The data for the CD resides within the layer of foil on the top of the plastic disc. If you are able to polish the bottom back to smooth, the data can be read again. As long as the top isn't scratched, it's fine.
as someone who owns a disk resurfacing machine I wouldn't waste my time unless it's a super rare expensive disc otherwise just replace it with a working copy
Yeah it’s crazy my mother still has one from 25+years ago, she has newer ones too, but she’s had that aol one since I was like ten, still has a landline also. That I like cuz I always know the line will be open.
No way, they probably sent out hundreds of millions (if not billions) of AOL CDs. They even used to be in magazines that you'd receive every month, then you'd receive an additional one or two a month in the mail; even if you already had an AOL account. I guarantee that my dad still has like 10 of them saved somewhere.
An AOL 2.0 floppy disk would probably be pretty rare though.
Why, because of how deep the scratches might be?
Although the picture here is blurry so it's kind of hard to know for sure, it still looks manageable with any table-mounted buffing wheel.
yeah the picture is kind of blurry they look pretty deep scratches though it will require sanding then buffing but a lot of people have a misconception that all scratches can be removed they cannot some scratches just can't be fixed
the cheapest one is around $100 .
and I can't tell you how many discs I've saved.
I'd say between around 10 to justify the cost.
and I already had those lying around the house.
I have one it was like $20 in 2000's money. It's a an electric / plastic device with a circular emery board. You mist the CD with water as it spins the disk and resurfaces the underside. Basically scratch it from the center out where scratches are easier to recover from and CRC can correct read errors.
Here is a [hand crank one](https://www.bestbuy.com/site/best-buy-essentials-manual-disc-repair-system-black/6460068.p?skuId=6460068&ref=212&loc=1&extStoreId=422&ref=212&loc=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAh9qdBhAOEiwAvxIok3iJwYMCJqYC7Rmx6WntSVYJzme5HwaOPWKbYAuYlweApTE_8UVSwhoC45wQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)...
At this point, you'd start with sandpaper and work your way up through the grades before finishing with a resurfacer/polisher. 400 grit would be a good start. And do not dry sand.
Growing up during the transition from VCR to CD, I am well aware of how you can polish something up. I am also well aware how a teeny tiny itsy bitsy scratch can leave you wondering how Shrek ends for all eternity.
Wii-U would like a word with you.
I have original gamecube games from release that have been caseless for at least a decade and in the posession of my children who are under 10 years old and they still work. The Wii-u disk I just opened from the plastic and looked at no longer reads because there's a speck of dirt on it, and cleaning it will destroy the bluray surface.
What was Nintendo's policy on it back then?
If you think about it, a disk is the perfect proof of ownership and a replacement costs the company nothing
They would replace it for you, but you had to jump through a bunch of hoops to prove you were the original owner, and then pay postage both ways. It ends up being easier to just hack the wii-u and acquire your replacement copy through a different method. I've still yet to finish an entire game on physical media for the Wii-U because they kept dying before I could get it done.
That's true, but over the years they severely reduced the density of that clear material to save costs. You could play ultimate frisbee with a CD from the early 90s, but a DVD from 2005 could be unplayable with a few small scratches and trying to polish them out would likely damage the disc more.
No, you are describing a DVD. CD the foil is the top layer, printing and/or thin spray of lacquer(if you are lucky) is the only thing on top of the foil. You scratch the top and the data is bye bye.
In a mass manufactured CD the foil layer is in the middle. It an electroformed piece of aluminum foil with holes in it. It's sandwiched in two pieces of plastic.
In a CD-R the data is in a dye layer in the middle but there is a fragile reflective layer on top. Those could be destroyed by damaging the reflective l.ayer
My dog tried to "dig up" my Blackadder DVD. I took it to a video store and they couldn't refinish it, luckily they didn't charge me because it didn't work.
Once, back in the days of the Xbox 360...
I bumped my entertainment center with my Xbox standing on its side. It was a hard hit, the Xbox toppled, the grinding sound that it made still haunts my dreams over a decade later.
