On Dec 2, 2005, at 3:30 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Andrew Grebneff writes,
<Could it be that the drive's laser lens is dirty? I tcould be that
there is not sufficient dirt to stop it reading barely adequately,
but enough to stop it reading well enough booting?>
I suppose it's a possibility, but how would I be able to tell, and
if it
IS dirty, how would I clean it?
This is probably not related but I read an article a couple of
years ago
that said the glue used in CD labels spawns a fungus that will
actually eat
through the data layer of the CD. Turns out CD's aren't forever.
The article
suggested using magic markers or something else besides labels.
The National Institutes of Standards and Technology has a guide to
archiving electronic data:
<http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/
CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf> and has done considrable research
on the subject.
--
Bruce Johnson
"No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai
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