Anthony,
That is the point of my question. Yes, I use optical drives (CD, DVD). I understand them. They have optics inside that can (should) be cleaned. The laser lens, for instance.
I clean my optical drives every 6 months (if the stupid "old" CD works!)

Turns out that my present "cleaner CD" plays fine in W2K. It plays oddly in XP.
Bummer.  I know you play Vista/Win7. Fine. I do not.

Still wish to "clean" my optical drives.
Best,
Duncan



On 12/29/2010 22:25, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
ha! 48months = 4 years. That's a long time. I still have laptops that old, though. I don't use optical drives that much anyway, so I'm not even sure might ever need cleaning. How often do you clean yours? Do they still make those cleaner discs?

On 12/29/2010 10:20 PM, DSinc wrote:
Pardon me! I thought we did. Perhaps we just replace them when they
start acting up. But then, the past 48 months have changed
much of the "optical" world.
NO. I am not talking about SSD.
I should have specified "Old Optical" maybe.
Best,
Duncan


On 12/29/2010 22:13, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
Do people still clean optical drives? I haven't done that in years.

Sent from my Droid Incredible.



----- Reply message -----
From: "DSinc" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Dec 29, 2010 9:53 pm
Subject: [H] Cleaning optical drives?
To: "HWG" <[email protected]>

What do we now use to clean our chosen optical drives?

I am using a very old CompUSA CD. I so know OLD!
LOL! Yes, even XP is having trouble with this CD.
It plays fine on Win2000Server!
Whatever!................ :)

Question above applies........
I need a replacement CD/DVD to continue my optical
cleaning duties.
Best,
Duncan




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