Originally Posted by
Blues&twos
If the CD/DVD is not being read at some point during installation, have you tried cleaning it? A bit of toothpaste, some gentle scrubbing and a good rinse and dry has worked for me on several occasions over the years, even on DVDs where there was no obvious physical damage/contamination. I have even successfully used T-Cut...
Sorry to be rude, and very rude. This might work for a
once off but what about the future?
No,
NO!!! What about your drive, now full of molecules of toothpaste, sandpaper, and moisture from when you superficially washed the disc surface, and then wiped it on your sleeve, adding microcracks to the critical inner plastic and metallic layers that contain the data as you bent it to get the right amount of pressure? How about the rest of the guts of your computer, as the spinning disc has flung the debris and been spread all over the other internal parts by the internal fan?
You advice is a bit like suggesting FDISK to empty the recycle bin, or putting your automatic car into Park at freeway speeds to slow down. It works, but has enormous implications a naive user may not realise until far, far too late, with unrecoverable losses.
DO NOT DO THIS!
Not today, not now.
Never!