# is it bad if my computer's disk drive made a cd of mine physically hot?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 11, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-if-my-computers-disk-drive-made-a-cd-of-mine-physically-hot/259335 "2004-08-11T09:38:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-if-my-computers-disk-drive-made-a-cd-of-mine-physically-hot/259335/1 "2004-08-11T09:38:27Z")

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it had been in there for a while. is this bad?

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**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-if-my-computers-disk-drive-made-a-cd-of-mine-physically-hot/259335/2 "2004-08-11T10:27:15Z")

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If it’s burning hot, then yea i’d worry(data loss). If it’s warm then no big deal.