My PC Just Blew Up

Okay, not quite, but it did sound like it had; or at least got shot. Actually, it was a CD shattering in one of my drives. I've heard stories of discs shattering in drives before but never came across it either with one of my drives or any of the myriad of friends and family that own pcs.

Anyway, I powered down the PC; took the drive out and then took it apart and emptied out all the bits of cd that were scattered inside and spent a good 15 minutes going over it with a fine brush to ensure there were no remnants left. I've put the drive back together and it's still reading and burning discs okay. Lucky escape methinks.