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Date:      Wed, 03 Sep 2003 07:48:33 +0200
From:      Martin <nakal@web.de>
To:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ATAng - copying atapi CD
Message-ID:  <1062568112.600.9.camel@klotz.local>
In-Reply-To: <20030902124217.L935@gravy.homeunix.net>
References:  <20030902124217.L935@gravy.homeunix.net>

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Am Di, 2003-09-02 um 18.56 schrieb Bryan Liesner:
> dd then gets slower and slower until it seems to grind to a halt.

I have this problems everywhere (not only ATAng), if I'm trying to 
read some of my really old CD-Rs. You should know that they are aging.

Check the surface of the CD-R (the surface is actually the label!).
On few CD-Rs which have been in my car the label begins to break
in the outter areas. This can have several reasons:
- too much UV light (sun)
- too high humidity
- and also touching the CD-R on the outter area while holding it

If you notice that your CD-R label looks strange and if you need
the data, you should backup it fast.

Martin




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