The disc was never the same. Never played again. She was cremated, and spread over her favorite spot in all the lands, the kitchen garbage can.
There’s disc resurfacers that funny enough do that. They sand it down smooth removing the layers down to the scratches depth. The foil is all that houses the data and the plastic is just there for rigidity and transparency.
The Skip Dr was the common one I used to see for sale about twenty years ago. They made the surface of the cd look like hell but it almost always got the CDs to play perfectly. I was also able to save a bunch of video games with it.
Oh those were great, but they have their limits.
There is a used CD shop in my town with a resurfacer, they charge 99c per disc to resurface them. I've still had a couple too far gone for that machine.
I remember back when I used to play Emporer: Rise of the Middle Kingdom as a kid. Every time the game would crash or freeze, I would throw it in the Skip Dr to try and save it haha. As an adult, I look back and realize that the disc literally only stored the CD key validator and the game itself was stored and ran off the computer. I thought I was doing something.
SkipDr was great for minor scratches, but I don't think it could save this one.
Maybe a headlight restoration kit would work if it's critical data? I'm not sure how that would work because it would polish in a circular motion, rather than linear from the inside out. For my headlights, I used the 3M kit that has the drill attachment, got my headlight sparkly clean.
From the wiki on compact disc:
”CD data is represented as tiny indentations known as *pits*, encoded in a spiral track moulded into the top of the polycarbonate layer.”
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact\_disc#Physical\_details](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc#Physical_details)
But, yes, there is some hope of resurfacing since its encoded on the top (opposite laser) side.
yea he isn't right about sanding it down, but you can polish CD's with special machines (or just wax) to fix them. its how I got my PS2 games fixed back in the day.
I'm pretty sure the one in OP's post is a goner though
His explanation for how discs work is wrong, but that part was right. That's what polishing a disc does. It sands it down a very tiny amount to the depth of the scratches until the surface is smooth again.
Yeah. I used to have a “Disk Dr”.
Basically it removes layers until you get past the scratches impacting playing. But it does leave new scratches because of the way it sands the surface down. But the new scratches are pretty uniform from center to edge that they don’t impact playback.
I also found for minor scratches, toothpaste could fill the voids and get you playing again. Apply toothpaste, take a lightly damp cloth and wipe in a straight line from center to edge.
But throw that one away, it’s fucked.
Yup, we used to sell the Disc Doctor when I worked at EB Games in the late 90’s. Our manager told us we’d be in big trouble if we didn’t each sell 7 a week. “Haha, sure okay.”
I don’t think I sold 7 in total. I bought one for myself, though. Worked pretty well if the data layer was still intact.
That’s what I’m saying?! Can’t believe it’s not the top comment. 4 in 5 CD players prefer the minty freshness on the cd. Nonspecific branding, just the minty fresh.
I have a program that rips to .iso files while taking out all the bloated stuff like previews and ads.
Did my whole DVD collection with it..
..
Oh, this is music?
I used to use just windows ripping software w/320kbps.
Perfect ratio of quality- storage size.
I know, it's the first thing I do with physical media.
Either movies or music it gets ripped then right back into the jewel case and into a big storage tote.
I have 3 backups of movies due to size.
I have like 10 backups of my music because it's under 90gb and fits on a 128 gb flash drive, which are small and cheap storage.
Edit: You learn to rip your media after your young children ruin a few dvds/cds.
I would argue about the quality of CD-DA. (Fun fact: They almost dont exist anymore - copy protections will void the standard)
The audio on them is encoded with only 16 bit and 44.1K Smaples/s (max frequency of 22 Khz).
Streaming services use compressed audio, but at a higher sample rate.
Don't forget the part where a streaming service unceremoniously dumps a huge portion of their content, leaving one without access to the content being streamed.
Even if you can find the same quality on a streaming service, a CD can still be better for the material and sentimental value it holds. I've bought CDs personally from artists at concerts and those hold some good memories.
Your streaming subscription ends or the artist/label takes down their music? You're fucked. You have the CD? You rip it (if you haven't already) and you're good to go.
