I just bought one from Wal-Mart last night and the POS doesn't even rotate when the handle is turned The thing from the handle and the wheel inside are no where near contacting each other...

...back to WM I go once my mp3 player from UPS gets here

How do you like the GameDR?

funny story...
my friends xbox wouldn't play his halo. it kept saying "disc dirty, clean disc". so he used his game dr that came with his xbox bundle. the game dr left this huge scratch going around the disc. the game was completely broken and he had to buy a new halo.

Holy $hit! Hopefully the Game dr that came with the xbox is not like the $30 one I have here. It's suppose to take the top layer of the cd off. Damn, what a horror story!

The GameDr. Is a piece of sh-t! I never did like it, it leaves scuff crap around it!

Do you know how these work?
They sand a layer of the disc off!!! How can that possibly help anything!!!

I bought one half price at KB Toys and the gears did not interlock and I finally adjusted it and tried it on Shenmue and was left with a pile of dust and a game that would not even load anymore. Has anyone ever had this fix a disc? I would gladly settled for the hiccuping. Now I feel so stupid I tried this I refuse to replace the game as pennance. There's a review at Amazon by a guy who had a business and bought this to clean his discs and magically turned them all into trash.

The information on the disc is right underneath the label side. It is not directly on the bottom. The Game Doctor/ CD Doctor/ DVD Doctor works by removing a thin layer of the bottom of the CD in order to eliminate the scratches. Yes, it does leave scuff marks in the places you use it, but that's what it's supposed to do. Even with the thin layer of the CD gone, the scratches and/or light abrasions are removed, and the laser should be able to read the information. If you find a Game Doctor in proper working order and you use it properly, it should work. I've used my DVD Doctor on some damaged DVDs and a few PS2 games and they work just fine.

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Yeah I know, but if you ever want to trade that game/dvd ever to a videogame store or online, they'll think you crapped the game up!

sorry to say...but its probably the exact same one.

I'll also vote that Game DR. is a piece of crap. There have been multiple threads about it, if you do a search you'll find one or two. The "Special Resurfacing Solution" that comes with it is nothing more than tap water. I've used it on a CD and the CD still plays the same as it did before, but now it's all ugly on the bottom. I tried it on a DVD that wouldn't work and the DVD still won't work. Wasn't worth my money I say.

Wow. I think this is one of the better tools I've purchased. I've recovered several $3.00 used skuf CDs (at $3, they are in pretty sad shape) from the local used CD store and used it several times to fix CDs that were impossible to copy because of errors.

But, you've got to use it correctly.

If the scratch is on the top, or so bad that the metal layer is damaged (if you can see a light spot when you hold it up to a strong lamp) this tool isn't going to help at all. It is not a miracle worker.

Basically, you're resurfacing the bottom of the CD. You want to remove enough of the surface to get rid of the scratches, but no more. You also want as smooth a surface as possible when you're done. The big key to this is lubrication. I use a lot of the cleaning solution (water) when I resurface my discs. After learning it was just water (which I suspected from the outset), I got very liberal with my use of water, and started getting much better results. Basically, you can't use too much. If you don't use it at all, or use very little, you'll ruin your disc and your resurfacing wheel.

When you're done, try using the buffing tool to smooth things out even further. It works fairly well if you've used enough water and the resurfacing marks are light to begin with. Much like sandpaper, it doesn't do much good if you start with 1200 grit paper when you need to completely resurface.

I've had very consistent, very good results from my DiscDoctor. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Another tip, for those without the xxxxxDoctor tools, is to use toothpaste (not the gel kind) to get out minor scratches, and automotive rubbing compound for deeper ones.