Repairing a cd

[Koolkid101]

My Operaton Flashpoint Resistance C.D is scracthed really badly so I want to repair it with one of those pastes, is it legal to do that, and will it still work?

[theavonlady]

Why don't you call Codemasters and ask what it would cost to exchange it for a sparkling new one?

[Die Alive]

Well, I got this "Game Doctor" thing, it's a hand held - hand operated device that removes light and medium scratches from CDs. I tried it so far only on music CDs, and of the 5 CDs that I had that were scratched, 3 of them were fixed, the other 2 I guess were too badly scratched to be fixed. I got it at Electronic Boutique this pass summer. I figure I got nothing to lose, if I fix the CD with it, good for me, if not, then I'm just breaking the CD some more.

-=Die Alive=-

[Koolkid101]

How do you post a screen shot? Cause its like messing up my game all the colors are weird, and I know its a legit cd of operation flashpoint.

[bn880]

It's legal to do that, you should try it out. Hopefully the top coated surface is stil ok... then you should be able to revive it with enough polishing.

[Placebo]

Prolly slightly more a troubleshooting thread this one

[Koolkid101]

I have the white price thing from best buy that says
644957 1210025FGO298
$29.99


And the proof of purchase.
6764940041

I'm not gonna post my cd key though.

[Placebo]

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Good, don&#39;t

[Koolkid101]

I&#39;m sorta gonna change my statement above, theres a lot of scrathes but none of them are deep. Maybe all the weird things that are suddenly happening are things that happened cause i tinkered with the video options but I sorta doubt that.

[Mister Frag]

I&#39;ve fixed numerous CDs and DVDs with a "Skip Doctor", which is the same thing as the "Game Doctor" and "DVD Doctor".

I have never had to use it on any of my own media, but I have a friend who&#39;s got a 3-year old girl that has damaged DVD movies, education software CDs, and music CDs. Some of them were very badly damaged with deep scratches in the disk surface, and required several complete polishing passes, but the "Skip Doctor" has always been able to fix it. It has also been able to remove permanent marker that was used on the wrong side of a CD.

Anyway, if, after polishing the surface, you can still see the scratches, repeat the process again, remembering to use the small spray bottle to wet the disk properly. Clean off and dry the disk after each pass.

The only thing that will stop the "Skip Doctor" is when all of the clear polycarbonate material is gone and the reflective surface or dye layer are exposed. Until that happens, it doesn&#39;t matter how much of the protective layer you polish off.