how to remove scratches from CDs and DVDs

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this simple guide will probably be a fifesaver for a lot of you out there, especiall to those of you who have kids roaming their home. we all know it : if something is dear to your heart, no matter how careful you are, your kids will eventually break it. what brought me to write this article is that my wonderful son, while being at home last week, climbed on a chair and got his hand on my precious star wars DVD collection. Naturally, he did it silently so my wife-though only 20 feet from him,didn't hearanything. after picking up the box set, he proceeded to bring out a few disks from the box and played with them, dragging them across our hardwood floor. I'm sure you can imagine the effect this operation had on the surface of the DVD's...they were scratched thouroghly, and when played, the movie froze at critical moments. Fortunately, I had laready esperienced something similar with a scratched CD and was able to repair it using a simple technique. First, befor trying anything, be sure to thoroughly clean the surface of your damaged CD. sometimes, even if a discis lightly scratched, it will play anyway if properly cleaned. to do this, just take a piece of microfiber cloth and clean your disk using eyeglass cleaner. be sure to wipe the CD/DVD starting from inside out and do not touch the reflective surface with your fingers while doing it. do not attempt to clean the discusing circular motions! doing so may worsen the condition of your media if you accidentally scratch it.(IT's always better to have a simple scratch going across one location on several tracks than one affecting the entire length of a single track.) if after trying this, your disc still doesn't work, you'll need to employ a more drastic approach to the situation.