Scratched ms media

I bought MS Office 2003 Pro but found that one of CDs (Business Contact
Manager for Outlook), is slightly scratched - small scratches is visible on
CD surface. This other CD isn't scratched. Does small scratches can affect
on correct data reading?

Vision,

Depends how deep the scratches are.

Best thing you can do to check the disc is to create a folder on your
computer & copy the entire CD to that folder. If it copies correctly then it
will be ok

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"vision" <vision@msnews.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I bought MS Office 2003 Pro but found that one of CDs (Business Contact
> Manager for Outlook), is slightly scratched - small scratches is visible
on
> CD surface. This other CD isn't scratched. Does small scratches can affect
> on correct data reading?
>

"vision" <vision@msnews.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I bought MS Office 2003 Pro but found that one of CDs (Business Contact
> Manager for Outlook), is slightly scratched - small scratches is
> visible on CD surface. This other CD isn't scratched. Does small
> scratches can affect on correct data reading?

They can but that's not often the case - just try it out. Otherwise:
"How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326246

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"Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message
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> Vision,
>
> Depends how deep the scratches are.
>
> Best thing you can do to check the disc is to create a folder on your
> computer & copy the entire CD to that folder. If it copies correctly then
it
> will be ok
>
> --
> Newbie Coder
> (It's just a name)
>
> "vision" <vision@msnews.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23lpmwIZiHHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > I bought MS Office 2003 Pro but found that one of CDs (Business Contact
> > Manager for Outlook), is slightly scratched - small scratches is visible
> on
> > CD surface. This other CD isn't scratched. Does small scratches can
affect
> > on correct data reading?
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The scratches is small, but its unpleasant to see that used cheap writable
media to distribute they software. CD looks even translucent a bit, if look
through data side, text on another side can be visible.

Regards

Hello,

Hmm, I wonder whether you are allowed to make a copy of the CD for archival
purposes aka Backup Copy?

That is one safeguard you can use in case the CD goes bad.

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"vision" <vision@msnews.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23lpmwIZiHHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I bought MS Office 2003 Pro but found that one of CDs (Business Contact
> Manager for Outlook), is slightly scratched - small scratches is visible
> on
> CD surface. This other CD isn't scratched. Does small scratches can affect
> on correct data reading?
>