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Congratulations on surviving. I'm astonished that happened. I've actually never heard of that happening before. As you mentioned, is this a recent problem with new very high speed cdrom drives? Or should I be scared that my head may be next, when my 32x cdrom spins a cd?
Although it may be an issue with newer games, I'd suggest copying the cd and using that next time. As far as I know this is not illegal, at least with DVD's, Rom's and MP3's, my understanding is that if you already own it, and only use the copy for your own use, it is within legal rights. Reason being? When I lose cd's (which happens when you move a lot between college, home, summer sublets, etc) I know the original is still sitting in the box.
As far as my knowledge goes there is no way to run a cd without it in the drive, if the cd has previously been destroyed. Programs that enable you to do this require a copy of the cd to copy it on the hard drive, which is then referenced in place of the cd.
Correct me if I'm wrong,
And I wish the best in mental and physical recovery!
Just remember, computers are your friends even though they might try to kill you from time to time.
Cheers,
Munk
Edit: Clarity.
Congratulations on surviving. I'm astonished that happened. I've actually never heard of that happening before. As you mentioned, is this a recent problem with new very high speed cdrom drives? Or should I be scared that my head may be next, when my 32x cdrom spins a cd?
Although it may be an issue with newer games, I'd suggest copying the cd and using that next time. As far as I know this is not illegal, at least with DVD's, Rom's and MP3's, my understanding is that if you already own it, and only use the copy for your own use, it is within legal rights. Reason being? When I lose cd's (which happens when you move a lot between college, home, summer sublets, etc) I know the original is still sitting in the box.
As far as my knowledge goes there is no way to run a cd without it in the drive, if the cd has previously been destroyed. Programs that enable you to do this require a copy of the cd to copy it on the hard drive, which is then referenced in place of the cd.
Correct me if I'm wrong,
And I wish the best in mental and physical recovery!
Just remember, computers are your friends even though they might try to kill you from time to time.
Cheers,
Munk
Edit: Clarity.