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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Posts: 7 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am backing up all my DVD's and setting up an repository so this does not happen anymore but I have a butch of Damaged DVD's that are not recoveable and if anyone can assist me in finding cheap replacements, send me a PM. As you can tell from the Titles I have kids which should explain why they are damaged.
UPC Title
012236129509 Barbie as Rapunzel
085393394424 The Last Samurai
786936200027 Treasure Planet
012236161516 Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
018713815538 The Toy Shop
074645879598 VeggieTales Duke and the Great Pie War
786936239294 Walt Disney Cinderella
024543046646 Ice Age: Scrat's Missing Adventure
786936217421 The Lion King
031398179788 Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus
025192351822 Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat
786936201826 Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World
767685953631 Harold and the Purple Crayon
085393355128 Looney Tunes: Back in Action The Movie
678149456929 Madagascar
097363420941 The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
024543087472 Strawberry Shortcake: Get Well Adventure
097368774049 Dora The Explorer: Dance to the Rescue
043396000063 Mr Deeds: Don't Let The Fancy Clothes Fool You
786936229417 Pokemon: Heros The Movie
012236144762 Barbie of Swan Lake
786936244113 Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker |
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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,044 |
| | Posted: | | | | You could try Amazon.com, they also have where you can sometimes by used DVDs. Rory  | | | DVD Profiler for iOS as of 3/5/2013
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | I had read somewhere that if the DVD is badly damaged (and it is not a loss if it doesn't work) try:
Use car wax on the DVD - wipe off the excess.
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Place the DVD in very hot water. |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Posts: 7 |
| | Posted: | | | | I went as far as bring them in to be done professionaly |
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| Registered: March 17, 2007 | | Posts: 61 |
| | Posted: | | | | The best thing to do with young kids is make a back up and only let them use the back up keeping the original in good condition, then you can make more back ups for them when they need them. I would also check ebay, kids dvd's can be found cheap there.
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| Registered: June 21, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | Try to make a backup now. My computer drive reads many scuffed and damaged looking dvds that my player can't handle. Guess it has a better laser or soemthing, but some discs that look like they've been cleaned with sandpaper and chainsaw, which frooze my player up completly, have been read fine by computer's drive. Once they're in, I turn on the magic software and can dub them or rip the video or whatever I want.  If they have sticky stuff on the playing surface (like gum or peanut butter and jelly), then clean them first with rubbing alcohol or goo-gone. | | | | Last edited: by bigdaddyhorse |
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| Registered: October 2, 2008 | | Posts: 110 |
| | Posted: | | | | Some good suggestions have been given, I like bigdaddyhorse's "sandpaper and chainsaw" comment.
Anyway try cleaning them carefully as already suggested. You might also try searching for them on Ebay (I know it isn't a great idea) you can sometimes find decent copies of stuff there, but you have to be careful about the pirated stuff that is sometimes there. Best to ask sellers questions about their discs before bidding. I they don't answer or are rude move on to someone else.
Some of those titles can be found kind of cheap at toy stores or W*llmart. Maybe even some of the book store chains, although many of the book stores charge too much for non-books.
Do you have any pawn shops near you? Or consignment/second hand thrift shops? Also check to see if local churches have a thrift store. They might not have the titles you are looking for but it is possible.
Near me some of the libraries sell old books and media they no longer need sometimes CD/DVD media gets included in these sales/shops. | | | CaptKiirk42
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,481 |
| | Posted: | | | | How did The Last Samurai 085393394424 get in there? .  Yes eBay may work for the used children's dvds but they may be scratched as well ., If you are just "backing them up' , why not borrow or rent them instead? You have the damaged originals as proof of ownership.. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry | | | | Last edited: by widescreenforever |
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| Registered: June 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,208 |
| | Posted: | | | | Having anydvd running in the background while ripping a damaged disc also helps. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Good reason not to let the little crumb-crunchers touch the DVD gear...
But, as bigdaddyhorse said, very often you can get a computer burner to read the disc so you can create an ISO to burn a good copy from.
I have done this many, many times (several hundred in fact - too long a story in itself to relate here). Best results were obtained thusly:
Clean the surface with a good astringent like denatured alcohol or commercial disc cleaner.
Use 'DVD Decryptor' to extract the data as an ISO file onto the hard drive. You can get that program from a number of web sites, even though it is out of production for several years. It will work on everything but the most severely damaged discs.
You can also use Decryptor to burn a new disc from the ISO, and the program has other uses as well.
Alternately, you can pull the VOB files off the disc using a good video editor program. I use Ulead's VideoStudio 11.5 (about $100 online). Once you have the data files on HD, you can use them to create an ISO, and then use Decryptor to burn the new disc. VS 11.5 also burns discs, but I find Decryptor to be more robust and reliable when burning ISOs to disc.
Hope that helps you (and anybody else wanting to make copies). | | | John
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