LHawes Wrote: > There are small scratches but nothing that looks like it would kill the > track. Looks can be deceiving I guess. I'll try some more diligent > cleaning and see if that helps.
Be on the lookout for axial scratches, i.e. circular ones that follow the CD's contour. These are frequently caused by improper CD loading and the CD scraping against the bottom of the tray as it spins up. Even light axial scratches can have a huge effect on the data because the data follows the same line - on a certain area of the disc, say, 10% of the data each second is corrupted. Compare that to an radial scratch, one pointing from the centre to the edge. In this case, say less than 1% of the data each second is corrupted. Cleaning will not do anything to scratches. In fact it will make them worse as you rub potentially abrasive particles into the disc. To get rid of scratches, you need a CD repair kit which consists of buffing compound that actually resurfaces the disc much like a Zamboni machine for ice. The CD repair kit often includes fine wet-dry sandpaper (!) for really deep scratches. Edit: I see you've solved it. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25162 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
