Blah blah etc...
OK this wuz an
extremely interesting off-topic.
Now what was the
original subject of the thread again .. hmm, can't recall it now, let me think...
... goes into deep meditation ... very difficult to remember ... tries to reach back ages and ages ago, several countless posts in the past ... and at last :
Got it!

U were having a major prob with a M$ Office CD which featured a so-called "protection". This made me curious too, so on my advice U ran CDspeed's 'Scandisk' surface test and it wuz "99% correct".
But what were the exact results? Were there yellow or RED squares on the graph?
Furthermore did U run
BWAbuilder on it??? What did the graph look like???