Disk explosion in the drive
About a month ago I was re-installing Windows and when setup was copying files the Windows XP original CD shattered in the DVD-ROM drive.BTW,the DVD-ROM drive was LG...
I sent pieces to MS for replacement...Called their cust service like 6-7 times...
The DVD-ROM drive was thrown to garbage.
So...in your opinion....is it a drive problem or a disk problem?
I didn't have Windows for 2 weeks until I got a replacement CD from MS.So I installed and used Linux...
In my opinion,its a drive problem,since disk was of a high quality...Chinese made devices can't handle high speeds that stupid marketing people make the manufacterers to achieve in the drives.So at high speed the disk flies off the spindle and breaks against the inner walls of the device.
And if it happens again...and the drive is on warranty...should I demand a replacement drive and a compensation for a disk?
I sent pieces to MS for replacement...Called their cust service like 6-7 times...
The DVD-ROM drive was thrown to garbage.
So...in your opinion....is it a drive problem or a disk problem?
I didn't have Windows for 2 weeks until I got a replacement CD from MS.So I installed and used Linux...
In my opinion,its a drive problem,since disk was of a high quality...Chinese made devices can't handle high speeds that stupid marketing people make the manufacterers to achieve in the drives.So at high speed the disk flies off the spindle and breaks against the inner walls of the device.
And if it happens again...and the drive is on warranty...should I demand a replacement drive and a compensation for a disk?
I'd agree. Quality control with CD production is all about data integrity and nothing about ensuring the disk runs true in a drive
and also if the cd is abused and has cracks in it then that can add to the problem cd's are easy to crack internally as well
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See here for a comparison of speeds of DVD drives versus CDs. If you are getting speeds up to the equivalent of 52x CDROM speeds (which is quite possible with DVD drives) and the media is slightly suspect then it could well explode inside the drive.
Lots of information and links here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_shattering