Fast CD ROM drives

[d_kendal]

If you have a fast CD/DVD ROM drive (48X +), be carefull! I just read an article in the latest PC World about CD's breaking in fast drives. the article says that if there's a wrinkled lable or anything else putting the disk off balance, or if the CD has even a tiny crack in it, then there's a chance that it might shatter in the drive. apparently the chance of it happening is only 1 or 2 in 10,000 though.

- David

[G. Couch]

Thanks for the tip David! I'll have to be careful with some of my older discs.

[d_kendal]

No problem, Greg! I'm gonna have to be careful too since my 16X DVD ROM reads CD's at 48X.
one other thing from the article I forgot to mention is that this can also happened in some slower drives (32X 40X etc.)

- David

[Mike Needham]

Soooo as I read it, all drives are liable to screw you without given notice? Whats new in the computer world?

[Ed_L]

Hmmmm, better order quite a few boxes of floppies!

Ed