Can't help with a copy of the CD, but I presume you have tried cleaning it? This can sometimes work enough to rip the album to the PC and burn a copy.

Also, there are I believe CD programs for the PC which claim to recover damaged discs. I've never tried them, but perhaps worth a try.

Kokomo wrote:

Can't help with a copy of the CD, but I presume you have tried cleaning it? This can sometimes work enough to rip the album to the PC and burn a copy.

Yes, never use original CDs in the car... so I suppose it's also scratched and not just dirty.

The first thing indeed is trying it in a CD-ROM drive, and in another one if the first one fails. They are sometimes better than dedicated audio CD players when reading damaged discs.

Next comes polishing with toothpaste. Apply with fingers, from center to edge, never along the "grooves"! Clean and try ripping again. This often removes scratches enough that the disc can be read again.

Remember that the data is actually on the label side of the disc, protected with only a thin layer of lacquer while the other side is thick plastic. So don't damage the label side while working with the other. Also, the disc reads from inside out if you need to assess where the damage might be located physically.

As Mika suggested, I can also imagine watch crystal polish, polywatch is one manufacturer. Meant for poliching scratches from Hesalite or plexiglass watch crystals. Can usually be found for a few euros from a watchmaker/watchbattery service.

I bought some watch crystal polish today, and was very careful whilst doing it, then I tried to rip it in 7 different computers and laptops at work, all sadly to no avail - just goes to show how fragile these spinners are folks !

One very nice person on the forum does have the same CD as me, so should be able to keep my mum happy when she comes around again.

You mean this? I bought them severals time from someone in Germany.

I can post you his adress.

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