Care for Your CDs

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CDs might be headed the way of the LP, but that doesn't mean you need to ditch your beloved disks. Here are some tips on how to keep your CDs in top shape.

CD Care

  • How to Safely Store CDs and CD-ROMs

    CDs and CD-ROMs can give you many years of enjoyment unless they are scratched, abused or heat-damaged. Safe storage can help prevent those problems. Read More

  • How to Protect CDs and DVDs

    Treasured commercial and non-commercial CDs and DVDs as well as computer data backup discs can have a long life if you care for them properly. You can protect your own Read More

  • How to Clean a Compact Disc

    We have all had the frustration of a skipping CD, and tried frantically to clean it by rubbing in on our shirt or pant leg, which is probably the worst thing to do. Compact Read More

  • How to Fix Scratched CDs

    CDs have become the standard playback medium for music since they hit the market in 1982. But with progress came trouble. The music quality was far better than the Read More

  • How to Remove Scratches From CDs

    A scratched CD or DVD can be just as frustrating as a scratched LP used to be. A scratch in the wrong place will often cause it to skip or freeze during play. While not all Read More

  • How to Repair a Warped CD

    CDs are partly made of plastic, and if you accidentally leave one on your dashboard or in your car trunk (and you'd only do that by accident, right?), it could get more Read More

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