What's the most optimal method to fixing a scratched disc and salvaging the data?
Does toothpaste really work? Is there a better way to polish? If you use toothpaste at all, does that mean sanding is no longer an option?
What's the most optimal method to fixing a scratched disc and salvaging the data?
Isaiah Lopez
Eli Cooper
just wipe it clean and attempt a cd recovery tool
that particular one has some serious perpendicular cuts
Jaxon Peterson
Someone told me once I apply toothpaste (which I already have), any type of fix with the tool is killed.
Also OP pic isn't my disc, just something I pulled off startpage.
Nicholas Rogers
get it resurfaced from a shop, copy the data, burn a new disc
Austin Torres
If you really want what's on the disc find a store that still has disc resurfacing machine. If you know one that still sells music in physical form you might get lucky. All the fixes you find online are bullshit. t.old bastard with decades of trying.
Jeremiah Brooks
My question is, is that still an option after applying toothpaste? Someone told me:
>not an option...and any real type of fix is killed with toothpaste ... basically any fix is filling gaps / creating fine scratch marks with a cloth so the laser can read the disc and a copy can be made.. but the disk may still end up in the bin..
Also, I don't think there are any stores like that where I live. I can still check around though.
Ryder Sanchez
Yeh, just clean it off with some warm water. It'll be ok. Resurfacing will take off the whole top layer anyway.
Lincoln Murphy
Ok thanks.
Anthony Parker
Had the tiniest of scratches on a BD disk and after scrubbing gently multiple times with toothpaste MakeMKV still couldn't read it. It's for sure a meme.
James Fisher
Go to a motorcycle shop and see if they have scratch removers for helmet visors or a plastic polish. Depending on how deep the scratches are, I've had luck sanding the surface with sandpaper for paint prep work (going from 800 to 2000 wet sanding) and then using a high quality polish for polycarbonate. It's very hit or miss: a delicate operation and very time consuming and sometimes the discs frag in the drive simply because of imbalance or the amount of material removed making the disc weak.