[plug] recovering data off scratched cd [off-topic]

[Caleb Duggan]

Thanks for all the help. Dvdisaster was unable to fix it...it did allow it  
to install because it meant the files existed but, there's one map file  
which is corrupted which it needs for the campaigns in it. I think i'll  
take it to the video store and get it resurfaced next and if that dosent  
work i might resort to toothpaste.


On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:35:34 +0800, Shannon Carver  
<shannon.carver at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wait:
>
> You use Brasso, as opposed to Brasso for what??
>
> Fixing Scratched CD's?
> Helping Burns?
> Cleaning Teeth?!?
>
> Shannon
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On  
>> Behalf
>> Of Kev
>> Sent: Thursday, 30 November 2006 11:45 PM
>> To: plug at plug.org.au
>> Subject: Re: [plug] recovering data off scratched cd
>>
>> Richard Meyer wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 21:05 +0800, Tim Bowden wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 20:50 +0800, Caleb Duggan wrote:
>> >>> I have a game cd(caesar 3) which has been scratched somehow and is
>> unable
>> >>> to install as a result. Does anybody know of any decent tools to
>> recover
>> >>> data from a damaged cd in linux?
>> >> Toothpaste works for me.  Lightly buff the surface with toothpaste  
>> and
>> >> water. You may be able to remove the scratch enough to get a good  
>> read.
>> >> Always worked for me but ymmv.  Buff too much and you will go though
>> the
>> >> protective surface then you have no chance.
>> >
>> > Amazing the things you can do with toothpaste. One of the things we  
>> used
>> > it for in the army was for treating burns (not 3rd degree burns or
>> > anything THROUGH the skin). Next time you get a blistery burn from a
>> > soldering iron, or an iron, just smear on a layer of toothpaste and it
>> > seems to suck the heat right out.
>>
>>
>> I always use "Brasso" for such things.  Believe it or not, toothpaste is
>> much more abrasive than Brasso.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Kev
>>
>>
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