recognize that a disc is in the drive with data on it. I've read of 'disc rot' corrupting ...

@CharlieBrown Thank you! Worked for me, after I read up on Nano.

@tmx0523 I read your post after editing to add to the 'General' section. I would have used the GUI if I had read it first. Thank you!

Web search revealed instructions for older versions but not applicable to MX 23 KDE. Suggestions?