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Used to be you could by a disc repair thing in stores, it would use a type of ceramic to fill in deep scratches and some sort of device to grind down the plastic a tiny bit? Probably Best Buy and Walmart have them.
They have sander/polishers for DVDs with scratches.
They don't work at all for BluRays or other discs (video games) with high data rates. But for DVDs I have a success rate of 2 out of 3. It is the circular gouge that really does the disc in.
Scratches are not cleaned. The disc need resurfaceing.best investment is something like a disk doctor or similar. The results are more consistent. Doing by hand can leave uneven polishing or make scratches worse. Keep in mind deep scratches or gouges are usually unfixable but if game is working you may want to leave it alone..
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Works a little, toothpaste is a fine silica abrasive (really it's only function) so worth a shot.
Years ago when CDs were all the rage i had a bunch of cds that were scratched some to the point of being unplayable So I tried the toothpaste trick, it helped a few but I bought this kind of device that literally sands down the plastic and it worked like a charm. Although you could see scuff lines from the sanding, the lines had no effect on the playability but you could never sell them. (No one wants to buy cds these days)
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I honestly doubt that many places still do this because of physical media slowly falling more and more out of usage with many consumers. Depending upon how many discs you have to repair, it may be worthwhile to look into purchasing a tool to do this, as it might cost more to get them repaired by someone who may just be using the same tool.
We had one of those Skip Doctor things back in the mid-90's. Worked reasonably well.
Your mileage may vary, but my first trick was to use Lemon Pledge and a microfiber cloth. Worked half the time. Seriously. For those that didn't work, the Skip Doctor usually got the rest.
I used something similar to this.
It repairs 25 discs before you have to buy a new base . If you buy one of these read into the reviews quite thoroughly.
Well... unfortunately, the very principles behind physical media like discs mean that once enough of it is damaged, there isn't much you can do. That said, as other comments have mentioned, used game stores will usually let you bring discs over to 'buff' the disc out. As I understand it, this doesn't really make-up for data that's actually lost, but if it's just surface scratches you should be fine.
You can also buy a resurfacer on Amazon, but, like, Black Ops 2 is $20 if you REALLY don't look for a deal, and you could probably find copies for $5-10. I'd recommend just picking up a new copy.
You can buy a disc repair tool, like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/SkipDr-Manual-Disc-Repair-System/dp/B0015ACUKC
I'm not endorsing that product, I don't know anything about it. But I've used similar.
Sometimes they work, sometimes the disk is too badly damaged.
Back in the day, i used something like this when a cd was scratched really bad. I dont think it was always successful if they were scratched so badly. Often times though it worked well enough to copy off the data.
I'd invest in a Skip Dr. My younger brother wasn't the most gentle with our games growing up and this thing definitely brought some back to life. I actually can't think of a time when this didn't work.
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EDIT: BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN TO SEE WHAT KINDS OF DISKS (MOSTLY NEWER CONSOLES) THIS ISN'T COMPATIBLE WITH.
Try the program ISOBuster. It's pretty good at reading all that can be read from optical media. You also might try using a CD repair tool such as this to resurface the clear plastic: http://www.amazon.com/SkipDr-Manual-Disc-Repair-System/dp/B0015ACUKC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463973837&sr=8-1&keywords=cd+repair
It'll basically just sand down the clear plastic slowly until it's smooth enough to read. I've had some data recovery cases where we needed to leave it sanding for hours through several sets of batteries before we could get a complete read.
Disk resurfacers used to be fairly common when people used CDs to play music. If the scratch is too deep, there is no hope for repairing it. You could contact the game store or try to get a copy of it from the publisher.
you can get a disk fixing kit, it is basically really fine sand paper and some cleaning liquid like this I used it on FF7 as it kept freezing after proud clod, worked a treat!
I picked up a PS2 disc at Goodwill, but the console wouldn't read it (it gave a "insert Playstation compatible disc" error). I bought one of these things on Amazon and it worked like a charm:
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Took all of 2 minutes to use. You spray on a little bit of the distilled water / alcohol mixture from the spray bottle (which is included), pop the disc in, turn the crank, and it buffs out the scratches. There are Youtube videos if you're curious. Definitely worth trying.
Is it a circular scratch that goes all the way around the disc? That's what happens when the read head crashes into the disc while it's spinning at high speed. It will render the entire track unreadable, and it's really difficult to fix. You can try one of these, but don't expect miracles. It basically polishes off a layer of the polycarbonate. It works fine for minor scratches, but deep ones are pretty much a lost cause.
I think you're required to use one of these like we did in the 90s https://www.amazon.com/SkipDr-Manual-Disc-Repair-System/dp/B0015ACUKC
Would probably be cheaper just to buy a CD repair device on Amazon and do it yourself.