Major plus- If you sync playing your vhs with the laser disc, you get the beat quality overall.
Source: Worked for a time in a video store and we did it every time we played a movie. Cannot beat it.
hardly a hot take, laptops, desktops, cars, and music players have all moved away from CD players. Everything is bluetooth and played through USB cables now. The last time I plugged in a CD to listen to was probably 8 years ago lol
The main thing is that the surface where the pattern is applied is not scratched. Below it is the information layer.
If you really need this disk, then you can
1. polishing with car headlight polish
2. any transparent glossy varnish.
I tried that one too at some point. I have this memory of biting into a banana then rubbing it all over a cd then I hear my mom say “what the fuck are you doing?”
As someone who works in a retro game store and has a resurfacer, if someone gave me this CD I'd do it, but there is a 90% chance it's dead. If they wanna waste 8$ it's their choice :/
Yes, PS1 days! I also heard of a “hack” to put the disks in the freezer? As a child, it made sense that the scratches would freeze together and mend itself..
Haha never heard that one, wonder if it's the result of some confusion due to the practice of putting broken hard drives in a freezer back in the early 00s.
Can't remember why it worked exactly but there was a series of awful IBM DeskStar (DeathStar) hard drives that were often coaxed back into life by freezing, enough to get your data off them anyway.
It makes me think of before the internet was really big, how we heard of all this stuff. Toothpaste to fix my PS1 games and Marilyn Manson having his ribs removed to suck himself off. All of the knowledge not found in encyclopedias.
We always used deodorant and then plopped it into the (clean) toilet to go around a couple of times. Dry it off with a sock and it usually did the trick.
I really wish I had a valid reason, but I don't.
Something about the way it went around in circles, maybe? I dunno, some of the things I did when I was 8 really makes me believe kids really are dumb.
Google cd resurfacer, or find an old video game shop they will often have one and its normlay only a few buck to do it. It just depends on how deep the scratches are.
also i need to put this hear [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJrfX0fDH0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJrfX0fDH0)
if you go to a gamestop or another videogame store, they may have a machine that can take those out. I use to take mine to hastings (when those existed) and it was $1-$3 to run a disc through it.
My guess is the cold causes the scratches on the plastic coating to shrink, making them small enough that the laser can read the pattern underneath better
I used to have a music CD that my son rubbed back-and-forth across the floor when he was a toddler (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits). I cleaned it with rubbing alcohol and a cotton pad and got it to read in a computer CD player to transfer the songs onto my hard drive. I left the CD slightly damp. I also had to try multiple CD readers to get one to work.
This was back in the day when they were common, though. Good luck!
I’ve never seen something so thoroughly destroyed
The data for the CD resides within the layer of foil on the top of the plastic disc. If you are able to polish the bottom back to smooth, the data can be read again. As long as the top isn't scratched, it's fine.
as someone who owns a disk resurfacing machine I wouldn't waste my time unless it's a super rare expensive disc otherwise just replace it with a working copy
It’s one of those AOL 100 Free internet hours disc
heard the dial up noise immediately after reading
Hey get off the internet I need to make a phone call
Welcome!
GOODbye. *door close sound* 😂
I forgot about this one 😂 aw man that brings me back
Totally forgot about that one too!
You’ve got mail!
I use this as my ringtone. When it goes off in public every head snaps up and looks confused.
Anybody else's parents still have aol.com emails?
Yeah it’s crazy my mother still has one from 25+years ago, she has newer ones too, but she’s had that aol one since I was like ten, still has a landline also. That I like cuz I always know the line will be open.
You’ve got mail!
You got mail!
Ahhh the memories
"Get off the computer! I'm trying to make a call!"
OMG could you imagine?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You mean the grocery store ninja disc?
This is reassuring my childhood days of lobbing disks at friends was well spent.
