Hero999
Banned
I've just installed my new Raptor drive.
When I was installing XP on it, the CD shattered into 100s of pieces whilst the installation program was running!
Could it be possible that modern CD drives spin too fast for some older CDs to handle?
Perhaps the plastic has also aged a bit and have become brittle?
The CD looked perfectly fine before I put it in the drive though.
Fortunately I managed to get all the shattered pieces of plastic out of the drive and it still works but I'm annoyed about not having a CD now. I'll ask my brother if he has an old XP CD, failing that I'll download one from Pirate Bay. I'm certainly not going to buy a new one and I'm well within my rights to obtain a copy because I have the licence to use it.
I know I should've copied it so I had a backup but I thought keeping it in a safe place was good enough to protect it, oh well, live and learn.
When I was installing XP on it, the CD shattered into 100s of pieces whilst the installation program was running!
Could it be possible that modern CD drives spin too fast for some older CDs to handle?
Perhaps the plastic has also aged a bit and have become brittle?
The CD looked perfectly fine before I put it in the drive though.
Fortunately I managed to get all the shattered pieces of plastic out of the drive and it still works but I'm annoyed about not having a CD now. I'll ask my brother if he has an old XP CD, failing that I'll download one from Pirate Bay. I'm certainly not going to buy a new one and I'm well within my rights to obtain a copy because I have the licence to use it.
I know I should've copied it so I had a backup but I thought keeping it in a safe place was good enough to protect it, oh well, live and learn.