Any good ways of getting them to read in a laptop? ive got 2 discs with loads of important pictures of us and the kids etc and the past few years which wont seem to read, theyre scratched but not absolutely wrecked, whats the best way to get them to read and will anything make the scratches disappear?


thanks

Sarah

 

Use a banana.

 

surley tht wont fit in the draw?

 

Boom tsh lol

You could try gently using t-cut.

Failing that send them to me as i have some proper plastic polishing stuff!!

 

In my local games store they have a machine to repair scratched disc, think it was a pound a disc or something like that.

Steve

 

yeah if there light scratches i used a very light abrasive it was chrome cleaner and worked well but it was amusic disc?

 

i used brasso on my ps2 game that was scratched to fook, that made it work again, i spent about 10 mins buffing and polishing it....good as new....

 

and back it up once you fix it.

 

Toothpaste work wonders..work it into the disc for 5 mins and it takes the scratches out... I have loads of ruined dvds due to the nipper and toothpaste brings them back to life

 

100 grit wet and dry

 

fairly liquid all over it, let it sit like that for a minute then rinse off and dab dry

that saved alot of my ps2 games a few years back

 

how many ways are there

 

toothpaste, just normal stuff though, nothing fancy.

JAmes.

 

lol @ all these

 

Bit of warm milk, followed by some rice krispies, but dont forget the sugar.

sorry

Id try which ever you have got, i.e tooth paste, everyone has that

 

are you kidding?
more like 1500 and some g3.

 

Spit on it and wipe it with your t-shirt.

Job Jobbed!!

 

the rougher the better. lol what a funny topic????

 

edit - the disc drive wont read ANY disc so its not a problem with the discs its the bloody drive.

Any ideas how to get it working? its never been used to read anything, only ever used it to write a data disc and its only about 4mths old

Sarah

 

if its a laptop take it back under warranty if still in within warranty
If not your fooked

 

it was replaced by the insurance company because old laptop broke, so i suspect i will just have to get in touch with them about it? AS i dont know where they actually got it from it was just delivered to us.

Argh is there any way of checking to see why it wont work?

 

jiz on it and whipe it in on the wifes pillow


normally works a treat

 

thanks for all the really helpful replies!

 

Try a bit of toothpaste on the lens, then a quick rub with some brasso & finally a blob of T-Cut. That should sort it

 

right, ive updated the thread its a problem with the disc reader not the discs. if anyone has a serious answer then please post it, if not, dont bother

Sarah

 

Touchy.

 

could be your lens is dirty go to asda and buy a dvd lens cleaner only a couple of pound and its a disc so u just pop it in and it cleans ya lens

or take it to your local computer store and they should check it for free they only usually charge for if they fix it

 

Hardly, its a genuine post asking for information , instead i get a load of fuckwits with nothing better to do than spam the thread without giving any help whatsoever.


Go back to the muppet room if you want to talk shit....

Sarah

 

thanks, ill do that

Sarah

 

Someone hasn't got a sense of humour today

Sorry if i offended, just a joke

 

what happens when you put a disc in? can you hear it spinning up that suggests its being powered?
Does anything come on the screen? or the hour glass

 

got a mate to look and its saying there's no disc drive installed when he goes into the advanced bit,

It does power when you put the disc, and it makes random weird noises, nothing comes up on the screen and cant find it in my computer either

Sarah