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dkang
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_ 		1. June 2006 @ 13:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have some DVDs that are really scratched up and I'm wondering if the burn process suceeds, if the copied DVD will be skipping frames and I won't know until I pop in the DVD. I would try it out for myself, but since DVD-Rs are expensive I don't want to try through trial and error.

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gjl2002
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_ 		1. June 2006 @ 16:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
rip them to your hard drive using DVD Decrypter - usually the will get read errors if they are scrathed to badly, however i have backed up a few with minor scratches on by ripping them with fab decrypter (this is a little more forgiving when ripping scratched discs) but some of the discs did skip a few seconds when playing the back up.

you can take the discs to a blockbuster video store or other rental store & ask them to remove the scratches, some stores have commercial disc scratch removers (they may charge you a small fee to do this).
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dkang
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_ 		1. June 2006 @ 16:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i use AnyDVD + Clone DVD2...will that work?

Some of my DVDs are really scuffed up but seem to copy fine
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gjl2002
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_ 		1. June 2006 @ 16:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
clone dvd will usually get read errors if too badly scratched, so if it reads them without errors then they should back up ok :-)
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waynekusa
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_ 		1. June 2006 @ 16:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If there are smudges from fingerprints, etc... I find that warm water and some Dawn dishwashing liquid can really help. Just be sure to "pat" them dry afterwards.
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ireland
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_ 		1. June 2006 @ 17:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
buy a couple of DVDRW'S to test ye rip and burns on those scratched dvd movies.

CD & DVD Cleaners/Scratch Repairers at best buy
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat08067&type=category...
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