Tooth paste, mayo..etc I've heard about tons methods. http://it.stlawu.edu/~tdil/scratchedcd.htm
I have also hear that dropping a CD in the toilet (a clean one) and flushing might help remove the scratches. (this might be a myth) On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:08:53 -0500, Eric G Ortego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ive never tryed it but Ive been told by a reliable source that shoe > polish works for fixing scratched cd's > > On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:30:14 -0500, David Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What I ended up doing was using hdparm -E1 to set the drive-speed to 1. > > > > Unfortunately, this didn't work either. My last ditch attempt is to hook > > up the drive that burned the CD (yes, I still have it), and try to read the > > disk. > > > > After that, I'm giving up. > > > > David > > > > On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:47:10 -0500 > > > > > > Will Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The player should do that automatically, but forcing it won't hurt. > > > > > > If your player won't do 1x, you might try one that will. My most > > > dependable > > > CD is an old Sony 1x that's at least eight years old. I put a 1x SCSI > > > onto > > > my gateway to unarchive old CDs. It worked well too and there were no CDs > > > that it would not read. > > > > > > You still might have problems though. My CDs, by good fortune, were all > > > in > > > good condition. By plan and chance they are also redundant. > > > > > > > > > On Thursday 21 October 2004 09:57 pm, Jim Carter wrote: > > > > Read it at 1x. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Adam Melancon Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us Personal: http://www.melancon.org
