I just bought Star Wars: KotOR II: The Sith Lords (PAL Promo) from a sixteen-year-old, and he'd owned it for a few years and kids generally don't take enough care for gems like these, so the original cover is gone, the manual is there, but DVD itself looks like the surface of Mars. Can this be repaired? I'll get a good photo tomorrow. How much would a regular promo like this be worth in good condition, he bought it for €20 when it was new.
You can try looking for a 'disc doctor' a device that came out a few years ago. It simply uses a fine liquid sand to remove a layer from the disc leaving it brand new. There are many equivalents, which you should find in convienience stores.
Most devices are like "polishers" which just sort of sand off a small amount of the already small plastic protective layer to even it out and remove scratches. Obviously you can only use them so many times before the disc is fucked. There's not much to be done in the end other than avoid letting discs get really fucked up.
Yep, most of these polishers also use a special polish paste that tries to re-create a new protective layer. I don't like using this (used only a couple of times for PC CD's), but some of my games, bought used, probably had their time on this thing.
Be careful of how much disc 'doctoring' you do to the disc - I've come across a number of used discs which had been doctored to death, so that nothing would read them anymore. :crying:
Maybe you should use some polisher and make a backup copy of the disc. You never know how long is gonna last after 'disc doctoring', in my case some discs died weeks after repairing them and some ones are still working after years...
A company used to advertise in Edge offering a professional resurfacing service, I believe they also advertise in NME and other music mags. I've never used them, nor do I remember their name, but google searches will probably help you locate them. I think they charge 3 quid a disc.
There used to be a lot of awesome places online that sent you an envelope, you send them the discs, and they resurface it, but I dunno where they went. The Disc Dr.'s definitly work, as I've ressurected many games with them, but they do make your disc ugly.
It puts this wierd pattern on the disc's shiny side, since it's kind of sanding the disc. Since it makes the disc work, I don't mind it much, but some people understandably do.
They some times sell the disc cleaners that stors use on Yhoo. These things are heavy beasts (not that big though) that use a liquid to fix the discs. I've got many discs that went for a spin in one of these machines and they always come out looking brand new ! Yakumo
After digging thro my stuff I found I own one. Yakumo is right is a heavy beast nearly broke my foot!!!
What sort of liquid? One of those machines isn't that useful if you would run out of speSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMt liquid that's impossible to get hold of. (I'm not doubting assembler's judgement, but why is spec ialist a spam word?)
I'm not sure of the liquids name but I'm sure it's easy to find out. You must be able to buy the liquid from the factory or outlet I guess. Next time I'm in a shop with one of these things I'll ask them what the liquid is called. You also need special cotton pads as well do do the "polishing" on the disc. Yakumo
Next time im home I will digg it out and try it, if all goes well i could provide a doctoring service.
