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A friend of mine has a DVD with a crack "its a crack straight through it, about two centimeters on each side of the middle circle", he says.

I suggested toothpaste, will anything else work?

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No it won't.

Any CD/DVD that is that structurally damaged is not suitable to put into your CD/DVD drive. Putting it risks the disk 'exploding' due to the rotation forces.

This in turn could result in your drive being rendered useless as well as your disk.

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  • Right, knew that. I've heard it happen to friends. Although wikihow suggested tape to fix the foil. Perhaps tape will prevent cracking?
    – Moshe
    Feb 12, 2010 at 3:06
  • I highly doubt tape is going to help you once the DVD has a "crack straight through"
    – Dan McGrath
    Feb 12, 2010 at 3:47
  • it's not all the way through. Sounds like extreme pressure was applied to the middle of the disc. It probably still is in one piece.
    – Moshe
    Feb 12, 2010 at 5:01
  • @Moshe - also, tape will unbalance the CD/DVD, and this is bad too.
    – Gnoupi
    Aug 21, 2010 at 7:05
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Toothpaste will supposedly help a scratched disc by buffing out some of the surface scratches.

I think your friend is out of luck in this case...

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  • Is this real???
    – Xavierjazz
    Feb 12, 2010 at 2:45
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    Yes, toothpaste does work for small scratches, but it won't do anything for a crack through the entire disc.
    – Sasha Chedygov
    Feb 12, 2010 at 3:04
  • is there a certain type of toothpaste to apply?
    – user46941
    Aug 21, 2010 at 3:38

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