Jeff Vian wrote:
On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 12:03 -0400, Jim wrote:
Andy Pieters wrote:
[that he had a problem with a CD causing a hang]
This has been mentioned here on the list, and the one thing I have seen repeated is the copy-protection theme.
The fix has been to avoid copy-protected CDs. Works every time. Any CD that trashes my PC will quickly become part of the land fill after I complain to the vendor and make him take it back and give me a different one. They often don't even play in a standard CD player, which is what triggers the replacement with a different one.
Emphatically, this is not a fix. I agree with boycotting copy-protected CDs. I disagree that anyone should put up with an OS that craters when it encounters a bad DATA DISC.
Would you put up with this in your autombile? You are driving along on a hiway, and encounter an oil slick on the road. Suddenly, you cannot use either your accelerator or brakes. "Well, just don't drive on oil slicks!" is *not* an answer.
Mike