is there anyway that i can clean a scratched up cd at home without going to the store?AHHHH!!HELP ME!!!?
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I always use warm water and mild dish soap. This will clean the disk if there isn't alot of deep scratches.
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Cd Cleaner? usually it invloves more then a program? you may be able to get one with a small shipping fee though I would check out ebay
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you can buy a cleaner kit at any computer store like radio shaq or staples preferably. It usually come with a special brush or cloth with which to clean it. recommended that you do not use paper towels and cloths around the house u may risk scratching it
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Circuit City and Best Buy have machines that will shred CDs.  I am not sure, but Staples may have them also.  I don't know how much these shredders cost.  You may try to burn them in a trash pile or use a cigarette lighter to destroy the information on them.  You could also try scratching them with a knife or other instrument so they cannot be read, but that would be time-consuming.  IMHO, your best bet would be to get a CD shredder if you can afford it.  That way, you just stick one CD in after another and it is much faster. Good luck.
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clean the CD\nalso  and the CD drive with a cleaning disk\nif is does this will all CDs  reinstall the drivers\nif necisarry replace the drive
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You want to use either water or a VERY mild cleaning solution - nothing abrasive.  Use a clean, non-shedding cloth (like an old, soft t-shirt), and clean the radii of the circle (meaning wipe from center to edge or vice-versa - not across the CD); just a straight line from center out to edge.
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If your CD hasn't been scratched, your CD ROM is not properly detecting the CD.\nTry with the other CD ROM.
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Wait for your free copy from Apple, or try and find one on eBay.  If not, try and visit a friendly Apple Dealer who may burn you a copy if you show him your original scratched disc.
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Try blowing some compressed air in the cd burner/player, there may be some dust that got in there during shipping.  Also, make sure your CD's are clean.
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easy get a blank cd could be get from local electronic stores. then makes sure u pc can burn cd etc then see if u have any software if u do they would have help on how u can export music in the list then burn if not try download.com for free burners or just use Windows Media Player burner. \n\nOk, Miss. \n\nKnow can I get my Boy Scout Badge. LOL
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After a bit of Google Searching: try the Nero 6/7 Cleaning tools, has worked for others.\n\nhttp://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/Clean_Tools.html
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I use Easy CD-DA Extractor. Its the best I have found. Website is listed below.
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whatever you do do-not format your hard-drive at the first hint of trouble\npeople who advise this have no idea of how it sounds to those who actually know about viruses.\nit is the equivalent of re-spraying an entire vehicle to get rid of 1 scratch only to have it scratched again the next-day!\nget AVG or spyware doctor and pay for a legitimate copy.
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most likely your cd is bad, give it a good cleaning the try again, then buy a new cd
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yes there is a cd protection about this,unfortunately i dont remember the name its about 4-5 years old. use nero to extract the tracks\nor to copy it use clonecd with clony xxl,u are in mac's so find some applications that they do the same job as the one that i have mention above
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download C cleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com.\n\nit's free, light, easy to use and you can choose what to clean.
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This is actually a much more common problem than you think.  There are two particular reasons why a CD might skip: 1) some kind of bump, such as knocking into the shelf (where the CD playing device is) or jumping hard on the floor (shock waves?), or 2) The surface of the CD has something on it in the spot where the CD skips.  There is a third option where you burn your own CDs, and the CD might skip because there was an error with the song that was burnt in that spot.\n\nThe third kind is a user situation and the best advice is to reburn the CD after checking the track to see if it continues, but in the first two, the CD is actually not damaged in any way.  You can go back to the start of the track and listen to it again to make sure it's not a dirty CD; just don't bounce around during the track.  If it skips again, stop the CD and withdraw it, then inspect it.  Use a soft surface to clean it (while it's not advised, I might use my shirt), but don't put water or any liquid on it for this purpose; I did that once and got bloody lucky that the CD still worked, but it could have completely ruined the CD as well.\n\nOne more thing to the above replies as well.  I said no water on the CD.  Trust me on this, you don't want to chance any getting in the player.  As for scratches (which is a possibility), you can purchase CD repair kits to basically cover those scratches, then they play as normal again.\n\nHope this helps and good luck. =)\n\nCyclone