If you've ever owned a CD or DVD, you've certainly had to deal with scratched up, unreadable media. Hardware Secrets has a simple solution: a scratched CD can be recovered by polishing its plastic ...

You can buy dedicated CD or DVD cleaning products, however instead of forking out for these, use white toothpaste or metal polish instead. Before you deal with the scratch, ensure the CD or DVD is ...

I don't put my CDs or DVDs up after I use them typically. I tend to stack them in a pile on my desk or on the shelf behind my desk. I guess the kids learned the same thing from me since they tend to ...

This article was taken from the February 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands ...

Dear Readers: Compact discs sound great, but they scratch so easily. However, don't toss a scratched CD until you try my homemade scratch remedy. Many scratches can be wiped away with ordinary white ...

While CDs will soon be obsolete, more than likely you still own tons of them. Even more likely is that they all have tons of scratches on them. There's an easy solution to get those CDs to look shiny ...

Back in the mid-1980s, when CDs were first introduced and every player seemed to come with a free copy of Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms (the nastier models came with two), we all fell for the promise ...