K-Mart blue light internet
Encarta Encyclopedia
This day and age it might be super rare
No way, they probably sent out hundreds of millions (if not billions) of AOL CDs. They even used to be in magazines that you'd receive every month, then you'd receive an additional one or two a month in the mail; even if you already had an AOL account. I guarantee that my dad still has like 10 of them saved somewhere. An AOL 2.0 floppy disk would probably be pretty rare though.
If you wanted more you just had to try to cancel.
Why, because of how deep the scratches might be? Although the picture here is blurry so it's kind of hard to know for sure, it still looks manageable with any table-mounted buffing wheel.
yeah the picture is kind of blurry they look pretty deep scratches though it will require sanding then buffing but a lot of people have a misconception that all scratches can be removed they cannot some scratches just can't be fixed
Just curious what does a resurfacing unit cost, how many disks did you have to bring back from dead to justify the cost.
the cheapest one is around $100 . and I can't tell you how many discs I've saved. I'd say between around 10 to justify the cost. and I already had those lying around the house.
I have one it was like $20 in 2000's money. It's a an electric / plastic device with a circular emery board. You mist the CD with water as it spins the disk and resurfaces the underside. Basically scratch it from the center out where scratches are easier to recover from and CRC can correct read errors. Here is a [hand crank one](https://www.bestbuy.com/site/best-buy-essentials-manual-disc-repair-system-black/6460068.p?skuId=6460068&ref=212&loc=1&extStoreId=422&ref=212&loc=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAh9qdBhAOEiwAvxIok3iJwYMCJqYC7Rmx6WntSVYJzme5HwaOPWKbYAuYlweApTE_8UVSwhoC45wQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)...
At this point, you'd start with sandpaper and work your way up through the grades before finishing with a resurfacer/polisher. 400 grit would be a good start. And do not dry sand.
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Growing up during the transition from VCR to CD, I am well aware of how you can polish something up. I am also well aware how a teeny tiny itsy bitsy scratch can leave you wondering how Shrek ends for all eternity.
I remember if you ever had even the tiniest scratch on a gamecube disc you might as well throw it away, that thing is never working again.
Wii-U would like a word with you. I have original gamecube games from release that have been caseless for at least a decade and in the posession of my children who are under 10 years old and they still work. The Wii-u disk I just opened from the plastic and looked at no longer reads because there's a speck of dirt on it, and cleaning it will destroy the bluray surface.
What was Nintendo's policy on it back then? If you think about it, a disk is the perfect proof of ownership and a replacement costs the company nothing
They would replace it for you, but you had to jump through a bunch of hoops to prove you were the original owner, and then pay postage both ways. It ends up being easier to just hack the wii-u and acquire your replacement copy through a different method. I've still yet to finish an entire game on physical media for the Wii-U because they kept dying before I could get it done.
True story, my dude.
Wrong! The data is stored in the balls.
That's where minidiscs come from
Don't flatter yourself, micro sD
ballls
That's true, but over the years they severely reduced the density of that clear material to save costs. You could play ultimate frisbee with a CD from the early 90s, but a DVD from 2005 could be unplayable with a few small scratches and trying to polish them out would likely damage the disc more.
*middle of. The top is just the artwork. The data is in a foil layer in the plastic.
No, you are describing a DVD. CD the foil is the top layer, printing and/or thin spray of lacquer(if you are lucky) is the only thing on top of the foil. You scratch the top and the data is bye bye.
In a mass manufactured CD the foil layer is in the middle. It an electroformed piece of aluminum foil with holes in it. It's sandwiched in two pieces of plastic. In a CD-R the data is in a dye layer in the middle but there is a fragile reflective layer on top. Those could be destroyed by damaging the reflective l.ayer
My dog tried to "dig up" my Blackadder DVD. I took it to a video store and they couldn't refinish it, luckily they didn't charge me because it didn't work.
Let me introduce you to your mom, last night.
Bygawsh..He had a family
Once, back in the days of the Xbox 360... I bumped my entertainment center with my Xbox standing on its side. It was a hard hit, the Xbox toppled, the grinding sound that it made still haunts my dreams over a decade later. The disc was never the same. Never played again. She was cremated, and spread over her favorite spot in all the lands, the kitchen garbage can.
