Used DVD has hundreds of tiny scratches in a regular pattern. Repairable?
06-19-06 | 12:27 PM
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I thought that grundle was arguing that, since aluminum boils at 2467*C, we can't boil a DVD in water, because it won't get much hotter than 100*C. I was pointing out that we also use the word "boiling" to refer to putting things like eggs (or DVDs) into a pan of boiling water.
06-27-06 | 05:52 PM
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I brought the worst scratched disk (the one that would say No Disk in my Momitsu player) to Hollywood Video today and they gave it the treatment and it took out all those scratches! It's even seen in my computer drive now, the most finicky of my players.
06-27-06 | 06:27 PM
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Lots of good info here about scratched DVDs, thanks everyone. I also have a few old cd-rw's that will not read on my computer (i never use cd-rw's anymore because i now know they suck). But I still have a few old ones with pictures on them but they have some scratches on disc so I'm thinking of taking them to Hollywood video.
Just wondering if any of you know any tricks specific to CD-RW's? I tried to search, but it wasn't very helpful. I've also disc doctored 2 of them, but it didn't help either and just scratched them much more. Also, I'm hesitant to boil these since I thought a CD-RW would be more sensitive to getting screwed up by heat. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Just wondering if any of you know any tricks specific to CD-RW's? I tried to search, but it wasn't very helpful. I've also disc doctored 2 of them, but it didn't help either and just scratched them much more. Also, I'm hesitant to boil these since I thought a CD-RW would be more sensitive to getting screwed up by heat. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
06-27-06 | 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by illini420
Lots of good info here about scratched DVDs, thanks everyone. I also have a few old cd-rw's that will not read on my computer (i never use cd-rw's anymore because i now know they suck). But I still have a few old ones with pictures on them but they have some scratches on disc so I'm thinking of taking them to Hollywood video.
Just wondering if any of you know any tricks specific to CD-RW's? I tried to search, but it wasn't very helpful. I've also disc doctored 2 of them, but it didn't help either and just scratched them much more. Also, I'm hesitant to boil these since I thought a CD-RW would be more sensitive to getting screwed up by heat. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Just wondering if any of you know any tricks specific to CD-RW's? I tried to search, but it wasn't very helpful. I've also disc doctored 2 of them, but it didn't help either and just scratched them much more. Also, I'm hesitant to boil these since I thought a CD-RW would be more sensitive to getting screwed up by heat. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
06-28-06 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by MGR
Turtle wax... as in running it through a car wash??
