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nerve-racking experience
Because of some persistent problem* on my notebook, I was going to restore a
Macrium image, or so I thougt. After inserting the boot disk I heard all sorts of noises, spinning up and spinning down, but no way, the drive wasn't going to read the CD. Not a real problem I thought. I'll boot up and burn a new one. Inserted a blank CD and again the sound of spinning up and down. "no media". Damn!! Next I tried a CDRW... same trouble! The drive DID read DVD's. However, no CDR nor CDRW. Nearly desperate, I got an idea. I opened the tray and with a clean shaving brush I wiped the head and lenses. After this treatment: yes! The drive works again like new. No need for flinging the notebook out of the window... yet :-) Restore of image succeeded but I still have to do some updating and synching (from 10-12-2014) (Got rid of the initial *problem: "invalid Trusteer certificate" trying to log into on line bank) -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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"Linea Recta" wrote in message ... Because of some persistent problem* on my notebook, I was going to restore a Macrium image, or so I thougt. After inserting the boot disk I heard all sorts of noises, spinning up and spinning down, but no way, the drive wasn't going to read the CD. Not a real problem I thought. I'll boot up and burn a new one. Inserted a blank CD and again the sound of spinning up and down. "no media". Damn!! Next I tried a CDRW... same trouble! The drive DID read DVD's. However, no CDR nor CDRW. Nearly desperate, I got an idea. I opened the tray and with a clean shaving brush I wiped the head and lenses. After this treatment: yes! The drive works again like new. No need for flinging the notebook out of the window... yet :-) Bet you are a smoker. Restore of image succeeded but I still have to do some updating and synching (from 10-12-2014) (Got rid of the initial *problem: "invalid Trusteer certificate" trying to log into on line bank) |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:07:33 +0100, Linea Recta wrote:
I was going to correct you about "nerve-racking", but lucky for me, I checked first :-) Seems that both are correct, but my form, "nerve-wracking", is the variant form. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On 1/22/2015 2:37 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
"Linea Recta" wrote in message ... Because of some persistent problem* on my notebook, I was going to restore a Macrium image, or so I thougt. After inserting the boot disk I heard all sorts of noises, spinning up and spinning down, but no way, the drive wasn't going to read the CD. Not a real problem I thought. I'll boot up and burn a new one. Inserted a blank CD and again the sound of spinning up and down. "no media". Damn!! Next I tried a CDRW... same trouble! The drive DID read DVD's. However, no CDR nor CDRW. Nearly desperate, I got an idea. I opened the tray and with a clean shaving brush I wiped the head and lenses. After this treatment: yes! The drive works again like new. No need for flinging the notebook out of the window... yet :-) Bet you are a smoker. Restore of image succeeded but I still have to do some updating and synching (from 10-12-2014) (Got rid of the initial *problem: "invalid Trusteer certificate" trying to log into on line bank) I had one drive with a filament of spider web across the lens. Normal cleaner disk wouldn't take it off, had to disassemble the thing. |
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Canned air works better with out the risk of scratching the lens
-- AL'S COMPUTERS "Linea Recta" wrote in message ... Because of some persistent problem* on my notebook, I was going to restore a Macrium image, or so I thougt. After inserting the boot disk I heard all sorts of noises, spinning up and spinning down, but no way, the drive wasn't going to read the CD. Not a real problem I thought. I'll boot up and burn a new one. Inserted a blank CD and again the sound of spinning up and down. "no media". Damn!! Next I tried a CDRW... same trouble! The drive DID read DVD's. However, no CDR nor CDRW. Nearly desperate, I got an idea. I opened the tray and with a clean shaving brush I wiped the head and lenses. After this treatment: yes! The drive works again like new. No need for flinging the notebook out of the window... yet :-) Restore of image succeeded but I still have to do some updating and synching (from 10-12-2014) (Got rid of the initial *problem: "invalid Trusteer certificate" trying to log into on line bank) -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:43:15 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:07:33 +0100, Linea Recta wrote: I was going to correct you about "nerve-racking", but lucky for me, I checked first :-) Seems that both are correct, but my form, "nerve-wracking", is the variant form. I also always thought that it was "nerve-wracking." You didn't say where you checked, so I just checked in WNI2, and to my surprise found the same thing. |
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"Rod Speed" schreef in bericht
... "Linea Recta" wrote in message ... Because of some persistent problem* on my notebook, I was going to restore a Macrium image, or so I thougt. After inserting the boot disk I heard all sorts of noises, spinning up and spinning down, but no way, the drive wasn't going to read the CD. Not a real problem I thought. I'll boot up and burn a new one. Inserted a blank CD and again the sound of spinning up and down. "no media". Damn!! Next I tried a CDRW... same trouble! The drive DID read DVD's. However, no CDR nor CDRW. Nearly desperate, I got an idea. I opened the tray and with a clean shaving brush I wiped the head and lenses. After this treatment: yes! The drive works again like new. No need for flinging the notebook out of the window... yet :-) Bet you are a smoker. Wrong bet. -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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"mike" schreef in bericht
... On 1/22/2015 2:37 PM, Rod Speed wrote: "Linea Recta" wrote in message ... Because of some persistent problem* on my notebook, I was going to restore a Macrium image, or so I thougt. After inserting the boot disk I heard all sorts of noises, spinning up and spinning down, but no way, the drive wasn't going to read the CD. Not a real problem I thought. I'll boot up and burn a new one. Inserted a blank CD and again the sound of spinning up and down. "no media". Damn!! Next I tried a CDRW... same trouble! The drive DID read DVD's. However, no CDR nor CDRW. Nearly desperate, I got an idea. I opened the tray and with a clean shaving brush I wiped the head and lenses. After this treatment: yes! The drive works again like new. No need for flinging the notebook out of the window... yet :-) Bet you are a smoker. Restore of image succeeded but I still have to do some updating and synching (from 10-12-2014) (Got rid of the initial *problem: "invalid Trusteer certificate" trying to log into on line bank) I had one drive with a filament of spider web across the lens. Normal cleaner disk wouldn't take it off, had to disassemble the thing. The notebook has the advantage that the DVD lens is very accessible with the tray open. If this happened with the normal PC built-in DVD device, cleaning would be much more difficult. -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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"Ken Blake" schreef in bericht
... On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:43:15 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" wrote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:07:33 +0100, Linea Recta wrote: I was going to correct you about "nerve-racking", but lucky for me, I checked first :-) Seems that both are correct, but my form, "nerve-wracking", is the variant form. I also always thought that it was "nerve-wracking." You didn't say where you checked, so I just checked in WNI2, and to my surprise found the same thing. Actually I was inclined to write "nerve wrecking", but to be on the safe side I looked it up in Euroglot: "nerve-racking" "nerve-wracking" -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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"Andy" schreef in bericht
... Canned air works better with out the risk of scratching the lens Good alternative, though more expensive. I also need that to clean the interior of (a mechanical) clock, but havn't had the time to find a supplier yet. -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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