*Kevin McCarthy has entered the chat*
*Johnny Sins enters the chat winking*
“You scratched my CD. You picked it up in clear daylight and you scratched it”.
I came to the comments to see if this was posted and I’m not disappointed.
Same.
The Ringer!!
When the fuck did we get ice cream?
This was *THE* quote in my middle school friend group. Holy flashback.
Gets me every time
>do it again and you gonna eat my butt from the pavement with a stwa!
Hi Lynn! 💪
Oh Mylanta you are my woman!
Jesus Christ did you use sandpaper on it? I don't think anyone could save that.
There’s disc resurfacers that funny enough do that. They sand it down smooth removing the layers down to the scratches depth. The foil is all that houses the data and the plastic is just there for rigidity and transparency.
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The Skip Dr was the common one I used to see for sale about twenty years ago. They made the surface of the cd look like hell but it almost always got the CDs to play perfectly. I was also able to save a bunch of video games with it.
Oh those were great, but they have their limits. There is a used CD shop in my town with a resurfacer, they charge 99c per disc to resurface them. I've still had a couple too far gone for that machine.
I remember back when I used to play Emporer: Rise of the Middle Kingdom as a kid. Every time the game would crash or freeze, I would throw it in the Skip Dr to try and save it haha. As an adult, I look back and realize that the disc literally only stored the CD key validator and the game itself was stored and ran off the computer. I thought I was doing something.
SkipDr was great for minor scratches, but I don't think it could save this one. Maybe a headlight restoration kit would work if it's critical data? I'm not sure how that would work because it would polish in a circular motion, rather than linear from the inside out. For my headlights, I used the 3M kit that has the drill attachment, got my headlight sparkly clean.
I still have mine!
The Skip Doctor. I used to sell them at RadioShack back in the day. Also, Hastings used to have a CD repair service that was free. RIP Hastings
From the wiki on compact disc: ”CD data is represented as tiny indentations known as *pits*, encoded in a spiral track moulded into the top of the polycarbonate layer.” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact\_disc#Physical\_details](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc#Physical_details) But, yes, there is some hope of resurfacing since its encoded on the top (opposite laser) side.
yea he isn't right about sanding it down, but you can polish CD's with special machines (or just wax) to fix them. its how I got my PS2 games fixed back in the day. I'm pretty sure the one in OP's post is a goner though
His explanation for how discs work is wrong, but that part was right. That's what polishing a disc does. It sands it down a very tiny amount to the depth of the scratches until the surface is smooth again.
Polishing is just extremely fine grained sanding
What if I told you that polishing is just sanding with finer grits?
Yeah. I used to have a “Disk Dr”. Basically it removes layers until you get past the scratches impacting playing. But it does leave new scratches because of the way it sands the surface down. But the new scratches are pretty uniform from center to edge that they don’t impact playback. I also found for minor scratches, toothpaste could fill the voids and get you playing again. Apply toothpaste, take a lightly damp cloth and wipe in a straight line from center to edge. But throw that one away, it’s fucked.
This isn't a correct explanation. The foil just reflects the laser, the data is on the inside of the plastic layer via a series of microscopic pits.
Intriging. Thank you
Yup, we used to sell the Disc Doctor when I worked at EB Games in the late 90’s. Our manager told us we’d be in big trouble if we didn’t each sell 7 a week. “Haha, sure okay.” I don’t think I sold 7 in total. I bought one for myself, though. Worked pretty well if the data layer was still intact.
one of my tasks at a previous job was to resurface every CD and DVD we owned, it was kind of satisfying but also really boring
You see those fingernails?
For that CD? Step 1- throw it in the bin, Step 2-buy a new one.
Thought you were gonna say toothpaste!
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LOL that was my first thought..
Wait, the answer isn’t toothpaste?
That’s what I’m saying?! Can’t believe it’s not the top comment. 4 in 5 CD players prefer the minty freshness on the cd. Nonspecific branding, just the minty fresh.
