CD/DVD cleaning discs may do more harm than good
Serdar Yegulalp, Contributor
07.27.2006
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Are CD/DVD cleaning discs worth using? Most of these cleaning discs consist of a brush mounted to a CD-sized disc; you insert the disc into the player, let it spin, then remove it. The idea is that the brush will remove any dirt or dust that has accumulated on the drive's laser lens, which can indeed cause problems if enough accumulates.
But do CD/DVD cleaning discs work? Samuel M. Goldwasser's RepairFaq.Org Web site cites some of the reasons why these cleaning discs may do nothing, or more harm than good. Here are three of them:
The best ways to keep CD/DVD drives in proper order are to maintain proper environmental protections, with little dust, pollen, smo
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ke or dander in the air. Also, the drive should be properly mounted and the cables neither crimped nor folded.
Remember, CD/DVD drives are also commodity items, like mice or keyboards. If they fail, they can be replaced without incurring much of a cost.
About the author: Serdar Yegulalp is editor of the Windows Insight, (formerly the Windows Power Users Newsletter), a blog site devoted to hints, tips, tricks and news for users and administrators of Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Vista. He has more than 12 years of Windows experience under his belt, and contributes regularly to SearchWinComputing.com and SearchSQLServer.com.
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