if the paint on the top of the cd was chipped, I think it is quite hopeless, cause then it wont be reflecting light on that portion of the CD. Maybe there's a program that'll let you import a portion ...

I still have some CDs from two decades ago that work just fine, but I know better than to assume that this will be the norm for all my CDs and DVDs. The fact of the matter is that CD-Rs and DVD-Rs, ...