Media Care; Discs - Toshiba A200 Series User Manual

Media Care

This section provides tips on protecting data stored on your discs and
disks.
Handle your media with care. The following simple precautions will
increase the lifetime of your media and protect the data stored on it:
1. Store your discs in the container they came in to protect them and keep
2. Do not bend the disc.
3. Do not write on, apply a sticker to, or otherwise mar the surface of the
4. Hold the disc by its outside edge or the edge on the center hole.
5. Do not expose to direct sunlight, or extreme heat or cold, and do not
6. If your discs become dusty or dirty, wipe them with a clean dry cloth.

Discs

1. Store your discs in the container they came in to protect them and keep
2. Do not slide back the disc's protective metal covering or touch the disc's
3. Data may be lost if the disc is twisted, bent, or exposed to direct
4. Do not place heavy objects on your discs.
5. Do not eat, smoke, or use erasers near your discs. Foreign particles
6. Magnetic energy can destroy data on discs. Keep your discs away from
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them clean.
disc that contains data.
FingerPrints on the surface can prevent the drive from properly reading
data.
place heavy objects on your discs.
Wipe from the center out, do not wipe in a circular direction around the
disc. If necessary, use a cloth dampened in water or a neutral cleaner.
Do not use benzine, thinner or similar cleaner.
them clean. If a disk is dirty, do not use cleaning fluid. Clean it with a
soft damp cloth.
magnetic surface. FingerPrints may prevent the disc drive from reading
data from the disk.
sunlight, or extreme heat or cold.
inside the disk's jacket can damage the magnetic surface.
speakers, radios, television sets and other sources of magnetic fields.
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