Help with scratched disks needed

imandeep · 28th January 2006, 23:48

Please help me people i need help with the disks that get scratched from constant use. The CDs i get from the movie rental end up as waste because my computer hangs while trying to play them. Is there a software which can simply play such disks without jamming the computer up(my friend mentioned one).

zzzehar · 29th January 2006, 04:31

There are a lof of softwares available to retreive data from scratched disks however I suggest you to run the disks on a new drive and then create an image of the disk and then burn It on a new CD. Most CD Burning tools will be able to retreive data to burn image from scratched disks. I use Nero 6.

pratheesh · 29th January 2006, 10:04

ISObuster is a software that helps to make disk images out of (even) scratched disks. Try it, I think its a free software. Do a google to find it.

amitoj · 29th January 2006, 18:44

Hehe... i heard this long time back. Take one of those white shoe polishes... the ones that can be used on any color shoe and rub it on the disc using a cloth. It will take care of the superficial scratches only... not the deeper ones though.

Cheers
Amitoj

28th January 2006, 23:48	#1
imandeep Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Patiala Posts: 10 Thanked: 0 Times	Help with scratched disks needed Please help me people i need help with the disks that get scratched from constant use. The CDs i get from the movie rental end up as waste because my computer hangs while trying to play them. Is there a software which can simply play such disks without jamming the computer up(my friend mentioned one).
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29th January 2006, 04:31	#2
zzzehar BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gurugram Posts: 277 Thanked: 73 Times	There are a lof of softwares available to retreive data from scratched disks however I suggest you to run the disks on a new drive and then create an image of the disk and then burn It on a new CD. Most CD Burning tools will be able to retreive data to burn image from scratched disks. I use Nero 6.
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29th January 2006, 10:04	#3
pratheesh BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Omnipresent Posts: 49 Thanked: 0 Times	ISObuster is a software that helps to make disk images out of (even) scratched disks. Try it, I think its a free software. Do a google to find it.
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29th January 2006, 18:44	#4
amitoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Windham, NH USA Posts: 3,348 Thanked: 3,105 Times View My Garage	Hehe... i heard this long time back. Take one of those white shoe polishes... the ones that can be used on any color shoe and rub it on the disc using a cloth. It will take care of the superficial scratches only... not the deeper ones though. Cheers Amitoj
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