Posted by Netmask on 12/22/65 11:26

I'm more worried about the 'switchblade collection' a budding jack the
ripper!
"Serial # 19781010" <none@none.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:57:35 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>
>>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!
>
> I have had good results with baking soda and a damp cloth.

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