What should I do? [Archive]

Astireloth

2 Mar 2008, 18:15

Hey community!
I have a little problem here. I went on holiday and left WWP CD with its case on my table. Apparently my littlebrother took it and had "some fun" with it. You see, after I came back home the CD was fully covered with deep scratchs. I tried to play WWP, but couldn't. Tried to make CD image of it, couldn't.

What should I do?

yakuza

2 Mar 2008, 18:26

Buy another CD.
Or join the ''My little brother/sister messed up with my stuff can I have a crack plz'' club.
But note that the club is ilegal.

Plasma

2 Mar 2008, 18:30

Buy Worms Armageddon. It's better than WWP due to the extensive updates released for it.
And take better care of your disks next time.

MrBunsy

2 Mar 2008, 22:23

You could try some of the CD-repair stuff (sort of resin you use to fill in the scratches). If the scratches haven't reached the data layer, then it's quite possible it will work.

kikumbob

3 Mar 2008, 00:29

To be perfectly honest MrBunsy's idea will probably cost you more money and effort than just buying a copy of worms Armageddon. Yes, they're that (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000077W0H/ref=dp_olp_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1204504112&sr=8-3) cheap!

Astireloth

3 Mar 2008, 10:19

So WWP is newer than Armageddon, but Armageddon gets more updates?

bonz

3 Mar 2008, 12:17

Have you tried reading your CD on different drives? CD/DVD burners often read defective disks better.
You could try some of the CD-repair stuff (sort of resin you use to fill in the scratches). If the scratches haven't reached the data layer, then it's quite possible it will work.
Somewhere on the internet I have read about a cheap alternative to such CD repair kits: toothpaste!
In some tests it did work for a few CDs.
http://lifehacker.com/software/cds/macgyver-tip-fix-scratched-cds-with-toothpaste-155741.php
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/77

Astireloth

3 Mar 2008, 12:50

Hmm.. Maybe I'll try that polishing with toothpaste.
I'll let you know what happens. :D

bonz

3 Mar 2008, 13:34

Hmm.. Maybe I'll try that polishing with toothpaste.
I'll let you know what happens. :D
Don't use any toothpaste that contains scrubbing granulae though. For obvious reasons.