With so much riding on optical discs—your games, movies, backups—you need to have a good repair system. We tested five popular cleaning and repair kits on deeply scratched CDs; they all clean well, ...

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 ...

Scratches on discs can feel like the end of a video game or movie. With the wear and tear of time, physical means of owning media feel as if they are going to disappear with time as technology breaks ...