Extreme CD Repair

Step 3 Boil your CD.

Boil the CD for 5 minutes, so the uneven sides will be contoured by hot water to straighten up. Cover it.
The CD will float by the boiling water, so don't worry about it touching any hot metal surfaces of the pot.

Using a fork, fish the CD out, then put it in a towel, where you dry it up from the center outwards.

And it's done!
The CD is as good as new!

Comments

[Buskieboy]

This is a joke right?  Maybe you can "dry" it in a microwave after too?
:D

I know we can flag comments, but how do you flag a whole instructable?
This should be removed before too many, um, challenged people try this.

[ilpug]

No, it isn't a joke. This works, although not very often. This really doesn't need to be flagged. Nowhere near as bad as some instructables. At leas this one won't kill you.

[BALO77]

WELL, HIS USER NAME IS .....supervillain!!!!!

[videogamemaster]

Wow. That's desperation for you. I just use lotion.

[ch4zl33]

I tried this on my windows vista CD and you ruined it. It just melted the CD. thanks a lot.

[cybercoho72]

it is more like u ruined it u are the one who tried this method so it is your fault. so look in the mirror before u point fingers.

[bounty1012]

Well, there was a disclaimer before doing this, and you should've known better to cook your CD over a flame...

[basketball is life]

haha. this comment made me laugh for like 5 minutes

[nobodysfool]

Technically YOU ruined it.

[Davvik]

Why would you WANT to fix a vista cd?

[gamerguy314]

like sumplesnoob said, why in the hell are you going to use a CD that you are going to use again for your FIRST TIME TRYING? thats just plain dumb. when doing an instructable like this don't use something you really need -.-

[Gamernotnerd]

Think of it as a good thing. Now you never have to commit suicide due to mental trauma from vista - Vista owner.

[chibiturtleboi]

Vista isn't that bad as long as you have a good bit of memory. Most people only make jokes about Vista because it's become such a widespread thing. Xp is great but vista is good as well

[sumplesnoob]

First of all, why didn't you try it on a CD that doesn't cost over 100 dollars before the Vista CD? Second of all, if you were reading this tutorial, your CD was ruind in the first place. Don't blame this on people that try to help.

[gruda]

 it actually kinda worked for me, but I did it as a last resort and I practiced with blanks first.

[vandal1138]

Or how about this? Everyone use common sense! If you feel the need to do this, its your fault for screwing your cd's up. The system works for the guy who wrote this. If it doesn't for you then blame yourself, not him.

[neumanngregor]

lol if you got scrached cd/dvd's there is a kit for repairing scrached displays of GSM phones, clean the disc with WHITE alcohol and use a cooton pice of cloth to GENTILEY wipe the surface, then use the kit's fluids/tools AS IN THE TOOLS INSTRUCTION OF USE on your disc.

[Xcr0n]

where the title says Extreme CD Repair, it should read Extreme CD Destruction! Anyone who actually tries this to fix a cd is a moron.

[ajstewart92]

yeesh, hes using a freakin blank cd. why someone on such a respected site would do something like this. ch4zl33 if you ever go to this again, check alternatives, check clues, and look around the web for any info. You could easily type in *boiling cds* into google and get a big NO! INSTRUCTABLES TAKE ACTION!!!