Anyone know any good ways to rescue a scratched audio CD?
I'm sure I've read somewhere that toothpaste will help...
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 12:49, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Brasso

( Kroney, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 12:50, Reply)

I've done the toothpaste thing
and it does work
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 12:50, Reply)

I may give it a go.
The CD is otherwise fucked, so it's worth a punt.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 12:52, Reply)

If the top surface is knackered then you're fucked
if it's just the bottom then toothpaste works, rub really hard from the centre to the outside and back.

Then use a computer running "Exact Audio Copy" to rip a .wav version and burn yourself a new one.
( Bazongaloid, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 13:01, Reply)

Or
Just download a new version of what was on the CD.
( Bazongaloid, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 13:01, Reply)

Brasso has worked.
It was an old CD of MP3s cobbled together from a bunch of other stuff, so I couldn't replace it - especially as there was no track listing, and I couldn't remember what was on it exactly.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Did you find your epic CD in the end?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 13:08, Reply)

I did!
Ir was in a Sims game case. I must have put it there because I couldn't find its real case.

My poems were as epic as I remembered. Slightly cringeworthy, but definitely epic.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Glad to hear it
and everything written in the past is slightly cringy
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 13:20, Reply)

You're welcome.
I'd say that I'm not just a pretty face, but it wouldn't be true.
( Kroney, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 13:10, Reply)