Something like this.
There is only one answer!!! The disc doctor : SkipDr DVD and CD Manual Disc Repair System, Single https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015ACUKC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_27PJ6JS4JWP7Z5BRQP9E?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Why not one of these? They worked great back in the day, and Amazon still sells them at $20: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015ACUKC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_1DSPSKP12TFVC6CGTY7W
A thing like this should do the trick:
I am sorry for you loss.
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You need this tool to fix the disc: https://www.amazon.com/SkipDr-Manual-Disc-Repair-System/dp/B0015ACUKC/ref=sr\_1\_4?keywords=CD+Scratch+Remover&qid=1668240742&sr=8-4
I've never used EAC as its on windows but I use a different program called cdparanoia. There I can set the "paranoia" level to control how much repair is done. Can you not do the same on EAC?
It also can be you drive is just terrible at ripping audio and correcting errors.
I see two options:
- Try another drive, this one may just be pants or has problems itself.
- Repair the discs a little to reduce the work EAC must do. If you have a lot of discs then get a scratch repairer like the one I have: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Innovations-1018300-SkipDr-Classic/dp/B0015ACUKC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AUL7RL48D695&keywords=skipdr&qid=1667719143&sprefix=skipdr%2Caps%2C80&sr=8-1
I have only used the SkipDr once on a CD I found on the path vack in the 90's as a kid. Pink Floyds The Wall. It was very badly scratched and I used it as a test of error correction abilities of my at the time cheap CD players. Over the years however my players are better and will repair the scratches without issue, including my blu-ray drive in my PC.
Doing a error scan on that disc showed just how high the error rate was and as it was now useless as a way to test CD player error correction I decided to resurface it in the SkipDr I picked up years back and never used.
It resurfaced the disc brilliantly and the error rate dropped massively.
A disk sander is an actual woodworking tool. You want a disk resurfacer
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I use this. About a 90% success rate. The key is take your time.
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No sé si aun la encuentres, pero si es para reparar CD/DVD y tienes varios, quizás te convendría conseguir uno de estos https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015ACUKC
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Mate, you didn't have to make four similar topics for this issue...
If you've already tried 'ghetto' ways of fixing your discs, like toothpaste or Brasso, you have a few options.
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- SkipDr or a similar device, they are cheap accessible and they work, BUT they will leave some wavy marks at the bottom of your discs, they don't affect anything but aesthetics, but if you don't want that, avoid them.
- JFJ Easy Pro or a similar device, most other devices in this category are far more expensive than the JFJ Easy Pro, and not a good idea unless you are really rich or need a machine like this professionally (and are only easier to use or can handle more volume anyway). Be warned the JFJ Easy Pro has a learning curve, if you don't learn how to use it properly you can damage your discs permanently or leave marks like SkipDr.
- Use an eBay disc repair service. Since you don't have a place that does disc repair locally, you can send your discs through the mail to a service like this, and they will send them back fixed.
Hope that helps, the links above are for reference, you can look around for better prices and/or more locally available options.
SkipDr DVD and CD Manual Disc Repair System https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015ACUKC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2.RGCb63XHZ2J I was thinking about getting one of these to help fix the discs
Try to find one of these, or see if the game store has one to use.
https://www.amazon.com/SkipDr-Manual-Disc-Repair-System/dp/B0015ACUKC
You could buy a resurfacer for a reasonable price: https://www.amazon.com/SkipDr-Manual-Disc-Repair-System/dp/B0015ACUKC/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_23_bs_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AH6Z7M1EF4BMDTB92MAY
I've had generally good results with the old-fashioned hand-cranked SkipDr. Most recently I picked up a copy of Virtua Striker 2 ver. 2000.1 for £2 from a local shop which got as far as creating a VMU save file before dumping me back to the BIOS menu. A quick spin with the SkipDr resulted in a disc that works perfectly but looks like this (lots of fine scuff marks from the centre of the disc to the edge) which shows that it's been run through a cheap tool rather than properly resurfaced. If I'd tried to get a refund after this I might have had problems as they would be able to tell I'd done this (and potentially made the issue worse) which is why I only recommend it on cheap games.
You can get a device that can remove scratches from a disc.
I did the same thing to Sims 3. Oh the humanity! Anyway, this worked great. Took a while though.
That's a pretty easy fix. Skip Dr, sucka
Dont recommend toothpaste method. Too inconsistent in results. Invest in machine
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You could always try the disk doctor. http://www.amazon.com/SkipDr-Manual-Disc-Repair-System/dp/B0015ACUKC/
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