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Author Topic: Fixing Scratched Disks  (Read 1881 times)

Thump

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Re: Fixing Scratched Disks
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2011, 07:10:39 pm »

While the other replies may seem legit, the only real way to fix a scratched disc is to take it to a Doctor.

Joking aside, my friend said he washed a CD once and then let it dry extensively to help with scratches. That doesn't exactly sound like a solution but it's a better last resort than throwing the thing in the garbage.

The heat could warp it pretty badly...
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Leonon

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Re: Fixing Scratched Disks
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2011, 07:27:47 pm »

Microwave.

Works every time.
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freeformschooler

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Re: Fixing Scratched Disks
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2011, 07:39:39 pm »

While the other replies may seem legit, the only real way to fix a scratched disc is to take it to a Doctor.

Joking aside, my friend said he washed a CD once and then let it dry extensively to help with scratches. That doesn't exactly sound like a solution but it's a better last resort than throwing the thing in the garbage.

The heat could warp it pretty badly...

Heat? It was a hand-wash, hand-dry.
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C4lv1n

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Re: Fixing Scratched Disks
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2011, 07:58:33 pm »

On the topic of fixing cartriges one of my friends made a SNES to USB adapter to run roms off of using one of the original gameboy adapters.
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Re: Fixing Scratched Disks
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2011, 11:59:18 pm »

Microwave.

Works every time.

Exactly this.

The scratch won't matter anymore.



(Please don't treat the above as an actual suggestion for scratch repair.)
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Enzo

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Re: Fixing Scratched Disks
« Reply #20 on: May 28, 2011, 03:59:40 am »

I've fixed 2-3 discs usin a toothbrush and some toothpaste.

I thought this was complete lunacy when I was first heard it, but toothpaste has never failed me in the past. I tend to use something softer than a toothbrush to apply it though.
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Thump

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Re: Fixing Scratched Disks
« Reply #21 on: May 28, 2011, 10:10:45 am »

While the other replies may seem legit, the only real way to fix a scratched disc is to take it to a Doctor.

Joking aside, my friend said he washed a CD once and then let it dry extensively to help with scratches. That doesn't exactly sound like a solution but it's a better last resort than throwing the thing in the garbage.

The heat could warp it pretty badly...

Heat? It was a hand-wash, hand-dry.

Ahh... thought you meant dishwasher, haha.
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