I am sorry if this is a silly question. If you have a music CD which is scratched and it "hops", can one burn the music onto a new CD without the ruined bits being repeated? Using a PC? I am sorry, don't know how to phrase this better. I want to rerecord my Spanish CD that I use in my car because now it sounds like mandarin.
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Surv0
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No, if your CD-Rom cannot read the disk without skipping, you wont get a clean write to a new CD.
MickeyD
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Your PC won't read the damaged disk to be able to make an image of it.
If you know somebody who owns or works in a video store (yes, those old places where we used to rent them from!) ask them if they have a CD/DVD repair unit. The unit (the proper ones) first lightly grinds the surface of the CD to remove the scratches and then it will polish and buff it again. Depending on the extent of the damage, you stand a good chance of it being repaired. Then make a copy immediately!!
LCBXX
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Brasso. Polish the surface to get rid of the bad scratches. Unless the scratch it so deep that it wet though to the other side you can largely get the CD readable again. I have found it less of a hassle, albeit at a cost, to have your scratched discs polished at a Mr Video or similar.
Afterwards, make MP3 out of it or burn a copy.
Afterwards, make MP3 out of it or burn a copy.
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First time ive heard this.. nice one..
DA-LION-619
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I think it will be simpler to just download the mp3s of said album.
LCBXX
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You can be a pedantic person and polish the surface with toothpaste after the brasso as well if you want it to look absolutely pristine.
Thanks Mickey. Going to try this.
MickeyD
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I had a machine similar to this one. Was a good little income and provided a job for a youngster. We received plenty of work from the video rental stores and even more work from the second hand gaming stores to repair PS discs. We had a success rate of around 98%. The 2% was where we told the customer upfront that it would not work as the scratch was right into the data area or the disc was cracked, but they insisted that we try!
http://www.datadev.com/cd-dvd-disc-repair-manual-discchek.html
Brasso and toothpaste will sometimes work for deep scratches but you will still get the "skipping" on the soundtrack. And it is very temporary!
PS. Rubbing the scratched area with a new (unused!!!) condom also sometimes works!
http://www.datadev.com/cd-dvd-disc-repair-manual-discchek.html
Brasso and toothpaste will sometimes work for deep scratches but you will still get the "skipping" on the soundtrack. And it is very temporary!
PS. Rubbing the scratched area with a new (unused!!!) condom also sometimes works!
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MickeyD
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Only if the top layer acts as the reflective layer as well. If the reflective layer is beneath the surface and you damage that then you have a big problem, yes!
I would rather the average user use this advice AT ALL TIMES as a precaution than take the chance of them forgetting about it.
grok
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That is just bad advice, mp3 is a lossy format look for the FLAC instead..
True but I managed once to salvage some songs from a cd that had holes in it by ripping to the PC
pinball wizard
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It would appear that doing that is not an option for the OP due to the specific content.
D4N
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There was a program that I used historically that would skip over the bad sector, but unfortunately, I can't remember the name. I will sleep on it and see if I can remember once the beer fumes wear off.