Audio disks appear blank


  1. microbillgates
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    Audio disks appear blank


    When I insert a audio disk windows says the disk is empty this happens 75% of the time

    But the disk works on cd players
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  3. TVeblen
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    Two possibilities:

    • Dust and hair inside the drive. Clean out with a can of compressed air.
    • Failing/misaligned laser head. Drive replacement is usually the best solution.
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  4. microbillgates
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    Is it safe to use compressed air on a laptop disk drive?
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  6. microbillgates
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    Someone help :C
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  7. TVeblen
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    microbillgates said:
    Is it safe to use compressed air on a laptop disk drive?
    Yes.
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  8. microbillgates
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    Thxs I'm just testing how many disks
    1. Read(Data)
    2. Read(Empty)
    3. Not read
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  10. microbillgates
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    Ok I did the testing and


    • Green = Not Read
    • Red = Read but was empty
    • Blue = Read with data on.
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  11. TVeblen
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    That confirms what you said in post #1.
    Have you blown it out yet?
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  12. microbillgates
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    I am unable to get any compressed air so on saturday I'm gonna get a USB disk drive
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