18 Oct
2005
18 Oct
'05
7 a.m.
John Foust wrote:
At 01:39 PM 10/17/2005, Bob Bradlee wrote:
I've had three Microsoft OEM Windows CD's explode in 52x drives during
installed or restores. When contacted M$ not only refused to replace
the media but accused us of buying pirated blackmarket Windows software
because "Our genuine media dosen't shatter". A******s.
--
www.blackcube.org The Texas State Home for Wayward and Orphaned Computers
With the aid of a paperclip and a prybar, I opened
up the drive to fine a
shattered CD inside. I took one look at it and asked what had happened
in shock, it was shattered in a hundred pieces.
But I've seen this happen *twice* to a client who wasn't
dunking them in LOX. CDs are spinning quite quickly.
In this case, they were pressed CDs - cheap games, surely,
perhaps they even came in a cereal box.
- John