[TUHS] Recovering flaky CDs

[Wesley Parish]

On Thursday 01 November 2007 06:15, Angus Robinson wrote:
> Warner Losh wrote:
> > From: "James Petts" <jpetts at operamail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [TUHS] Recovering flaky CDs
> > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:25:00 -0800
> >
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: asbesto <asbesto at freaknet.org>
> >>> To: "Al Kossow" <aek at bitsavers.org>
> >>> Subject: Re: [TUHS] Recovering flaky CDs
> >>> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:22:33 +0100
> >>>
> >>> Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 04:26:14PM -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
> >>>>> Is there anybody on this list who knows a way of recovering flaky
> >>>>> CDs?
> >>>>
<snip>
> >>
> >> Those CD Doctor "cleaners" (they actually do a minor
> >> resurfacing of the disc) have rescued several discs
> >> for me.
> >
> > I've used cdparanoia to recover badly damaged audio disks.  Are there
> > not similar programs for data disks?
> >
> > Warner
>
> Dont know how true it is but the local paper here was running a story
> about some students using goverment condoms to fix scratched cd's. They
> worked for 3 uses. Never tried it as most of the stuff i have on cd i
> can get again.

Ignoring the inevitable ribald humour arising from the concept - "supersized, 
for all the government d*ckheads" ... ;)

A friend of mine suggested using a silver polisher to resurface the plastic 
when the scratches prevent it from being readable, but I've never tried it.

Wesley Parish
>
> Regards,
> Angus
>
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