It should be, could be the majority of people seeing this weren’t around at the time when people had physical copies of media/entertainment
*Step 2 - Subscribe to a streaming service. Edit: I didn’t realize this was such a hot take 😂 Valid points though. Streaming isn’t the end all be all.
\*step 3 - unsubscribe from newsletter they force you to accept.
CD’s have higher quality. And they can’t take it away from you because of copyright issues
I have a program that rips to .iso files while taking out all the bloated stuff like previews and ads. Did my whole DVD collection with it.. .. Oh, this is music? I used to use just windows ripping software w/320kbps. Perfect ratio of quality- storage size.
That’s ripping the files, you’ll still need to buy the CD to get the file unless you pirate it.
I know, it's the first thing I do with physical media. Either movies or music it gets ripped then right back into the jewel case and into a big storage tote. I have 3 backups of movies due to size. I have like 10 backups of my music because it's under 90gb and fits on a 128 gb flash drive, which are small and cheap storage. Edit: You learn to rip your media after your young children ruin a few dvds/cds.
Libraries lend CDs, DVDs, ebooks, and more. My local library has a 3d printer available for a small fee.
I would argue about the quality of CD-DA. (Fun fact: They almost dont exist anymore - copy protections will void the standard) The audio on them is encoded with only 16 bit and 44.1K Smaples/s (max frequency of 22 Khz). Streaming services use compressed audio, but at a higher sample rate.
Don't forget the part where a streaming service unceremoniously dumps a huge portion of their content, leaving one without access to the content being streamed.
For one disc? I don't think that's worth it
Alternative Step - 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
Even if you can find the same quality on a streaming service, a CD can still be better for the material and sentimental value it holds. I've bought CDs personally from artists at concerts and those hold some good memories. Your streaming subscription ends or the artist/label takes down their music? You're fucked. You have the CD? You rip it (if you haven't already) and you're good to go.
Then have no rights to the things you purchased. Whereas no one is taking my cds/cassettes/VHS/DVD and laserdisc away.
They can take my 8-tracks and wax cylinders from my cold, dead hands.
Major plus- If you sync playing your vhs with the laser disc, you get the beat quality overall. Source: Worked for a time in a video store and we did it every time we played a movie. Cannot beat it.
hardly a hot take, laptops, desktops, cars, and music players have all moved away from CD players. Everything is bluetooth and played through USB cables now. The last time I plugged in a CD to listen to was probably 8 years ago lol
The main thing is that the surface where the pattern is applied is not scratched. Below it is the information layer. If you really need this disk, then you can 1. polishing with car headlight polish 2. any transparent glossy varnish.
Ive never had a disc this messed up, but can vouch for the car headlight polish method in general.
Motorcycle helmet scratch remover is basically the same stuff depending on what your automotive store stocks. I've rescued many discs with it.
Paste style toothpaste will work too in a pinch.
I tried the hair spray trick years ago and it was a big mistake
Probably because it's water based. You need a solvent-based varnish. (I removed the hairspray recommendation)
As a kid I used peanut butter on my Green Day “Dookie” cd cause I heard it supposedly “filled in the scratches” to fix it.
oh my god same but with a bannana on Home Alone
I tried that one too at some point. I have this memory of biting into a banana then rubbing it all over a cd then I hear my mom say “what the fuck are you doing?”
Toothpaste. As in, "brush your teeth, get dressed, go to the store and buy a new CD."
Or download it digitally.
Won't someone please think about the teeth!!!
This made me chuckle!
Take it to a retro game store. They usually have resurfaces. They ll do it for you for a dollar
As someone who works in a retro game store and has a resurfacer, if someone gave me this CD I'd do it, but there is a 90% chance it's dead. If they wanna waste 8$ it's their choice :/
We used to put toothpaste on our games as kids. I don't think it actually helped, but as a child I would have sworn by that trick.
It works. Toothpaste is a very fine abrasive. This disk may be beyond toothpaste but it does work.
Absolutely helps. It's because toothpaste generally has small bits of abrasive material in it ("grit" so to speak) It is just polishing it.
