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12-10-2007, 10:25 PM
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Argh - A scratch on my CD
Ok, as from my "I have a new CD thread" you'll know I recently got a new CD. But alas, somehow it managed to get a scratch on it and now skips all the way through "7 Days To The Wolves"!!!
 I don't want to pay another $30 for a brand new CD - is there a way to repair the scratch? Any cheap option with stuff I could find at home?
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#2
12-10-2007, 10:35 PM
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You can get a CD/DVD repair kit from pretty much any music or electronic store. I'm not sure how much they are these days, but they're not that expensive (should be less than $10, but don't quote me on that).
As for things you'd have on hand at home, I haven't a clue.
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#3
12-10-2007, 10:50 PM
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I spray deodorant on a disc thats stuffed up, and then get a tissue and wipe it from the middle of the disc to the outside, seems to work for me. I think it's because of the alcohol in deodorant.
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#4
12-10-2007, 10:57 PM
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If there are any Gamecrazy stores in New Zealand, they have a machine that will repair CDs, and get them looking almost new again, and it's cheap.
Also, there are some pretty good at home CD repair machines. I don't think the good ones cost much more than 30 dollars (USD).
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#5
12-10-2007, 11:02 PM
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Try rubbing some iso-propanol (rubbing alcohol, pure as you can get. If it is below 30%, don't bother. Boiling works, but is dangerous.) on the scratch. Use something electrically neutral to rub.
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#6
12-11-2007, 01:01 AM
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i feel for you... Nightwish CD's are too good to see hurt...
 YouTube - Nightwish 7 Days to the Wolves
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#7
12-11-2007, 01:54 AM
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You can at least try to play it in your computer or other devices.
Not every laser is the same and it's perfectly possible that other devices will "ignore" the scratch. Ofcourse, I have no idea how big the scratch is..
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#8
12-11-2007, 08:30 AM
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Go back to the store and tell them when i bought it had a scratch on it.
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#9
12-11-2007, 09:07 AM
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From what I understand the way CD's work is that the bumps that the CD reads are on the aluminum foil within it and not on the surface of the plastic. CD repair kits will basically rub the plastic until the scratch disappears. Doing this manually will take a long time but they do sell machines that repair cd's too. Kind of expensive though. I don't think it works on burned CDs.
This one is on sale for under 30 dollars.
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#10
12-11-2007, 09:41 AM
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Try and recover the data onto your computer and then burn to a new cd. I believe that this is legal as long as you only listen to it yourself and destroy the original copy.
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