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Scratch CD's
davidnix71:
It doesn't have to be a scratch. I just got back from Tampa from a nieces' wedding. My father was instaling Ubuntu on a Dell but needed help with his 98SE pc. One of my archive pc program discs had a green oval spot on the underside. I gave him the backup cd's with the eMachine I wasn't using.
The cd locked up the computer it was in trying to read the unreadable DirectX 8.1 backup I had made. Cleaning it with dishwashing liquid and buffing it with a cloth did no good. Fortunately I make frequent backups. My father doesn't believe in jewel cases, he uses plastic sleeve compacts. I'm not sure what it touched, but that cd is a frisbee now.
H_TeXMeX_H:
Note that the paper CD cases do scratch CDs ... paper of any kind next to a CD will scratch it.
davidnix71:
Damn, this isn't my week. A program I paid $70 for is going to be sent back. The blue silk screen on the front ate the data layer. If you hold it up to a light, you can see through it. It locks up my drives trying to read something that's no longer there. The silk screen is still pretty, though. I never thought to back this one up. When I get the replacement, I'll copy it and install from the copy just to make sure I got it this time.
Aloone_Jonez:
Of course making a backup copy probably violates the EULA so you're screwd if you don't brake the law.
ReggieMicheals:
But who's gonna know and who's gonna care to report you?
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