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RE: Re: RE: exploding CD

wyliecoyoteuk — Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:11 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:11 pm

I think it is more likely if the hole is offcentre, this was a brand new CD, only used once.

RE: Re: RE: exploding CD

MartyBartfast — Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:26 pm

Author: MartyBartfast

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:26 pm

Sorry, I'll get me coat.

RE: Re: RE: exploding CD

nelz — Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:46 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:46 am

Please, can we try to maintain some standards when posting here. There's no need for what you just posted MartyBartfast...

There should be no apostrophe in "eyes"

Re: RE: exploding CD

MartyBartfast — Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:35 am

Author: MartyBartfast

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:35 am

photobod wrote:

... stressed a lot around the hole....

Makes me eye's water just thinking about it

RE: exploding CD

photobod — Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:52 pm

Author: photobod

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:52 pm

I also know soemone who had a CD explode in a drive, wrecking i t totally.
I think it was a game CD of some sort but don't know what.
My impression is that this can happen if the CD has been stressed a lot around the hole. Be careful when removing CDs from their cases!

RE: exploding CD

AJB2K3 — Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:30 pm

Author: AJB2K3

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:30 pm

My m8 had a hd explode in his drive, and i had to dissamle the drive to get the bit out.
Lucky though the drive servived.
It wasnt xp it was a genuine tomb rader disk.

RE: exploding CD

M-Saunders — Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:45 am

Author: M-Saunders

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:45 am

See:

http://www.powerlabs.org/cdexplode.htm

M

RE: exploding CD

Lejon — Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:51 pm

Author: Lejon

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:51 pm

Maby it was the Computers way of telling it dose not want windows
It sacrificed a limb for it, so it must dislike MS Windows bad

exploding CD

wyliecoyoteuk — Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:24 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:24 pm

Hiyall,

Just seen, for the first time, a self-destructing CDrom!

A Brand new Windows XP SP2 OEM CD exploded into fragments, trashing the CDWriter it was being installed from!

Is this a new sinister way of ensuring that you only install it once?
Or does it only happen when it detects Linux?

I have heard of this before, but never believed it until now.

Maybe this will spread to Linux, and we will have downloadable playonce ISOs