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3b129d No.14724

What would you in this situation?

Find some professional CD/DVD repair service?

The toothpaste/banana trick? (Apparently I also keep hearing about carwax and baking soda.)

Or give up and either copy the iso file or buy another copy.

fbc028 No.14725

Always burn an ISO image so you have digital copies of your physical copies just in case. Virtual drives save lives.


47c110 No.14730

File: 1429500513423-0.jpg (23.68 KB, 500x375, 4:3, 16443-MLA20121260485_07201….jpg)

File: 1429500513423-1.jpg (170.89 KB, 965x616, 965:616, 2ysyvy3u.jpg)

File: 1429500513423-2.jpg (71.38 KB, 640x480, 4:3, file.jpg)

Depends on the depth and type of scratches

Saturn rings or simply rings are easy if superficial, someone skiller with a normal cleaner can do it

Snow/points under the disc is a clear sign you fucked up, might be cleaned if superficial but rarely return

Key scratches are easy too unlike some people might say but you need a skiller guy

Fog and random scratchiness like pic related is mostly superficial, same with a good guy you can get rid of them and even a newbie can clean them if they are few

But when key lines and rings are deep you might need a bad boy like first pic, in some cases only works if the disc was never cleaned before.

It simply gives your disc a good old rub and erases a certain layer(s) depending on the stone disc placed, making it thinner along the way.

Only in extreme cases or if the scratches are superficial but like your pic related

It can clean snow but it's rare because it mostly presented near the label

But none of these will work if the disc is rotting and/or if the layer is cheap and it's degrading in the sides/inner rim

Second pic is a normal decoloration in cheap discs (or if you are a dirty harry), it bloats over time and damages the magic inside, EA and Activision games are infamous in normie forums because they are even bloated when brand new

Third pic is just some nasty fella with a cheap disc or simply a cheap disc left unboxed in very humid atmosphere

End of the line is like anon said: Make digital copies of your stuff because it's even legal (unless from a uncool country), box your discs in dry places with acid-free containers/boxes

If you collect feel better because the box is what really counts when you brag about a collection


26bc11 No.14733

>>14724

There's a used game store in a nearby town that has a professional machine for disc cleaning. As long as it's not gouged, I'd just take it there, especially since it's only about $2 per disc cleaned (though for multiple disc games that's not always going to be cheap if they're all scratched). I suppose that's not an option for everyone though, but I'd put more faith in a professional cleaning machine and people that know how to work it than in one of those home disc cleaners or some DIY method. I suppose that having an ISO copy as a backup is a good idea too.


c1c356 No.14737

File: 1429502293723.png (367.5 KB, 378x449, 378:449, 1428159068148.png)

Back during the PS2 era, when this happened pretty frequently I used a cheap ass disc cleaner I got from Hollywood Video. I'd wipe the discs off with a microfiber cloth, spray them with some kind of cleaning solution (probably just water with fizz in it), then run it through a hand powered wheel that would smooth out the surface. Or something like that.

Usually worked but left weird marks on the discs. I remember the one time it didn't work was when I bought God of War used. Stopped working at the Hydra and they wouldn't let me return it after I tried to clean it. Bastards. Anyway now that I'm older and can buy my own shit, I'd just buy a new one. Or get an ISO if a new copy isn't feasible. It's just best to work preventative about this shit than deal with fixing it, because it's a pain in the ass to fix.


fbc028 No.14738

Also shit like this highlights one of the benefits of piracy. I can't understand why there are big corporations that actually are in favor of software obsolescence.


652044 No.14750

File: 1429515581914.jpg (230.61 KB, 1000x1385, 200:277, Quixx.jpg)

Buy this and follow these steps.

This also works for heavily damaged CD's, it just takes a lot of buffing.

1) Clean off any dirt or smudges off the CD

2)Apply 4 pea sized drops of the polish on to the disc in a square shape

3)Firmly hold down your disc and firmly polish it in small circles.

4)Your disc should appear cloudy as fuck from all of the polishing, once you've achieved this effect then you will want to generously apply the finish all around the disc.

5)Firmly hold down the disc while you firmly polish it with the finish, be sure to keep repeating the process until the cloudiness is gone.

6)Once done rinse the disc and dry it off, if there are still scratches repeat these steps.

I don't advise using the sandpaper, it works on deep scratches, but I don't advise buffing the entire disc with it.


5d834c No.14776

cd's use organic dyes that decay over time, especially when exposed to light.

oh, they didn't tell you that when you bought proprietary software?


652044 No.14794

File: 1429551709796.jpg (59.32 KB, 425x419, 425:419, 1415014743272.jpg)

>>14776

Are you talking about disc rot?

The reflective layer is what deteriorates because of exposure to oxygen and UV radiation, the dye layer isn't exposed to much other than it's back side which is the side that's exposed to the elements.


720e67 No.14929

Probably just burn a new ISO.

Is there any reason to keep physical copies anymore, aside from collecting?


47c110 No.14986

>>14929

>Aside from collecting

Well, to always have the vanilla version if it's good or if the company wants to mess with it (San Andreas getting a couple of songs removed)

If it's a rare to just have it (many games don't have good copies/rips on the internet)

Smug satisfaction of having a game in your hands but that's really the spirit of collecting




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