Posted on 09/04/2006 10:51:39 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
My understanding is . . .
Yes, it's wise to avoid circular motions. No need in scratching a scratch into the surface along the line of a track and messing up the 1's and 0's in a row such that the music might be noticably compromised.
However, I don't believe that there are any "grooves" per se. The tracks laid down are all coated with a clear protective coating.
And, one can buy liquid to repair scratches in that coating.
But, yeah, I'm a great one for media that doesn't move.
The old format compact flash is already up to 2 gig at 30 dollars.
I think CD's should be history and the flash mem should replace them.
That's a good price for 400gb.
I have two 300GBs and one 160gb in one computer and in my performance rig, I have two 250gb Satas and one 150gb 10krpm Raptor Sata that I use for various digital stuff like Adobe Premiere or anything that needs intense disk speed. I'm feelin cramped. Only have like 300gbs worth of space left ;).
Bump!
For holding stuff the Thermaltake Armour case seems pretty good but a beast to work with, spent the money for this case with a roll out motherboard....
on sale at Frey.s but I think they are out now....likely Coolermaster has something new coming....
I'm a big fan of the Antec Sonata II cases. Most motherboards only support 4 Sata drives anyway, so this case is enough. I've purchased about 10 of them, two at home the rest at work. I also add the extra 120mm fan and it runs nice and cool. 450watt PS, quiet, cool and easy to work with plus it's an Antec and they have generous warranties because their quality is excellent.
I use a belt sander with fine grit. Real quick, too.
Good advice. Thanks. As the article indicates, all removable disk materials should be cleaned in this manner. It is worth the efforts.
I bought a special DVD ReWinder box for that. It sets right next to my 8-track tape viewer machine.
But with DVDs.....about a month ago or so I bought a brand new copy of the movie musical West Side Story. When I got it home, I realized that the DVD was moving around inside the packaging. It had somehow come loose from that little center nub that is supposed to hold the DVD in its place. My heart dropped because I just knew that the DVD was probvably getting all scratched up everytime it moved against that center nub thing. I ripped off the plastic, opened the casing, and took the loose DVD out, and put it in my DVD player. At first I noticed that when a scene would change from one to another, it would freeze for a split second. At first I thought this was the movie, and not the DVD. But then these freezes began to occur not in between scenes, but during scenes and these freezes would last more than a split second. Then, during the numbers "Officer Krupke" and "Maria" it REALLY got bad. stopping, starting, skipping, etc. Then after that number, I stopped having problems with the DVD after the Maria number.
Right out of the package, a brand new DVD (and this isnt the first time something like this has happened).
I gently wash them under running water, with a little liquid soap, and pat dry.
I just rinse them under the faucet and dry them with a soft cotton cloth.
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