An Ironic way to fix your scratched CDs.

I'm going to burn some random data to a blank CD, scratch it beyond readability, boil it, and get back to you. Zeke129

This is the attitud we need, good on you mate! doing something for gaming science :P

Alright, it's burning now. I'll do a few different types of scratches. The standard "drop it on something" nicks, some steel wool damage to replicate an old disk, and a quick one with a box cutter.

EDIT: Forgot to mention I'm doing those as three seperate tests on different disks.

I'm interested in seeing the outcome.

Alright, it's burning now. I'll do a few different types of scratches. The standard "drop it on something" nicks, some steel wool damage to replicate an old disk, and a quick one with a box cutter.

EDIT: Forgot to mention I'm doing those as three seperate tests on different disks.

I'm interested in seeing the outcome.

Zeke129

I am exicited about seeing the results:D. I have always wanted to try this but now I don't have to. Although don't you think the box cutter is a little bit of an overkill? If you can fix that disk, then I will be in awe.

Please keep us updated.

Results

Small Nicks: Busted.

Steel Wool: Busted.

Box Cutter: Busted.

I also kept a CD perfectly clean and boiled it up. The PC failed to read it afterwards. Therefore, don't do this. It makes the disks worse.

Well it kind of makes sense since applying heat would actually cause the physical structure of the disc to expand and close the gaps of the scratches. I actually wonder if it would deform the disc to make it readable. Try and let us know.

EDIT: Too late for my post, you already had the results.

Peanut Butter works on shallow scratches apparently

Turtle Wax, and Toothpaste on medium ones apparrently

But really I like to buy this disc repair paste from EB/Gamestop because its only like 8 bucks and will last you for about 50 discs worth.

Peanut Butter works on shallow scratches apparently

Turtle Wax, and Toothpaste on medium ones apparrently

But really I like to buy this disc repair paste from EB/Gamestop because its only like 8 bucks and will last you for about 50 discs worth.

HiResDes

You can go ahead then. I'm done with wasting CDs for a while. :P

just use a DiscDrCradleXX

I hate when people say just use Disc Dr, as if they just have 30 bucks to waste, if they had 30 bucks basically they could just buy another game.

I've used rubbing alcohol on discs before, it works pretty well if the scratches are small

Also, a friend of mine did it with an old PS1 game (which looked like he had taken steel wool to it, lol), and it ran perfectly

Boiling does work, but only temporarily... so pretty much useless. You're suppose to submerge the DVD in boiling water for around 3 seconds.

Edit: Actually it may or may not work on scratched disks. The method originated as a temporary fix for the unreadable cheap quality XBM demo disks.

Try this

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Don't scratch your CD/DVD ;)

Try this

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Don't scratch your CD/DVD ;)

LaP

Discs scratch with use, even while they are in the machine; so that doesn't really help

Ever try boiling it in water.Well I heard that it works but it seems a bit harsh for my $60.00 360 games.Does it really do the job or is does it not?Joshy485

*shrug*

A cousin of mine claimed that he fixed one of his CDs by greasing it up with butter.