Why can you handle a CD and just clean it for it to work when if you did the same to a HDD platter, it would be ruined?

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I’m guessing it has more to do with the method the data is read but I’m not technically savvy enough to understand the difference.

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The CD data surface is encased in plastic because it’s designed to be handled.

The HDD platters aren’t.

The HDD also has a much higher speed and tighter tolerances because it is safely encased.

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