So, these steps are worth to try before spending any money for a new ipod. Mine was a washing machine disaster, but I think any water-related accident may be applied here.

How to save iPhone/iPod that has submerged in water

1. First, completely turn off your iPod or iPhone. This can be done by pressing the power button for a few seconds and slide according to the instruction on the screen.
2. Remove any screen protector. Wipe the iPod/iPhone with dry cloth
3. Put the device in a small container of uncooked rice and leave it to dry by the sunlight. The rice will absorb surrounding moistures. Silica gels can be used as an alternative if you don’t want the rice dust, but be sure to get them quickly. If the weather is not sunny at your place, or if it’s too hot, you can put the container inside your house.
4. Your device should be dried within 1 or 2 days depending on the weather condition. Let it cool down if it feels hot.
5. Connect the iPod/iPhone to your computer through the USB port leave it for a few minutes. It should work normally after that.
6. If the device fails to charge or synchronize, reset it by pressing both power and home (round button at the bottom) at the same time for a few seconds.
7. If the device fail to turn on, send it to any iPod/iPhone repair shop.

I hope this little effort will help you like how it prevented me from getting a new iPod.

To other readers who plan to buy an iPod/iPhone, it might be a right decision to buy warranty that has coverage for water damage alongside the gadget so you don’t have to worry about this type of accident.

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What factor cause shortening in disc’s life span?

Back to the fact, an investigation by a Dutch personal computer magazine, PC Active stated that some CD-Rs are unreadable in as little as two years, because the dyes in the CD’s recording layer fade. These dyes replace the aluminum “pits” of a music CD or CD-Rom, and the laser uses that layer to distinguish 0s from 1s.

When the CD is written, the writing laser ‘burns” the dye, which become dark to represent a “1″ while a “0″ will be left blank so that if the dye fades, there will be no difference in which it’s just a long string of nothing to the playback laser. In simple way, we can say that the best choice for us now is to store our valuable data in two copies. One as a stand-alone copy whiles the other one for playback.

Beside that, other factors which cause a decrease in disc life span are heat and physical damage such as scratch.

How to maintain our DVD/CD discs condition?

The first thing that one could practice to maintain the lifespan of CDs and DVDs are by not keeping them inside the optical or burner drive when he or she is not using them. This might sound simple but we cannot guarantee that all people have realized this. Actually when we keep the CD/DVD in our optical/burner drive, it will suffer from unnecessary heat as the operating system might order the drive to check for any CD/DVD disc every time during startup.

Burning in low speed such as 48X (for CD-R) will also reduce the chance of data corruption besides by concerning the brand of CDs/DVDs that we want to buy. Products from Imation works best for me. How about you? What brand of CD-R/DVD-R do you like to buy? Now let us head to what we are suppose to do when our discs are scratch:

What to do when CDs/DVD become scratched?

1. Firstly, buy a liquid-based CD scratch repair kit a local store. Try to get a soft, lint-free cloth, such as one made for cleaning eyeglasses, if your scratch-repair kit doesn’t come with that. A
2. Check manufacture’s instructions. Wipe across the CD, starting from the inside out in straight line. Never wipe in a circular pattern (common mistake). Repeat the process if necessary and allow the disc to dry. This method can also be applied to DVD disc.

If the method above does not work, consider this method as your last resort.

1. Instead of using liquid-based CD scratch repair kit, use toothpaste.
2. Rub the toothpaste over the entire bottom of the CD. Left it there for 1 minute, then hold the disc under flowing water and use “radial motion” to remove all the toothpaste. Finally, allow the disc to dry.

Conclusion:

We cannot guarantee that we will be able to recover damaged CD/DVD so the best way to save your data stored in digital media is still to make a several copies of the CDs. Keeping your discs in a good condition will require a little bit of a hard work, but it will worth your time and energy since it will become a memorable moment when you watch the collection again in the future.