Looking for VAXSET Software Engineering Tools for VMS 4.x

[Jon Elson]

On 04/17/2021 11:24 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
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> If anyone has any suggestions for how to clean CDs to 
> recover data, I'm all ears.
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If by the "data side" you mean the clear side the CD is read 
from, those can be polished with toothpaste or plastic 
polish.  Modern CD/DVD drives are much better at reading 
poor quality disks.

If the data layer is scratched, they are likely 
unrecoverable.  That is the side with the label on it, and 
the data layer is only a few thousandths below the label.

Jon