RS>PM> Remember when CDs first came out, they said you can scratch them
RS>PM> and put fingerprints on them and they will still play OK. Well it's
RS>PM> not true!

RS>RJT> I've had some here that were pretty grunged up,  and wouldn't
function at
RS>RJT> Comes from having a couple of 12-year-old girls in the
family,  I guess. T
RS>RJT> one has some idea of how to take care of them,  clean them, 
etc. but the
RS>RJT> one still needs some guidance in these matters.

RS> Sometimes they can be saved. If the scratches
RS>are on the label side, the discs are probably
RS>goners; but, if they're on the other side, you
RS>can probably polish them out far enough to be
RS>readable.

Not probably, but positively.

Jay

RS> The scratches don't have to be gone, just
RS>reduced enough to allow the laser to focus
RS>"through" them to the data pits farther below
RS>the surface.


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