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Re: Disk Shattered
CD's do shatter in drives, albiet rarely.
It usally happens the first time the drive spins up a new CD, because the disk has a defect in it that, when its spinning at high speed, causes it to break.
It's rare because quality control on todays disks is pretty good, and yesteryears drive models didn't spin up as high as they do today. Sufice to say, we won't be seeing any CD drives that are much faster then they are today, since spinning the disks much faster results in detonating disks.
Why this disk shattered when it did is beyond me. My guess would be the drive fried at shut down or something. I wouldn't plan on using it again. If you do take it apart, take pictures!
-Andy A.
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