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what is the best WAY to clean a DISC???
Hi there U have heard of so many ways how to clean a disc, but witch one is the best???:)
Hi there U have heard of so many ways how to clean a disc, but witch one is the best???:)
what disk???????????????????????????
If you follow tradition, the term disc refers to optical media, disk refers to magnetic media.
I assume you are wanting to clean optical media (CDs/DVDs). I wash (fingers or microfiber cloth only) with a 50/50 water/isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol solution - to remove grease (fingerprints). I then rinse in plain water and dry with a microfiber cloth. More expensive would be to dry with lens paper. If you rinse with distilled water you could probably air dry without getting water spots (the reason for drying)
Monk
Whatever you do, stay away from preparations for disc cleaning, all that I have found are nothing more than water, with perhaps a trace of alcohol, but not enough for cleaning. They are a waste of money.
I do like the above posters said, but I also only wipe from Center of disc straight out.
I don't wipe in circles if you know what I mean.
I use the same thing to clean my computer keyboards, monitors, laptops and discs...it's a 50/50 mix of 70-80% isopropyl alcohol with distilled water and a microfiber cloth.
As said, use a mixture of 50/50 Isopropyl Alcohol & Deionised Water (dont use hand sanitizer - it contains IPA but also mosturisers which cause surface to grease up ang give read errors - i get my IPA from eBay - 100% pure n just dilute it with 50% deionised water). Deionised water can be bought from most stores (Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's etc as its used for putting in irons & car batteries) - dont use tap water as it contains minute traces of minerals which over time can scratch the surface
Lastly, dont rub in a circular motion, as this can cause read errors and make the disc unreadable. Start from the centre hole and work your way out to the outside - repeat this all the way round.
Quite in depth, but this also applies to TFT screens - works a charm - just remember - 50% PURE Isopropyl Alcohol & 50% DEIONISED water
Last edited by Airbot; 16 May 2010 at 21:16. Reason: changed text size..
Steve,
I bet your correct.
However, before making a suggestion more info is needed.
I'm looking forward to his next post.
But basically, either a DiskPart Clean command or SDelete from the SysInternals Suite or simply a wipe with CCleaner, however, we must await his reply.