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1. Hold it up to the light, see any gaps in the thin aluminum layer ?

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 09:15 AM

Oct 2012

Any scratches on the plastic (there are CD repair kits consisting of very fine sandpaper that can help).

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Can anything be done for a cd that keeps getting "cyclic redundancy check?" [View all] raccoon Oct 2012 OP

Hold it up to the light, see any gaps in the thin aluminum layer ? PoliticAverse Oct 2012 #1

nope Soylent Brice Oct 2012 #2

Polish the surface... ChromeFoundry Oct 2012 #3

Turtle Wax works better than toothpaste Warpy Nov 2012 #8

Usually gvstn Oct 2012 #4

You might be able to get the data off of it with Unstoppable Copier Fumesucker Oct 2012 #5

If the plastic is really badly torn up sir pball Oct 2012 #6

Thank you all. I've tried Imgburn and Unstoppable Copier. raccoon Nov 2012 #7

software & polishing solutions ebob2k Jan 2015 #9