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| Thread ID: 74449 | 2006-11-23 02:28:00 | Welcome Back Floppy disk | JJJJJ (528) | PC World Chat |
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| 501466 | 2006-11-26 10:42:00 | If you do throw them away cook them in the microwave first, not too long, 10 secs, look out for flames. Don't think anyone is recycling them whether they can be or not. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 501467 | 2006-11-26 12:32:00 | If you do throw them away cook them in the microwave first, not too long, 10 secs, look out for flames. Don't think anyone is recycling them whether they can be or not. i dont know what teh microwaves would do (but assume it works).. i find scratching the label side is a safe way to go - just put it mirror side up on some concrete and give a quick scuff - the data is stored on the shiny film, not the plastic disc |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 501468 | 2006-11-26 19:48:00 | If you do throw them away cook them in the microwave first, not too long, 10 secs, look out for flames.Not recommended, it is the same as running the MW with nothing in the cavity and can/will destroy the magnetron. If you must do that, at least stand the disk on top of a glass or cup of water. Scratching is faster, albeit less spectaular, and just as effective. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 501469 | 2006-11-27 00:22:00 | Scratching is faster, albeit less spectaular, and just as effective . provided you scratch the side which actually has the data on it - no point scratching the wrong side |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 501470 | 2006-11-27 00:49:00 | provided you scratch the side which actually has the data on it - no point scratching the wrong sideOh really? Let me scratch some of your Cds or DvDs on the "wrong" side and you'll soon see the point . Sure the label side is easier to scratch and nominally more effective, but a good gouging on the read side is equally destructive . Cheers Billy 8-{) :p |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 501471 | 2006-11-27 00:57:00 | Oh really? Let me scratch some of your Cds or DvDs on the "wrong" side and you'll soon see the point . Sure the label side is easier to scratch and nominally more effective, but a good gouging on the read side is equally destructive . Cheers Billy 8-{) :p i would scratch to prevent someone picking up the disc and stealing the information: if they can repair the plastic side it's still salvagable, but you can't repair it if the label side with the actual data in it is screwed |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 501472 | 2006-11-27 10:03:00 | Sorry, throw them away, can they be recycled.Yep, as coasters or shiny frisbees. :badpc: No need to microwave them, an ordinary radiant element does a good job in around 20 secs. 2 minutes will cause a bit of domestic disharmony. :waughh: :waughh: | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 501473 | 2006-11-29 01:24:00 | i would scratch to prevent someone picking up the disc and stealing the information: if they can repair the plastic side it's still salvagable. That's paranoia talking! What's so valuable or interesting about your data that somebody would go to extremes to repolish a scratched CD or DVD on the off chance there might be something interesting there? If you scatch it properly, it is almost impossible to repolish to a readable state, and if you have to take too much off, the laser will not be able to focus on the data anyway. Cheers Billu 8-{) :confused: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 501474 | 2006-11-29 02:05:00 | That's paranoia talking! What's so valuable or interesting about your data that somebody would go to extremes to repolish a scratched CD or DVD on the off chance there might be something interesting there? If you scatch it properly, it is almost impossible to repolish to a readable state, and if you have to take too much off, the laser will not be able to focus on the data anyway. Cheers Billu 8-{) :confused: Mt thoughts exactly. But I was too polite to express them;) |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 501475 | 2006-11-29 03:51:00 | Just when you thought you had backed up everything on floppies, one day you need to restore those files from floppies, upon the 2nd to last floppy it prompts "Data Reading Error Drive A: Abort, Retry, Fail?" ...... | SKT174 (1319) | ||
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