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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Beezy on July 28, 2008, 01:42:54 PM

Title: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: Beezy on July 28, 2008, 01:42:54 PM
And where can I find one? My cousin scratched up my Ninja Gaiden II disc and it keeps freezing at the same exact spot during a certain cutscene when he plays it. I tried cleaning it, but that didn't do anything at all.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on July 28, 2008, 01:46:23 PM
I'd like to know the same thing. I bought a used copy of God of War 2 and it played fine all the way until just before the final fucking boss.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: GilloD on July 28, 2008, 01:50:14 PM
They basically scratch the shit out of your disk, but do so evenly so that the laser reads the same away all across the disc. Does that work? I know people who swear by it. A lot of place will do it for free or a small fee if you just bring it in.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: muckhole on July 28, 2008, 01:52:44 PM
From back when we used to sell them, they would work on CD's, but would outright destroy DVD's. Check around town for a place that re-surfaces them. I think Blockbusters have machines for this, too.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: Beezy on July 28, 2008, 01:54:37 PM
From back when we used to sel them, they would work on CD's, but would outright destroy DVD's. Check around town for a place that re-surfaces them. I think Blockbusters have machines for this, too.
I heard that all Hollywood Video stores have one of these machines, but I'm not sure. I'll check Blockbuster too.

Edit: I'm not talking about the do it yourself things that stores like FYE push you to buy.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on July 28, 2008, 01:55:11 PM
They don't work properly with DVDs? You mean I'll never get to beat up Zeus?  :-\
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: trh on July 28, 2008, 02:22:38 PM
They do work with dvds, fixed my Bioshock with one. If you hold up a disc sideways and look closely you can see that there's pretty much two layers to it, the bottom one is just a protective cover to the top part that is actually the disc. So the disc isn't actually damaged, the problem is that the laser can't read through the scratch, that's why it's possible to just resurface it.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 28, 2008, 03:01:45 PM
There are places out there that will do professional disc resurfacing, usually for only two or three dollars. I've tried it once before with one of my Star Ocean 2 discs and it worked perfectly.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: BobbyRobby on July 28, 2008, 03:58:19 PM
this would be awesome if it worked.  i'd also get to finally play Tactics Ogre.  do most video rental stores have these?
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: Beezy on July 28, 2008, 07:10:55 PM
this would be awesome if it worked.  i'd also get to finally play Tactics Ogre.  do most video rental stores have these?
That's what I've been hearing.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: BobbyRobby on July 28, 2008, 07:28:25 PM
i just got it resurfaced, and it works.  I got it done at an independent rental place in town.  i asked the guy who works there and he said a lot of places offer the service.

to any people who may have played Tactics Ogre, does it normally have very slow loading times when starting up a game?  I know Ogre Battle had terrible loading times, so I wouldn't be surprised.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: Beezy on July 28, 2008, 09:51:14 PM
Sweet, I'll go fix NG2 tomorrow.
Title: Re: Do those CD resurfacer things really work?
Post by: Yeti on July 29, 2008, 01:36:53 AM
I might have to try this with my Final Fantasy 7 that I've never played.