Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!ngw!news.funet.fi!not-for-mail From: "Scott A. May" Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: Storing CD's in plastic sleeves, OK? Date: 14 Jun 1994 19:50:11 +0300 Organization: FUNET-NGW Lines: 17 Sender: daemon@news.funet.fi Distribution: alt Message-ID: Reply-To: "Scott A. May" NNTP-Posting-Host: news.funet.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Comments: To: "Carl F. Hostetter" Comments: cc: Multiple recipients of list CDROM-L To: CDROM-L Redistribution In-Reply-To: <9406141533.AA18230@bigcat.missouri.edu> Sorry to break in on this thread, but this is semi-related, sorta: I have about 90 CD programs (games, apps, etc.) and have NEVER had a lick of problems with my discs. Yesterday I attempted to reinstall the game INCA on my hard drive to show a friend. I couldn't read the disc. I couldn't even get a directory. I tried other CDs and they worked fine. I put INCA back in and nothing. Changed drivers, and nothing. It used to work fine. I gave the disc to my friend to try on his computer, and he reported the same results. He then cleaned the disc and reported seeing a pronounced scratch on the disc. Don't know how it got there, but it apparently wiped out the track that reads the disc directory. To make a long story short, is there any way to fix a CD scratch? I've heard people talk about applying different things, from car wax to vegetable oil. I'd rather not try until hearing from others. Any suggestions? SAM