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marylandman

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Does anyone know of a repair service in Maryland that would repair my discs to like new condition? I have two discs that got the 360 perfect circle scratch/burn. One my friend did and one I did by accident and didnt even hear it happen until it kept getting the disc failed error, poor MvsC3 disc, just bought it a week ago
 
At first I thought you meant xbox360 disc was scratched... Then I realized your PC disc had a scratch that went around 360 degrees... Then I thought "thank god for steam"
 
Do you have any used video game shops in your area? The one in my area charges about $2-3 to fix a disc.
 
Assuming you're talking about the bottom side of the disk where it gets read from, there are a lot of disk cleaning tools you can buy. They prolly sell them at wallmart or target or wherever. Basically what they do is put put some liquid plastic type stuff in the scratches. If any part of the metal part of the disk is messed up tho then you're screwed. You don't need to go to a repair service for this tho... I've never heard of anything like that.
 
Hollywood video use to have a buffer machine that would fix scratches .. now they are gone.
 
What type of Xbox do you have? I thought they fixed that issue a long time ago. Please don't tell me it's a slim.
 
I posted it here because i felt the people are more knowledgable, and this would apply to some dvdroms for the pc as well. I do infact have the xbox slim with the touch sensitive eject and power. And it has claimed 2 discs. A Sega Mega collection disc and a MvsC3 disc. The one i can get for $10 brand new but the other one is $60. It is a ring burn/scratch. I have read the regular repair processes wouldn't repair it so I was looking into a service that would professionally resurface it within maryland but I am not having any kind of luck.
 
shansoft said:
Tried this shit many times, aint working myth..

End up buying a disc recovery machine on amazon for 20 bucks.. works like charm..
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You have to use the right kind. Need the kind that has crystals/powder in it.
 
shansoft said:
Tried this shit many times, aint working myth..

End up buying a disc recovery machine on amazon for 20 bucks.. works like charm..
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i am tight on cash so i want to make sure that i pay for something that works the first time.
 
bigdogchris said:
What type of Xbox do you have? I thought they fixed that issue a long time ago. Please don't tell me it's a slim.
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There wasn't really ever much of an issue only that people moved their consoles while the disk was spinning which is what sounds like happened here when he says it happened by accident.

I know there was a forum member that bought a professional disk resurfacing machine and offered a service for like $5 a disk he would resurface them but I don't know he still does it you could put up a post in the fs/ft forum and see if hes still here.
 
He jumped on my bed and I heard a loud scratching noise and got a read disc error. The next disc I massed up by accident. When the system isn't in use I set the arcade stick on top of the xbox. Well I turn the xbox on, then connected to an online match before taking the stick off because I went to get a glass of water while the match loaded. I then take the stock off and ten seconds later I drill claw with wolverine and then disc read error. I got sent back to the xbox live screen. Tried to load it up 4 more times same issue each time
 
if you guys figure this out, i have a really xcratched black ops disk... :)
 
marylandman said:
He jumped on my bed and I heard a loud scratching noise and got a read disc error. The next disc I massed up by accident. When the system isn't in use I set the arcade stick on top of the xbox. Well I turn the xbox on, then connected to an online match before taking the stick off because I went to get a glass of water while the match loaded. I then take the stock off and ten seconds later I drill claw with wolverine and then disc read error. I got sent back to the xbox live screen. Tried to load it up 4 more times same issue each time
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Your 360 is on your bed? And you somehow scratched a disc moving an arcade stick off the console? Put your 360 on something solid man!
 
But I learned my lesson. I understand how it got damaged when my friend damaged the first one but the second one I barely moved it. I am thinking about shelling out for a jardine and keeping the xbox on the table
 
try any video renting place... they have a machine for their own dvd... sometime they can help
 
If you have the receipt take it to where you bought it from and exchange it. Wal-mart will exchange it for the same item. Unfortunately you can't get your money back. damn commies they are.
 
+3 for toothpaste..

Dont work to well on deep scratches, but it does work for blemishes on the top most layer.
 
scojer said:
If you have the receipt take it to where you bought it from and exchange it. Wal-mart will exchange it for the same item. Unfortunately you can't get your money back. damn commies they are.
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How does being communists and not giving a refund have anything to do with each other? It's fairly obvious why they don't give refunds for all they know you copied the game and are returning it or already beat the game.
 
munkle said:
How does being communists and not giving a refund have anything to do with each other? It's fairly obvious why they don't give refunds for all they know you copied the game and are returning it or already beat the game.
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I think that if you take a disc in, with a scratch on it, you should be able to exchange it for a brand spanking new copy. And, so what if you already beat it and return it? They could start up a used game section. They'd make money, it's Wal Mart! Damn commies.
 
scojer said:
I think that if you take a disc in, with a scratch on it, you should be able to exchange it for a brand spanking new copy. And, so what if you already beat it and return it? They could start up a used game section. They'd make money, it's Wal Mart! Damn commies.
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They usually don't come pre-scratched. I wouldn't expect them to take back merchandise the customer damaged. So they should take a loss on a game just to sell it used? Honestly what you suggest is more communist. They use their wealth to take the hit so you can return the game and regain your wealth from them, sounds like redistribution of wealth to me (although messed up and convoluted to fit this situation).
 
the best thing by FAR to use on scrached disks

orbital buffer and rubbing compound + quality car wax

1. using rubbing compound smar it on disk and let it glaze over
2. using a microfiber towell buff it out. repeat until scratch is gone
3. wax and buff out with orbital buffer (I turn my buffer upside down and hold it with my knees and then use my fingers to hold the disk down and get a mirror finish
 
YeuEmMaiMai said:
the best thing by FAR to use on scrached disks

orbital buffer and rubbing compound + quality car wax

1. using rubbing compound smear it on disk and let it glaze over
2. using a microfiber towel buff it out. repeat until scratch is gone
3. wax and buff out with orbital buffer (I turn my buffer upside down and hold it with my knees and then use my fingers to hold the disk down and get a mirror finish
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I don't own any form of buffer and have no use for one beyond this one instance. I ultimately decided to try out www.wefixcds.com because I would rather a professional resurface it completely perfect and would also like to see just how good this service is. I will take photos for before and after comparisons. i also bought a harddrive to prevent this from every happening again, this is conjunction with placing the system off of the bed as well.
 
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