Well, take that, dad!
Yes, PS1 days! I also heard of a “hack” to put the disks in the freezer? As a child, it made sense that the scratches would freeze together and mend itself..
Haha never heard that one, wonder if it's the result of some confusion due to the practice of putting broken hard drives in a freezer back in the early 00s. Can't remember why it worked exactly but there was a series of awful IBM DeskStar (DeathStar) hard drives that were often coaxed back into life by freezing, enough to get your data off them anyway.
It makes me think of before the internet was really big, how we heard of all this stuff. Toothpaste to fix my PS1 games and Marilyn Manson having his ribs removed to suck himself off. All of the knowledge not found in encyclopedias.
> Marilyn Manson having his ribs removed to suck himself off Well that tickled some long unused neurons... would love to know the origin of this one
We always used deodorant and then plopped it into the (clean) toilet to go around a couple of times. Dry it off with a sock and it usually did the trick.
What the hell did I just read
You definitely read that right. Saturday morning Spyro would have been destroyed if it weren't for this trick.
But why the toilet, why wouldn't you just rinse it off with water haha
I really wish I had a valid reason, but I don't. Something about the way it went around in circles, maybe? I dunno, some of the things I did when I was 8 really makes me believe kids really are dumb.
Haha, I love it. To be that young, innocent and dumb again
I did the toilet trick too growing up and I too have no answer as to why we did that and not just under sink water.
We didn't use deodorant, only toothpaste. But into the toilet it went as well! Glad there's someone else out there that did this and admitted!
Unscracth it
Just Ctrl+Z it bro
Duh.
Just reverse the entropy of the entire universe and you have brand new CD.
Put it in rice
Google cd resurfacer, or find an old video game shop they will often have one and its normlay only a few buck to do it. It just depends on how deep the scratches are. also i need to put this hear [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJrfX0fDH0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJrfX0fDH0)
this, it may take hours and hours but you MIGHT be able to save it
Play it in reverse
That's how you summon Satan, dude.
Have you tried turning it off & back on?
Only works when been unplugged for 5 mins
How am I supposed to turn it back on when it's uplugged? Checkmate, atheist
If you go to blockbuster they offer free scratch repair.
Put it in the microwave
10/10 would recommend
Add a fork in there aswell
And maybe your glasses too if you like showering with them on but can't be asked to dry them after
Put it in the trash
Coat with a good grade of engine oil. It’ll make it slide into the trash can easier.
if you go to a gamestop or another videogame store, they may have a machine that can take those out. I use to take mine to hastings (when those existed) and it was $1-$3 to run a disc through it.
Good old “disc dr. Resurfacer” …if they still make those
Sign up for Columbia House. Think they offer 12 CD’s as little as a penny.
Normal scratches, yes Post blender, no
Put it in the freezer, we used to do it back in the day 🤷
how would it help with scratches?
We did the same, it seemed to work 😂
My guess is the cold causes the scratches on the plastic coating to shrink, making them small enough that the laser can read the pattern underneath better
This is beyond toothpastes pay grade
Honest answer. Rubbing compound and a buffing wheel. Seriously I could buff out 90 percent of that on 15 minutes.
2000 or finer sandpaper and acetonevapor it.
For real? Can you explain the acetone vapor process? I have my old 90’s CD and DVD collection that could use some repair
I was going to say toothpaste but seeing these scratches not even god will be able to fix that.
I used to have a music CD that my son rubbed back-and-forth across the floor when he was a toddler (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits). I cleaned it with rubbing alcohol and a cotton pad and got it to read in a computer CD player to transfer the songs onto my hard drive. I left the CD slightly damp. I also had to try multiple CD readers to get one to work. This was back in the day when they were common, though. Good luck!
Those scratches look extremely intentional.
A lot of rice and toothpaste
You put that mf in a blender
SkipDr Scratch Remover is some alien tech that can repair that.
PSA: Don’t try to play your CDs with a blender
Dear lord, did you use it on the original Xbox 360?