[rka0]

Hi. I have just found this useful tip. If like me you lend cds/dvds to other members of the family and get them back scratched especially by the Grandkids this might help.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/748070...with_a_banana/

[The_Oracle]

Help, my disks are gone bananas

tnx.

[Blackmirror]

A handy hint there
many thanks
Now start eating those bananas boys .................

[Elvandil]

A couple days ago, I had a DVD that was not recognized in any of 3 drives. So, my theory was that if I could slightly change the refractive index of the surface by just a bit, I might be able to recover some data. So I rubbed the surface with Marvel Mystery Oil, cleaned it thoroughly with a paper towel (leaving an unremovable residue) and popped it into a machine. It still was only recognized one out of the ten times I put it in, but with Infinadyne's Diagnostic, I was able to recover about 3 gigs of the data.

[The_Oracle]

Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier does a fine job too.

[Vhs321]

thats messed up, arent you supposed to NEVER clean disks in a circular motion, because data is stored from inside to out, in straight lines?

[Elvandil]

Infinadyne's Diagnostic is the best I've found. It finds data on disks that no other program can see at all.

[rka0]

Hi VHs321. My understanding is that is it does not matter you are simply removing a microscopic layer from the disk which erases minor scratches, anyway if you are unsure you can always just eat the banana.

[JohnWill]

This thread is really going bananas!

[zvone]

Just rub some toothpaste on your damaged dvd/cd and clean it with a soft cloth(from inside -out). It wil fix minor and medium scratches. I am doing it for the past few years and it is realy working!

[L33tm4st3r]

try creamy peanut butter on your disks and wipe them from the middle to the outer edge all over the disk. it should take out medium scratches, and a friend even got a non-readable disk to work again after trying it.

[Vhs321]

once again, i thought you werent supposed to do that? toothpaste has mil abrasives, and that, with how fragile the reflective lens of the disk is,(if you dident know, the information is on the botom of the foil, or within milimeters of it) it would just scratch it more

[jumper]

toothpaste is mild abrasive, its the baking soda in most pasts (its what cleans the teeth eh). jewlers have been using it on gold, watch crystals(face) to clean and remove surface scratches. it also works great on CDs, just place a small bit on your finger and make small circles in and around the damaged area. if you can feel the scratch it might be to late. You would have to be there for a long time to buff off all of the varnish, if you do rub that much you'r way to bored and deserve to have your disc scrapped.

[valley]

Originally Posted by L33tm4st3r

try creamy peanut butter on your disks and wipe them from the middle to the outer edge all over the disk. it should take out medium scratches, and a friend even got a non-readable disk to work again after trying it.

ok, this was the only tip I remembered. My son wanted to watch a Wiggles DVD that I knew skipped badly because of scratches and tons of wear. I remembered something about bananas and peanut butter from this thread and I didnt have a banana in the house so I dabbed a fingerful of peanut butter all over the DVD and then wiped it off with a Puffs tissue. It played flawlessly! Great tip, thanks!

[L33tm4st3r]

glad i could help, valley!