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I was about to play Kingdom Hearts on my PS2, but it froze at the intro movie. To my horror there are circular scratches about 2-3 cm from its center. They aren't very deep, but they are a little wide.

Anyway, is there a way to repair the dsk without destroying it? It's a standard PS2 DVD disk.

I was considering buying a Skip Doctor/Data Doctor/CD Doctor/DVD Doctor/Game Doctor, but does anyone here have experience with any of these?

I want to play Kingdom Hearts again...

You'll probably need a disc grinder, though you could ask the publisher if you could replace your CDs.

10 easy Steps to fix your disk


1) Find car keys
2) Get in car
3) start car
4) drive to store
5) buy new kingdom harts disk
6) Leave store
7) get back in car
Drive home
9)Go inside
10) Insert new disk in ps2

And also if your a cheap bastard. Return it saying it camed scratched out of the box.~Jason

Or you could do this:

Buy a new copy at Wal-mart (this is critical since they're not very anal about returning products). Take it out of the case and make sure it works. If it does, put the scratched one into the new case and take it back to the store and say it was scratched when you got it and you want a refund. You don't have to give them a hard time about it. Just insist on getting a refund. Don't worry about anyone else getting screwed over as they just throw it away and get credit on it. Then enjoy your new copy! Just don't do this very often.

I don't know how well it'll work with DVD's but I've polished out some nasty scratches on CD's with toothpaste. Yes, you heard right, toothpaste, really. See this here thread.

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=21753

jmac wrote:I don't know how well it'll work with DVD's but I've polished out some nasty scratches on CD's with toothpaste. Yes, you heard right, toothpaste, really. See this here thread.

And it leaves a fresh minty taste.

i tried toothpaste (gotta love patric norton) only i ended up scratching the disc beyond repair

I used a DVD Doctor once, and it worked out good, but the CD only had light scratches. I don't know what would happen if you tried it with heavy scratches.

I tried to clear a particularly nasty scratch yesterday with rubbing alcohol and an SOS pad. Needless to say, now the last half of the movie is unwatchable instead of just 15 minutes or so.

Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:I tried to clear a particularly nasty scratch yesterday with rubbing alcohol and an SOS pad. Needless to say, now the last half of the movie is unwatchable instead of just 15 minutes or so.

hopefully youre being jocular..

Since he already owns a store bought version would it be crime for him to download the game from the net, crack it and play the cracked version?

Did you even read the original post?

Sir Sirius wrote:Since he already owns a store bought version would it be crime for him to download the game from the net, crack it and play the cracked version?

If you ask GameCopyWorld, they will say no, I dunno either way. (HINT: on GameCopyWorld, click a server, then read the disclaimer that pops up, that's what I'm talking about)

Downloading and cracking a copy won't work for two resons: I don't have a DVD burner and my PS2 is unmodded to avoid voiding the warrenty.

I have saved Little Big Adventure 2 with toothpaste before, but that was a CD. I don't want to risk that on a DVD since the tracks are probably a lot more sensitive than on a CD.

I think I'm going to take it back to the store where I bought it. Maybe they can either give me advice on how to fix it or perhaps even trade it for a working one. I could probably try a Hi-Fi store, too. The scratches are standard early version PS2 scratches, so they are "defects from normal use".

If everything else fails Kingdom Hearts is due for a Platinum half price rerelease on the 22nd. But I'd rather avoid buying the same game twice.

McNum, the tracks are deep under the plastic you'd be de-scratching. Infact, the tracks are actually printed under the label on the label material itself. Don't worry about messing up the DVD.

Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:I tried to clear a particularly nasty scratch yesterday with rubbing alcohol and an SOS pad. Needless to say, now the last half of the movie is unwatchable instead of just 15 minutes or so.

Um...doesn't that simply corrode the disc?

kojikun wrote:McNum, the tracks are deep under the plastic you'd be de-scratching. Infact, the tracks are actually printed under the label on the label material itself. Don't worry about messing up the DVD.

Er, what? Unless you've got a disc with a holographic label, DVD and CD labels are printed right on top of the protective layer of plastic that sandwich the metallic substrate. It's this substrate that has all the data on it. The label is nothing more than ink that adheres to the plastic.

Shadowhawk wrote:Er, what? Unless you've got a disc with a holographic label, DVD and CD labels are printed right on top of the protective layer of plastic that sandwich the metallic substrate. It's this substrate that has all the data on it. The label is nothing more than ink that adheres to the plastic.

Eh? I dont know what CDs youre using but all of mine are unusable when the label is scratched. You can see clear through the CD when it happens.

Indeed. The vast majority of CDs store their data on the reverse side of the printed label. I've had situations where it peeled off, rendering the CD useless.

jmac wrote:I don't know how well it'll work with DVD's but I've polished out some nasty scratches on CD's with toothpaste. Yes, you heard right, toothpaste, really. See this here thread.

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=21753

Yes, that is the most awesome method ever. I saved my Jedi Knight CD that way.

I think it's going to work out now. I took the game to the store and they called up Sony. They offered a free repair/replace service because the damage had been done by the PS2. Apparently it's a known PS2 bug. They just needed the original disk and I'll get it repaired or get a replacement in a couple of weeks.

I guess Sony have had this error once too many. They didn't even as questions as long as it was damage done by the PS2.