What can I do with CD-R discs that failed during writing?
If the disc wasn’t closed, you can write more data in a new session. If the disc was closed, or was nearly full when the write failed but is still missing important data, then its use as digital media is over. However, that doesn’t mean it’s useless. Here are a few ideas: • Fill in the center hole to avoid leaks, and use them as drink coasters. • Create a hanging ornament (suitable for holiday decorations) or wind chime. The latter isn’t all that interesting – they just sort of “clack” a little – unless you use the discs to catch the wind and something else to make the chimes. • Use them as mini-frisbees in an office with cubes. Since they’re rather solid and may hurt when they hit, you should await a formal declaration of intra-office war before opening up with these. • Have CD bowling tournaments where you see how far you can roll one down a narrow hallway. You’d be surprised at how hard it can be unless you get the wrist motion just right. • Put them under a table or chair whose leg
If the disc wasn’t closed, you can write more data in a new session. If the disc was closed, or was nearly full when the write failed but is still missing important data, then its use as digital media is over. However, that doesn’t mean it’s useless. Here are a few ideas: • Fill in the center hole to avoid leaks, and use them as drink coasters. • Create a hanging ornament or wind chime. The latter isn’t all that interesting – they just sort of “clack” a little – unless you use the discs to catch the wind and something else to make the chimes. • Use them as mini-frisbees in an office with cubes. Since they’re rather solid and may hurt when they hit, you should await a formal declaration of intra-office war before opening up with these. • Have CD bowling tournaments where you see how far you can roll one down a narrow hallway. You’d be surprised at how hard it can be unless you get the wrist motion just right. • Put them under a table or chair whose legs don’t quite sit right. • Run them
(2005/01/03) If the disc wasn’t closed, you can write more data in a new session. If the disc was closed, or was nearly full when the write failed but is still missing important data, then its use as digital media is over. However, that doesn’t mean it’s useless. Here are a few ideas: – Fill in the center hole to avoid leaks, and use them as drink coasters. – Create a hanging ornament (suitable for holiday decorations) or wind chime. The latter isn’t all that interesting – they just sort of “clack” a little – unless you use the discs to catch the wind and something else to make the chimes. – Use them as mini-frisbees in an office with cubes. Since they’re rather solid and may hurt when they hit, you should await a formal declaration of intra-office war before opening up with these. – Have CD bowling tournaments where you see how far you can roll one down a narrow hallway. You’d be surprised at how hard it can be unless you get the wrist motion just right. – Put them under a table or ch
