Media Care; Discs - Toshiba Satellite 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
them clean.
2. Do not bend the disc.
3. Do not write on, apply a sticker to, or otherwise mar the surface of the
disc that contains data.
4. Hold the disc by its outside edge or the edge on the center hole.
FingerPrints on the surface can prevent the drive from properly reading
data.
5. Do not expose to direct sunlight, or extreme heat or cold, and do not
place heavy objects on your discs.
6. If your discs become dusty or dirty, wipe them with a clean dry cloth.
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.

Discs

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