Once a cd/dvd is scratched and jumps is it a lost cause or is there anything you can do to sort it?

Answer 1

give it a good polish. glass cleaners are usually strong enough to do it without causing more scratches polish out from centre not round like a vinyl record. a stronger polish would be a chrome cleaner or shiny metal polish.

Answer 2

There's this thing, I think it's called "disc doctor" or something like that which does a good job to repair scratched cds. You can also try to rip the cds to your computer, if they aren't too far gone, then make a "backup" cd. Usually, the computer will get rid of the skips... I don't know how either way work, but they both work because I've done them.

Answer 3

I bought a devise from Dream Direct, called skip doctor, it uses purified water (supplied with it) to repair scratches, and jumps in CD's, and DVD's.
I bought it because I buy discs from jumble sales, but it was a DVD that a friend gave me which froze, and I first used it on, it repaired it perfectly.
It is very easy to use, and not at all messy.
Dream direct website.

Edit, This is a better link for skip doctor, I just bought the manual one.
http://www.mrpcclean.co.uk/catalog/default.php?cPath=25

Answer 4

The Disc Doctor is well worth it's retail price. I think it costs around $30, but I've saved about a hundred CDs and DVDs with it.

Answer 5

I've used car wax and it works sometimes. depends how bad the scratch is (Turtle Wax) but whatever you have, buff it in, fill in the scratch and you should be okay

Answer 6

I HEARD THAT THERES A SOFTWARE CALLED
BAD COPY PRO
SOME TIMES IT WORKS