Posted by Bob on 09/10/05 00:57

I had an old worn video disc - you know the kind with all sorts of
nasty-looking scratches at random as though people played Frisbee
with
their dog - and it would not succumb to a successful backup
operation.

I retired several times but all I got was read errors towards the end
of a disc that was dual layer with 8 GB. I tried a couple different
programs to create the ISO extraction but they all failed.

Then I remembered one of the posters (Kony) had mentioned Brasso. I
have a can handy near my desk because I use it to polish the brass
bolsters on my switchblade collection.

I thought it was in jest, but since I had nothing to lose I tried it.
I rubbed firmly but gently, and the surface cleaned up pretty nicely
-
no more large surface scratches.

Then I submitted it to a backup operation again and it succeeded on
the very first try - as though the disc were almost new.

Brasso Rules!

--

Greatest Movie Line Ever
http://home.houston.rr.com/rkba/MovieLine.wmv

"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
-- Thomas Jefferson

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