How do I fix a broken CD?

[derty]

Listen up!

 

Do you have a Hastings music and Video store where you are? If not look for other places that label their games the same way.

 

If you rent a game from hastings or a dvd, their barcode is simply on a sticker around the ring in the middle. Use a lighter or hairdryer and slightly heat the adhesive. Pull off the sticker and switch. Return your crap copy to them and keep theirs. If you dont have a hastings, like I said, find another place with the same protocol.

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[ceedot]

I've heard sticking it in the freezer works, fills the crack/scratch.

Exactly what I was going to say.

 

If it's cracked though, not sure if you can fix it.

...? Perhaps moisture will freeze, but then itd melt given you dont play your game in the freezer. If this has more to do with shrinking the parts, that'd be counterproductive as any shape change would result in a larger crack and, again, would not be permanent.

 

Anyone care to shed some light on this this works? As of right now, it doesnt even make sense... Id try my luck with soy milk before this

My friends Gran Turismo 4 was heavily scratched. He put it in the freezer for 30 seconds and it worked when he put it in.

 

 

The game origionally didn't work by the way.

[Blackadder.]

 

Don't at EB Games, you can get more money selling it yourself or using Ebay.

 

Yeah I wanted to sell some of my old PS2 games, but after witnessing that if you buy say, a game thats $60. You sell it at GameStop/EB Games and they'll only give you $30. Pretty big rip-off.

 

So I didn't bother selling any of them.

Obviously, they want to make money not lose money.

 

As for this subject, I'd just buy a new game. This reminds me of my SA disc, the inner part is cracked/broken to sh*t, still works though (Makes noises but)

 

ceedot: Interesting.

[Jstrang14]

I heard both putting it in a freezer and using tape on the cover side of he disc works well with cracks, and to the idiot who said it was the gamers fault for 'breaking' the game disc. 92% of cracked game disc are caused by malfuncton in the hardware, which is made possibly by lazy peons who work for Microsoft. They should stick to making software not hardware. Though Xbox 360 games are harder to recover sine they use HD DVD's and they can easily skip, or mis read or malfunction.

[Ronnyboy]

I heard both putting it in a freezer and using tape on the cover side of he disc works well with cracks, and to the idiot who said it was the gamers fault for 'breaking' the game disc. 92% of cracked game disc are caused by malfuncton in the hardware, which is made possibly by lazy peons who work for Microsoft. They should stick to making software not hardware. Though Xbox 360 games are harder to recover sine they use HD DVD's and they can easily skip, or mis read or malfunction.

A. Where did you get that statistic? Most of the time it's because people are to lazy to put it back in it's case, and they let it sit out and get scratched.

 

B. You can not blame Microsoft for the disc problems, my PS2 ate 3 of my games before.

 

C. The 360 uses regular DVD's. The HD-DVD's are used in a separate player, which is an add-on. These discs do not skip, mis read and malfunction as you say. They are quality discs that were just failures do to timing and support.