2007-05-20 13:06:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
cd drivers not the disk but the readers/writers.
2007-05-20 15:28:52 · update #1
Hard to answer that. Most people (including myself) have CD drives on some PC's as old as 10 years or more that still work fine.
Perhaps some of the newer "bargain"brands are not built as well as they should be. You may also (if this all happened on the same computer) have a voltage regulation problem with your power supply.
All said, you've either had a case of real bad luck or there is an environmental issue with your PC or handling of the drives.
EDIT : were you refering to the media ? If so ... that is still quite strange.
regards,
Philip T
2007-05-20 13:14:07 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are talking about CD-R (ones you can write at home) and not CD-ROMs (not writable, pressed at factory).
CD-Rs last for only 2 to 5 years and they degrade from heat, light and humidity. Keeping the discs away from these should add some life but still will not last your lifetime.
In contrast to all the advancements in personal computers with hundreds of Gigabytes of data storage, we are in bad need for a decent back-up medium. With the prices of hard drives so low, I keep backups on multiple computers or multiple hard drives although these are also bound to break some day (hopefully not all at once).
2007-05-20 21:45:38 · answer #2 · answered by ytana9999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also never faced this problems. I have CD which is of 4x speed and was burned in 1997 - and its working perfectly. In fact I do not find any difference on the movie quality in that CD and present day's CD - all are same.
There must be some problem in your CD storage.
2007-05-21 10:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actuallyyour lucky!! You should transfer your data about every year; its just a natural fault of CD's, you pay for convience. Also, you may want to upgrade to a better CD, You can find best ones, by going to Yahoo ask a Question, ut you are st8ill better off transferring your data every year or so.
2007-05-20 20:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by JOHN A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There must be something in the way you handle or store them I have some cd roms that are probably 12 years old and they are still working fine, I have never had one break.
2007-05-20 20:23:02 · answer #5 · answered by Colin H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