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How Do You Repair Scratches On An Important DVD?.
I have a question regarding products that fix deep scratches or scratches in general on DVDs. I have an important DVD recorded at a family event 12 years ago. It's clearly seen better days and the DVD-RW that it's on is severely scratched.
I can play it but it locks up at certain points (FREEZES) and then skips to the next chapter if that. I know there's a lot of products to repair scratches out there but do any of them do it so you can watch the whole disc without skipping or locking up like that? And if this is your only copy could it possibly damage it if applied?
Please let me know what to get from Best Buy that hopefully is easy to use and fool proof.
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If the scratch is deep enough that it goes through the plastic and hits the thin metal layer which actually holds the information, then there is nothing you will ever be able to do to get that data back.
However, scratches can be repaired if they are not too deep. Since this is a very important disc, though, I would not recommend using an over-the-counter product; they can work, but if they don't work then it may make it worse. Take the disc to a high-end camera store like Mike's or something similar, and see if they can send it out for professional repair. Even if they can't fix the scratch, they should be able to re-burn the disc and skip the few seconds of video which are damaged.
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