Scratch on cd

[xpuser357]

OK folks when I insert a disk in my dvd drive and if it has small scratches
My computer acts strange and hangs up. I would go to my computer and look at drives and dvd drive I can right click and it would just hang. I would
control alt delete and still hang. I have a pentium 4 2gig with 1 gig sdram
intel D845WN mother board, 400 watt power supply, 3cdroms DVD player,
cd burner ,DVD burner. Hang Is when hour glass just sits there for long period of time. I really do not know how long? I just say sh t and press reset button
once computer starts I pull out cd and all is back to normal.When all is locked
my DVD drive light stays on all the way when I hit reset button. The DVD drive is a sony DDU 1621 any Ideas would be great.

[TripleRLtd]

Is your DVD player a burner? If so, record the "bad" dvd/cd and try the new one again. ;)

[Ferrit]

This isnt for all but on some cd/dvd' small scratches can be removed from the actual disk by using a small amount of toothpaste+water and a circular polishing.
This iwll leave a lot of swirl marks but it can enable you to at least copy the cd so that you have a working copy

[xpuser357]

I have 3 CD ROMS sony dvd player, mitsumi 48x cd writer, HP DVD
writer 300n. When I am backing up a DVD is when I would have problems with hanging, also an occasional music cd. It acts like the drive wants to read whats on the disk and cannot let go. :knife:

[xpuser357]

I purchased auto max cd cleaner and it says to use liquid supplied with
machine I use it and sometimes disk is un readable

[NooNoo]

WElp, don't scratch your disks, put them away. Yes the drive will try to read and read - it's called error correction....

[Trainshed Terry]

I purchased auto max cd cleaner and it says to use liquid supplied with
machine I use it and sometimes disk is un readable

With reference to scratched Cd's and DVDs I had the same problem with a music CD as I tried to add it to my music library it got stuck on two tracks.

So I invested in the following item from my local PC shop.

Skip Dr Disc repair system. And it work 100%.

More information can be found at the following link

http://www.digitalinnovations.com/index.php

I hope that this is off help to everyone.

Terry :thumbs:

[xpuser357]

Thank you NOO NOO that is the answer I was looking for. I indeed use cd
sleeves to protect my cd`s the one`s that are scratched are from
relatives that need there`s redone.

[NooNoo]

They must be some pretty heft scratches... most drives will time out in a minute or two.

[Trainshed Terry]

They must be some pretty heft scratches... most drives will time out in a minute or two.

Yes did time out and moved on to the next track and ripped that one to the library.

I do not think that the problem was the scratches, I had previously used a cleaning solution which was supposed to help protect the discs, and over time it wore off.

Terry :thumbs: