Can anything be done for a cd that keeps getting "cyclic redundancy check?"

[ebob2k]

9. software & polishing solutions

There is one software solution I’ve successfully used a couple times: BadCopy Pro. It rips the media (CD, floppy, flash) at very slow speeds, and can, many times, recover the unreadable data so you can reburn it.

For repairing the scratches, I use aircraft windshield (Plexiglas) polish, but the higher-quality, less-abrasive car polishes can also work.

If that doesn’t work, and you know anyone at your local public library, they might have a powered CD/DVD polisher that they can use on that CD. I have seen, however, many CDs that don’t appear to have bad surfaces, but 4 passes through that polisher failed to make them readable.

If the scratches are so bad that polishing definitely will not work, or as a last resort for those that don’t look scratched, you can TRY a LITTLE Pledge (furniture polish) (just a VERY light coat) on the surface before you try to rip it again. (Apply it to a soft cloth or paper towel, then gently apply a thin, uniform coating to the CD.)