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most cases all CD, DVD, and game discs can be fixed.
Unrepairable discs have scratches or marks
that penetrate the foil or stamped data on the top label.
Depending upon where the damage on the disc is located determines
if any or all data is lost. When this occurs to a disc the
data to be read is lost and unrecoverable. This type of damage
is difficult to see and makes it hard to determine if it is
the cause for interrupted play.
How Discs Are Read
Although there are many different types of
optical discs, they all function on the same general principle.
The music, picture and/or computer data they store is in digital
form. Digital information is read from discs by an infrared
laser.
The information is projected through the clear
protective plastic of a disc bottom, and is either reflected
or not reflected back to the laser reader. By reading the
reflected light beams, a disc drive decodes the information
from a disc.
A scratch deflects the laser beam off track
and information is never received by the laser reader. The
smallest scratches can affect many lines of data. The most
vulnerable side of a disc is the top or graphic side.
What Can Happen To Discs
Scratches are one of the worst enemies of
data on an optical disc (music CDs, game CDs, DVDs and CD
Roms). Where a scratch occurs determines if your disc is repairable.
Data resides on the top side of the plastic disc. It is extremely
important to protect this side of the disc. If a scratch is
made to the bottom side of a disc, it can be resurfaced and
polished out restoring the disc to its original condition.
The depth of the scratch will determine the
success of the repair. In most cases even the deepest scratches
can be removed by Skippy Disc. Keep an eye on these scratches
during normal use and have them repaired when necessary.
How
to Repair Scratched CDs | 2
Types Of Top Damage | Can
Your Disc Be Fixed? | Repair
and fix damaged CD |
How
to Tell if a CD Is Damaged | CD
Cleaning Solution - Making Your Own
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Trash Your Scratched CDs...Repair Them!
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