Ok so yesterday my mum fell off a chair she was balancing on (don't ask) and landed next to my xbox360. And guess what? The 360 decided that the small jolt was enough to put a nice deep circular groove about 2/3rds around my 4 day old game. Great. This is the 3rd game this has happened to although the first two were my fault, I kicked the xbox over from a vert position.
The good news to this is I found a technique that rendered the disc playable again. First I used an old toothpaste method I had heard of before. Rubbing the toothpaste on the disc as an abrasive takes off a layer of the plastic coating rendering the initial scratches less deep or that's the theory anyway. Doing this has worked on one previous disc but alas not this time. The technique that worked this time involved, yes you guessed it, rubbing a freshly cut banana, followed by the skin over the scratched surface, I then rubbed it with a soft cloth from the inside out, dried it with a hairdryer and then cleaned off the banana residue with window cleaner and a cloth. It really worked
now I can play my £40 game again after installing it to the HDD.
So have any of you experienced the frustration of scratched discs? What did you do to solve it? Did it work? How do you prevent the xbox turning your precious games to drink coasters and frisbees?!
Disclaimer: Attempt these methods at your own risk, only attempt on games/dvds unplayable in the first place to avoid disappointment.
The good news to this is I found a technique that rendered the disc playable again. First I used an old toothpaste method I had heard of before. Rubbing the toothpaste on the disc as an abrasive takes off a layer of the plastic coating rendering the initial scratches less deep or that's the theory anyway. Doing this has worked on one previous disc but alas not this time. The technique that worked this time involved, yes you guessed it, rubbing a freshly cut banana, followed by the skin over the scratched surface, I then rubbed it with a soft cloth from the inside out, dried it with a hairdryer and then cleaned off the banana residue with window cleaner and a cloth. It really worked
now I can play my £40 game again after installing it to the HDD.So have any of you experienced the frustration of scratched discs? What did you do to solve it? Did it work? How do you prevent the xbox turning your precious games to drink coasters and frisbees?!
Disclaimer: Attempt these methods at your own risk, only attempt on games/dvds unplayable in the first place to avoid disappointment.
