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Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: thursday22dp
and if i dont have a cd burner?
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Return your computer to the computer literate person you took it from.
Buy one.
Borrow one.
Dumpster dive for one.
Ask a friend to burn it for you.
Get a really small pin and "burn" it manually.
Get new RAM to test it out (although this isn't as conclusive as memtest86).
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You cant burn a cd with a pin! 😛 No, seriously, even if you had the amazing coordinatino and ability to "scratch" the surface, a pin could not physically burn the cd. When cds are burned, a laser is "shined" through the transparent disk surface to the surface behind, and the material in the back is melted and it turns opaque, which changes its reflective properties when the read laser goes over it. I know this is a bit of an oversimplified explanation, and I can not do the process justice, but if you look the subject up, it is quite interesting.😀
 
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