Music CD's are pretty tough, but they can get scratched. And scratches mean messed-up music. But a home repair kit may be your answer It's hard to keep the beat when your CD is scratched. That's where ...

Peripheral's specialist Pinpoint Consumer Electronics has launched two new advanced disc repair systems that promise to repair scratched discs in under a minute, setting the new world standard in ...

Clean the disc: cotton, alcohol, and… toothpaste? Start by cleaning the disc with a soft cotton cloth dampened in alcohol or a window-cleaning solution. Be sure to wipe the disc gently from the center ...

With so much riding on optical discs—your games, movies, backups—you need to have a good repair system. We tested five popular cleaning and repair kits on deeply scratched CDs; they all clean well, ...

That's the only kind of damage the scratch repair kits can't do anything about.<P>I tried the wax thing on a CD years ago, and it completely screwed up the CD. It went from skipping on a couple of ...