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Warped DVD

  • 22-01-2005 9:10pm
    #1
    NotMe
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    I was trying to copy a DVD and it didn't work. I got a lot of read errors. When I looked closely at the disk I noticed it wasn't exactly flat, the edges were 'higher' than the middle. I tried to copy it again with "ignore read errors" checked and it still wouldn't work and when I took it out of the drive it was a lot worse. It's like a bowl now. :D Is it the DVD overheating or something? :confused:


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  • #2
    galwaydude18
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    Sounds like it may be overheating. Not totaly sure if it is so im not much help here. I just reckon it is!


  • #3
    NotMe
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    I put it in upside down and it flattened out a bit. :) It might just be a crap quality DVD. It was made by an amateur production company. I think it's a DVD-R actually.


  • #4
    galwaydude18
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    jesus are u mad man?!!!! You should never ever put a dvd or cd upside down in your drive! You could seriously damage it (might have done damage by now!). id say give up on that dvd. It cant be reliable if its warped. If it were a good quality dvd it wouldn't warp. i would imagine it shouldn't warp no matter what make it is! i still reckon your dvd writer is over heating!!!!


  • #5
    NotMe
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    Crap. How will putting it in upside down damage the drive?

    The DVD works fine in my DVD-player but not in my laptop or computer. :confused:


  • #6
    galwaydude18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭galwaydude18


    not sure how it could damage it! i wouldn't dare put any dvd upside down in my dvd writer or any other drive for that matter! The laser wouln't be able to read the dvd and also the fact that the dvd is warped the drive could spin up very fast causing it to shake in the drive and eventually shatter to bits inside your drive! if that did happen you would have to buy a new drive!!!!


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  • #7
    jimi_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭jimi_t


    A wild, uneducated, technically inaccurate guess here but maybe your stand-alone DVD player has a lower read speed than either your laptop or desktop DVD drive which reads the disc at higher rates and generates more heat, warping said disc? As I said, a wild guess but I'm pretty sure that this has to do with it being a crappy DVD and not some revolutionary, new, anti-piracy technology :D


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