Salvage data from a scratched CD??

[Dr Mordrid]

Those CD's with damage that doesn't go too deep (meaning you can't catch your fingernail on 'em) can possibly be helped by the treatments discussed earlier...but I've had better luck with those NOT based on liquid optical waxes.

Of these the machines that use a fine polishing compound work the best as they do what SkippyDisk etc. do, but not to as deep a level.

One caveat though: you can only repair "play side" damage. Damage to the label side of the disk, which is where the data is stored, is usually not reparable.

Dr. Mordrid

[Paddy]

Cheers! I'll have a look for this SkippyDisk

[William]

CD-R diagnostics (www.arrowkey.com) it will tell you if it can recover the data before you have to pay for it -I'll declare that I know the author, so it's probably better not to ask me where to pirate it from.

The freeware solution ISObuster (www.isobuster.com), sometimes considered worse than CD-R diagnostics, sometimes cosidered better. So try both

Edit -For filling in scratches toothpaste is often though quite highly of. I have't tried this myself though, so I can't vouch for how good it is. Certainly I would try a recovery before I tried fillig.