I guess I deserve this.

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Furiey said:
If you have a CD writer you can copy them off your hard drive and back to a CD, just keep those original CDs even though you can't play them.

At least you have a copy on your hard drive, I knew someone who bought a whole load of records (vinyl) and put them in the back seat of his car to drive home. Unfortunately it was hot and they all melted into a completely useless L shape to match the back and seat of the car seat. The shop wouldn't take them back as they said he had mistreated them. He had them in his room for ages as he couldn't bring himself to throw them away having spent so much on them. In the end he put the album sleeves on his wall and used some of the centre bits that weren't bent as coasters.
You can mould Vinyls in you submerse them in hot water-if the grooves are still there, maybe submersing the record in hot water, and then pressing it with a large book or something might work.

If not, they can use the same method to make a vase or something :)
 
Chukchi Husky said:
I had 24 CDs. I stored them in a large case that can hold up to 60. A bit of sand got into the case and damaged 11 of my CDs (putting little holes into them). I guess it's what I get for wasting my money.

Import as many tracks as you can into media player or iTunes or whatever you've got that works for that.
 
nonconformist said:
You can mould Vinyls in you submerse them in hot water-if the grooves are still there, maybe submersing the record in hot water, and then pressing it with a large book or something might work.

If not, they can use the same method to make a vase or something :)
He did try and flatten them out but they were just too badly warped. I doubt whether he still has them now, this was nearly 20 years ago.
 
Chukchi Husky said:
I checked my CDs again. Two more of them have holes.
Huh? How do you get holes in a CD? They are plastic and reasonably thick. There is no way that sand would make a hole through a CD. Sand could scratch them though.
 
If there's a grain of sand in a CD wallet, and there's a CD in it, whenever the CD moves, the grain of sand makes holes in the CD.
 
Do you have siblings or family members who may have taken it to the beach? Id really like to know how sand got into it. It wouldnt magically appear there.
 
Chukchi Husky said:
If there's a grain of sand in a CD wallet, and there's a CD in it, whenever the CD moves, the grain of sand makes holes in the CD.
If the sand is on the music side of the CD, it would scratch the surface. If it is on the lable side, it would have no effect worth mentioning. I do not see how grains of sand can make a hole through a CD. Or am I missing something here?
 
Birdjaguar said:
If it is on the lable side, it would have no effect worth mentioning.
If it goes too deep on the label side, it can chip off the data.
Birdjaguar said:
I do not see how grains of sand can make a hole through a CD. Or am I missing something here?
There is no gap between the CD and the case.
 
You, my friend, need to enter the world of MP3 players.

CD's are so... 20th century. Not exactly convenient when you're on the go...
 
What type of music is it? I may be able to scrounge up some mp3's for you, you can burn it onto a cd then.
 
Oh, well, that's a good practice.

I believe that if the sand was coarse enough, it could have eroded a hole through plastic. Cd's are quite brittle, too.
 
ComradeDavo said:
CDs are NEVER A WASTE OF MOMEY!:eek:
That really depends on the band/artist that is recorded on the cd. I for one doesn't think Maria Carreys cd's are worth the plastic they are made of;)
 
I'm having a bit of a deja vu here. Did you have problems with scratched cds before and asked for help here?

Anyway, sorry to hear about your loss! If i were you, i wouldn't rest until i found out how the sand got into the cd cases.
 
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