Why does the recording side of a CD-ROM stay intact even when you touch it?
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The side that you're referring to as the recording side is actually a protecive layer. Under that layer you will find a thin foil. The thin foil is acuatlly what retains the data in the format of pits and grooves. \nMore info at: \nhttp://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cd.htm
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There is a little wire that goes from the back of your CD drive to your motherboard. Make sure this is not loose.
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The data is not earsed from the disk but the pointers (memory address) to the data (located in the FAT?) gets erased. The actual data stays there until you do 'Disk fragmentation'.
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The laser in the disk writer etches patterns of bumps in a circular pattern on the CD. When the CD is read, a laser follows these paths, and the bumps it hits create an analog singal that is interpreted into a digital signal. \n\nIn a nutshell.
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Could be the fact that disc you used was faulty
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Yes, if it's an optical mouse, this is a fairly common occurrence (depending on what kind of surface the mouse is on). Sometimes the camera gets stuck in a sort of loop that makes the mouse think it's still moving when it's not. This happens to me sometimes. If it really bothers you, try getting a mousepad designed for optical mice.
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I live in Arizona where cassettes would commonly melt in cars.  CDs are much more durable.  Once the technology was out there for the average person on the street to be able to affordable record CDs (I love to make mixes) I said goodbye to my cassettes for good.\nThe only problem I have now is that while the music industry seems to have switched over to CDs, books on tape are, well, still on tape... CD book recordings are still pretty rare.  I used to like to listen to books on tape during long car trips, and now I only have a CD player in my car.  I actually shopped around to replace my car stereo with one with both CD and cassette, but was not able to find any in the stores!
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CD ROMs can only be read and not changed at all. CD-Rs can have information burned into them.
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Record at lower speeds (during CD to CD copy). Audio CDs created with the CD recorder have no header for each audio frame. Since the frame header contains the block address, lack of the header can cause noise during playback.\n\nReading data at too high a speed also can cause pops and clicks in the audio output, because audio samples are skipped or repeated during jitter correction. To prevent pops in audio tracks, write at lower speeds or create a CD image on your hard drive.
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go into its properties and see if recording is enabled ... if it is then go to device manager and uninstall ur ide and cdrom drivers then reboot and let windows redetect them ...
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There is a lot of copy protection features that prevent cd from being copied, if the time codes you talking is one of them, yes.
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the different in the CDs itself the recordable CD not able to be written again, and in the  re-writeable CD there are no erase there are overwritten when u erase the cd u just overwrite with a blank CD and as i said it depends on the CD it self i think and am not sure the thickness or the number of layers in the CD.
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While I don't have your specific machine with me, most mini towers have either 2 screws on the back or a quick release tab. As you look at the front of the system, the back left is where you will find the screws/tab. You might have a large thumbscrew also. Keep in mind why are you tightening the CD-ROM. Is it making noise? Many modern CD ROMs make significant noise when spinning at full speed. Be careful.
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Nero gives you the option to protect a cd.
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the cd is write protected for most cds are now-a-days... no help on this one sorry bud.
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The unit does have a different head for CD so it is possible for one to go bad and the other stay working.\n\nIf you won't read or write and you have tried different media my guess is your CD head is bad. The writers are a throw away item now. They are so cheap you don't want to fix them.
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Leave it alone for a few weeks, if there aren't screws on it, then your going to end up cracking it open. Actually if you don't use it for a while and it dries up on its own, your drive probably will still work, I've had several electronics that got soaked but I let them dry for a few weeks and they usually ended up fine. Some people run over flash drives as well, and they still survive.