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Yeah, I saw a Myth Busters episode where they tried to detonate a CD by spinning really fast (Like as fast as the higher speed drives). It's true, they will shatter.
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Actually, not at all "like the higher speed drives." The MythBusters actually attached CDs to a Dremel, iirc, and spun them up to 40k RPMs or so before the discs shattered. A retail 52x drive spins at 10k RPMs. Their final conclusion was that it was only
plausable for the CDs to shatter in a highspeed consumer drive if the disc was already damaged.
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Not just already damaged. I personaly had a cd-rom drive that did made explode bran new cd.