[at-l] cd read failures --- was AntiVirus software

[bullard@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Bullard)]

Don't be sticking cotton swabs inside your CD ROM drive. If it does need
cleaning they make head cleaning disks. Use one of them. If you leave
strands of cotton in the CD ROM you will have problems even if that wasn't
the problem before.

At 10:53 AM 3/26/2003 -0800, Sloetoe wrote:
>### Sly and all:
>I'm no computer expert re anything less than a decade old, but I
>can tell you that all of what I just read in the at-l digest
>could come from a cd read failure. These may be caused by
>*anything* that interrupts the reception of data impulses from
>the cd, including:
>1) temporary dust/hair/fingerprints on the cd (especially when
>the failure hops around the cd)
>2) permanent scratches on the cd (especially visible on the cd
>as concentric defects)
>3) dust/hair/fingerprints on the laser or reception head within
>the drive (especially with intermittant failures that occur on a
>raft of different cds).
>
>Before you go too much further, turn a good cotton sock inside
>out and inspect your cds, and/or get a set of cotton swabs ready
>to fiddle about inside your cd drive.
>
>Hope that helps!
>Stereotoe
>
>
>From: Slyatpct@aol.com
>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:51:17 EST
>Subject: Re: OT - Re: [at-l] AntiVirus software
>To: bcalkins@disaster-relief.net
>CC: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>
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>Hmmm...
>
>I just ran another Norton online scan and this time I came up
>clean.  What's with that?
>
>I don't have any backups, it's not like I have to save anything
>of importance.  I just install, reinstall or download the
>programs I use.  All those programs are on CD's or I download
>them, from the internet, but taking the time do that is long and
>arduous.
>
>Oh well, I think I'll just start over when I get my new
>restoration CD's and try to re-install Norton 2000 when I do.
>I suppose I could copy some of the smaller programs to disks.
>Is that kosher?
>
>Sly
>
>
>
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