raoul_1101 Member May 10, 2007 #1 How do CD repair machines "fix" CDs? When a CD is scratched, isn't the data destroyed?
The_Other_One VIP Member May 10, 2007 #2 Optical drives are basically just "pits" on the disk surface. A scratch interferes with those pits. However, if you smooth out the surface(either fill the scratches in or buff them out) the drive should be able to read the original data...
Optical drives are basically just "pits" on the disk surface. A scratch interferes with those pits. However, if you smooth out the surface(either fill the scratches in or buff them out) the drive should be able to read the original data...