Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:49:45 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
>> Well, I've yet to have it utterly destroy a disk. But it has a number of
>> problems:
>>
>> - You cannot remove the disk from the drive without getting fingerprints
>> on it.
> 
> I manage to get it from the edges myself, but fingerprints aren't a huge 
> problem - they wipe off. :-)
> 
>> - If the servo won't let go of the disk, or won't accept the disk when
>> you try to push it in, you get scratches on the disk.
> 
> Sounds like a bad drive to me....
> 
>> - I've seen drives where you have to "bend" the disk slightly to get it
>> through the door. (Which probably just indicates a cheap drive, but
>> still...)
> 
> I haven't seen this one myself....
> 
>> None of these problems occur with slot-load drives.
> 
> Wait, what? ;-)

*sigh* Tray-load. Sheesh...

About the only thing that can go wrong with a tray-load drive is if the 
disk isn't sitting in it properly, and it gets mashed when the tray 
tries to shut. USUALLY the servo system notices this and stops trying to 
shut the door. Depending on how cheap the drive is...

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