16 Mar
2005
16 Mar
'05
6:12 p.m.
Scott Stevens wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if the high-speed CD-ROM drives we
all enjoy now are
always as good as they're thought to be. I remember my first experience
with a > 4x drive. I was used to the older drives which spin slower,
and the new fast drive 'spun up' like there was a big noisy machine
(there was) inside the PC Case. Perhaps there should be effort spent
on a more reliable grade of CD-ROM technology that emphasizes
reliability and long term life over rip-roaring speed. I can't help but
think that spinning your important archival CDs at a 2x reading speed
would be easier on them than the screaming fast rate most are read at
now.
This is a sound (no pun intended) theory, and Nero comes with software that can
be used to limit the speed of your CDROM drive.
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