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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: YodaSean on April 21, 2003, 04:21:49 pm

Title: problems with scratched CD
Post by: YodaSean on April 21, 2003, 04:21:49 pm

My scratched FS2 CDs only allow me to install the basic files now without getting bugged up, so I can't run the game in 1024*768 anymore :(   Is there anywhere I could find these files, and if I did find them, how would I go about installing them?

Title: problems with scratched CD
Post by: karajorma on April 21, 2003, 04:42:05 pm

Check the HotU page of my FAQ. I guess it applies to you now :)

Title: problems with scratched CD
Post by: Turnsky on April 21, 2003, 06:26:45 pm

had the same sort of prob with my halflife discs.. i got some cd-scratch remover cloth-thingies and a little elbow grease later.. they still work properly... don't get scratch remover paste, they don't work all that well...

Title: problems with scratched CD
Post by: Solatar on April 21, 2003, 06:38:18 pm

For a few minor scratches my friend used toothpaste...it worked, but not well enough for anything major. :D

Title: problems with scratched CD
Post by: Liberator on April 22, 2003, 12:58:18 am

Whether you use the wipes or someform of paste(tooth or repair), remember to wipe linearly out from the hole in the middle like spoke on a bicycle wheel.  Do not under any circumstances wipe radially around the disk, it will exacerbate the problem.  Also remember to clean your drive, a dirty drive will be less likely to read a clean disk than a clean drive read a lightly scratched disk.

Title: problems with scratched CD
Post by: Turnsky on April 22, 2003, 01:02:34 am

yes, and it's a ***** with cracked cd's, They Explode :wink: