Does water hurt game discs?

Does water hurt game discs?

Does water hurt game discs?

If the disc has experienced no permanent damage from absorption of the liquid, it should play normally. In NIST tests, a CD totally submerged in clean water for 24 hours was found to be unreadable initially after removal and surface drying.

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  • 2023-06-25 01:45:35
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What happens when you put a ps4 game disc in a pc?
A PS4 disk will just pop up an unformatted or an incorrect format or something along those lines on a PC. However, there are some ways of determining if the disk is in error (which odds are it should be fine unless there's heavy damage to it).
2024-02-11 10:10:05


Is it okay to clean a game disc with water?
To clean a CD or DVD a microfiber cleaning cloth or cotton based tissue or cloth is recommended. Any materials used should be checked to ensure they are non-abrasive. In most instances water will suffice as a cleaning agent.
2024-01-15 05:17:30


Is it safe to put water in ps4 disc?
Unless if the water was at a very high temperature, chances are, water alone won't damage the PS4 discs, let alone any other discs. Anything with a high temperature can easily get the disc of any sort to start degrading, which will corrupt the data that the disc holds.
2024-01-06 21:22:14


Does piracy hurt game sales?
But it turned out that the study found that piracy had no impact on sales — at least in some cases. The suppression story broke, and it made for a nice new cycle narrative.
2023-11-23 10:47:04