[Rant] I am too dumb to be left alive. I just tried to clean a CD with Isopropyl Alcohol... (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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It waited 31 years just for me to do this.

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[-] S410@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

If it's the data side that got damaged, you might be able to restore the disk, as long as the damage is not major. The actual data is written on a thin film that's sandwiched between two layers of plastic. The plastic on the outside can be ground down and polished back to a smooth, clean finish. Disk polishers used to be kinda popular back in the day.