Hi Pat, Unfortunately I've had the same things happen to me with either DVDs or CDs, but admitedly on very rare occasions. When I purchase either CDs or DVDs in spindle I inspect carefully specially those on the very bottom. I suspect that the weight of the discs above may cause this to happen, but not sure. It could also be a deterioration of the media itself, which has been documented and commented upon in the press some years back, although a crack from the centre would indicate mostly a physical defect or damage rather than degradation of the disc media.
That's probably why I now make copies of important CDs or DVDs I purchase before I even use them! Regards, Philippe Chaperon ---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Do DVDs self-destruct? Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:46:48 +0800 >I bought a new game - it was brand new, perfect and shiny clean in >its >proper shrink-wrapped box. > >A few days later I noticed a very small, 2 or 3 mm crack from the >centre. Today, I played the game for a while, took a break, and when > >I tried to start again, it wouldn't go past the initialisation stage. > >When I looked at the disk, there were 2 big cracks from the centre, >one right into the data area. > >This disk has only been handled by responsible adults, no kids >around. It has not been abused in any way. > >Does this sort of thing happen often? > >Pat > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
