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2long4u · 08-23-07

Use solvents. Ex. alcohol, acetone, paint thinner, tulene, xylene, ether, and paint stripper.

endo · 08-23-07

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Originally Posted by TaiDinh

You know how when the driver reads a disc, it uses the red laser, but the laser doesn't move up and down to read the whole CD, right? Though, that's what I believe.

Try filling up the disc with data and give thin full circular scratches from the edge and then keep moving toward the middle.

See where data start to get corrupted.

interesting i might do a variation of this i will see if permanent marker will cover up data then color the disc from the outside in to see where it stops reading the disc.

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Originally Posted by 2long4u

Use solvents. Ex. alcohol, acetone, paint thinner, tulene, xylene, ether, and paint stripper.

i would like to do this because they tell yo not to clean a disc with any solvent. but i will be using a different computer for this test i think and i will have to let it sit out after using the solvent and then i will wipe it off with water as well before trying to read it.

*edit*
by the way if there is any one that thinks that these are light scratches they are not. i use an exacto knife to make them. they are deeper then any scratch i have seen on a cd with even the worst of scratches.

endo · 08-23-07

forth test has been updated. there were no pictures to take of it.

Overclock · 08-23-07

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Originally Posted by losttsol

Fifth Test:
Throwing them up in the air and shooting them with a shotgun.

I wanna do it!!

endo · 08-23-07

third test done.

the extreme cold did nothing to the cd. the disc still reads fine.

The Hundred Gunner · 08-27-07

How bout taking off the top label by scratching the hell out of it? Just make sure you don't let fragments get into the CD drive.

endo · 08-27-07

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Originally Posted by The Hundred Gunner

How bout taking off the top label by scratching the hell out of it? Just make sure you don't let fragments get into the CD drive.

i thought about doing that but that stuff flakes really bad and that is the data that comes off when you scratch that off i think anyway

maybe ill burn a music cd to do that too and put it in the parents dvd player to try it out.