Topic: Fix a Scratched CD

[sam]

http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Fix_a_Scratched_CD?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+(Wired%3A+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))

Sometimes pulling out an old CD from your music archive reveals some discs haven't fared well in the passage of time. CDs are vulnerable to fingerprint smudges, a bit of dried syrup from the time you spilled that Coke in the car, perhaps even some scratches from the time that CD disappeared under the passenger's seat three years ago.

[Reno]

What's a cd?? 

[Simon]

It's probably easier to download a new one. 

[Rik]

Ah, but a bit of DIY can be so satisfying...

[Simon]

Destroy it Yourself? 

[sam]

Destroy it Yourself? 

 

[Rik]

Naturally. I use a blowtorch myself...

[Simon]

A hammer does me. 

[Rik]

Only when wearing gauntlets and goggles...

[Simon]

Now we're into something else... 

[Rik]

My cooking.

[Simon]

My kitchen timer is the smoke alarm! 

[Rik]

I know my place, which is why I stay out of the kitchen unless I'm after a thick ear...

[GillE]

There's a piece of freeware called CD Recovery Toolbox which I have used with great success in the past to recover damaged CDs and DVDs.

[sam]

There's a piece of freeware called CD Recovery Toolbox which I have used with great success in the past to recover damaged CDs and DVDs.

that looks quite handy