My CD won't work

Tonberry_Kid · 11-5-2006, 09:16 AM

I finally found a CD I've looking for for a while and I tried putting it in my computer so I could rip its content on my computer to save me from losing ALL the music on it.

The thing is, it won't read on my computer and it's not even scratched badly. There is some slight and I mean slight chipping on the very outside of the CD.

Is that enough to make it unreadable?

So what I guess I'm asking is, how can I remedy this situation?

ruifio894 · 11-5-2006, 09:23 AM

Chipping? Probably enough. Scratches? probably not. You can buy this stuff that you wipe on your cd, and it fills holes. It worked for me. I got it at like FYE.

Tonberry_Kid · 11-5-2006, 09:25 AM

So a chip on the outside of the cd is seriously enough?

That's extremely dumb =(.

plasmix · 11-5-2006, 03:07 PM

Use nose grease for the scratches.

Icefenix45560 · 11-5-2006, 05:40 PM

It probably was exposed to heat, which will ruin CD's without any physical damage.

Triplex72 · 11-5-2006, 05:43 PM

You didn't set a huge stack of magnets on it or put it in your microwave did you?

I wouldn't think a small chip would be enough to stop it from working. Does it work in your discman or whatever you have?

Icefenix45560 · 11-6-2006, 04:13 PM

small ships on the outside wont make it stop working.. if it was on the inside it would definitly stop working because that is where the index of files is burned.. Heat damage is the number one cause of CD failures... and the bad thing about it is that it is irrepairable and that it is physically not able to be seen

lord_carbo · 11-6-2006, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triplex72

You didn't set a huge stack of magnets on it or put it in your microwave did you?

CD's aren't magnetized, which is why you can't rewrite over them, so it being by magnets won't affect its performance. Fairly intense heat does damage it though, which is why electromagnetic rays can potentially harm a CD (but only because electromagnetic rays cause heat, not because they're, well, electromagnetic).

Also, I wouldn't bother putting everything onto a CD. If you're putting it all on a CD you really don't have that much music (700 MB or less), so just get a Gmail account, put it into a .rar, and put it on your Gmail account.

cutiewithops · 11-6-2006, 08:14 PM

HELLL YEAHHH

evilbutterfly · 11-6-2006, 09:34 PM

Try putting the CD in another computer. If it works elsewhere, your comp is the problem. If it doesn't work elsewhere, it's probably boned.

GuidoHunter · 11-6-2006, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lord_carbo

Also, I wouldn't bother putting everything onto a CD. If you're putting it all on a CD you really don't have that much music (700 MB or less), so just get a Gmail account, put it into a .rar, and put it on your Gmail account.

Uh, what? Did you miss the part (the important part of the thread) where he said he couldn't get the data onto a computer?

--Guido

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11-5-2006, 09:23 AM	#2
ruifio894 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Michigan Age: 32 Posts: 675	Re: My CD won't work Chipping? Probably enough. Scratches? probably not. You can buy this stuff that you wipe on your cd, and it fills holes. It worked for me. I got it at like FYE. __________________

11-5-2006, 03:07 PM	#4
plasmix FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: TX Posts: 3,639	Re: My CD won't work Use nose grease for the scratches.

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Icefenix45560 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Here. Age: 34 Posts: 106	Re: My CD won't work It probably was exposed to heat, which will ruin CD's without any physical damage.

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Triplex72 CUSTOMIZED Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Your Imagination Posts: 975	Re: My CD won't work You didn't set a huge stack of magnets on it or put it in your microwave did you? I wouldn't think a small chip would be enough to stop it from working. Does it work in your discman or whatever you have? __________________ connect 216.246.109.6:27015

11-6-2006, 04:13 PM	#7
Icefenix45560 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Here. Age: 34 Posts: 106	Re: My CD won't work small ships on the outside wont make it stop working.. if it was on the inside it would definitly stop working because that is where the index of files is burned.. Heat damage is the number one cause of CD failures... and the bad thing about it is that it is irrepairable and that it is physically not able to be seen

11-6-2006, 08:14 PM	#9
cutiewithops FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	Re: My CD won't work HELLL YEAHHH

11-6-2006, 09:34 PM	#10
evilbutterfly FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Small town, TN Age: 37 Posts: 5,784	Re: My CD won't work Try putting the CD in another computer. If it works elsewhere, your comp is the problem. If it doesn't work elsewhere, it's probably boned. __________________ So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =( In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz. So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright. And I write the blog for their website. Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

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