You can buy dedicated CD or DVD cleaning products, however instead of forking out for these, use white toothpaste or metal polish instead. Before you deal with the scratch, ensure the CD or DVD is ...

Clean the disc: cotton, alcohol, and… toothpaste? Start by cleaning the disc with a soft cotton cloth dampened in alcohol or a window-cleaning solution. Be sure to wipe the disc gently from the center ...

It’s important to note that the methods outlined below will not work with Blu-rays. Those discs use a harder coating that’s more difficult to scratch and damage, which is good, but the downside to ...

I have a large (over 800) collection of CD's, and as the years go by, I'm finding more and more scratches on them. Financial blog Wise Bread was in the same predicament recently, and decided to do a ...