On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Martin wrote: > Am Di, 2003-09-02 um 18.56 schrieb Bryan Liesner: > > dd then gets slower and slower until it seems to grind to a halt. > > I have this problems everywhere (not only ATAng), if I'm trying to > read some of my really old CD-Rs. You should know that they are aging. > > Check the surface of the CD-R (the surface is actually the label!). > On few CD-Rs which have been in my car the label begins to break > in the outter areas. This can have several reasons: > - too much UV light (sun) > - too high humidity > - and also touching the CD-R on the outter area while holding it > > If you notice that your CD-R label looks strange and if you need > the data, you should backup it fast.
No, we're talking about brand new, factory pressed, audio CDs. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"