How To Remove Identical Music Files from Pc and Free up Disk Space

We usuallydownload songsfrom various websites and may not be aware of downloading the same song once again on our computer. Duplicate orsimilarfiles are in most cases redundant and unnecessary, so keeping them is merely a waste of valuable hard disk space.Is your hard drive full of extra copies of audio files waiting to be removed ? Then all you need isSimilaritytool.Similaritywill help you reclaim your valuable disk space and organize yourmusic collection.Similarityis a free tool which helps you to findmusic fileswhich havesimilarmusic tags or file content. It not only scans the music file based on the music tag or file content, It actually scans the file based on thesimilarsound content. You can also adjust the sensitivity of searching criteria to find exact orsimilarfiles.How does it find thesimilarmusic files? What is the technology behind it ?Similarity tool finds the duplicatemusic filesusing the sound content comparison. Then what is File content comparison ?File content(Byte to Byte comparison), comparison that made bit by bit, two files identical if all bits in them are identical. This method of comparison useless in music duplicates finding, because, usually, duplicates have different sample rate, different bit rate or information tags, ie. different characteristics (which incompatible with byte to byte comparison).Sound content comparison(which uses Similarity) is different, first sound decoded to raw sound waves and after used in different mathematical calculations to get unique sound estimation (hash). What estimation used in comparison with other sound estimations. This method of comparison give much better results than simple byte to byte comparison or tag comparison.
Features of Similarity tool :
1. Support lossy formats: MP3, MP2, OGG, WMA, ASF, FLAC, APE, WF, WMA.
2. Tag editor and tag, file renaming tool.
3. Very fast sound content scanning. (approx 100 songs in 30 secs)
4. Three powerful comparing algorithms (content based, tags based and experimental).
5. Works with removable media devices like USB, etc.
6. Functionality of scanning multiple folders or disks.

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Ways To Transfer / Copy Files From Local Desktop Computer / Laptop To Remote Desktop Computer

At times, when I’m at work there will be situations when I have to transfer files from my PC / Laptop to a remote computer, which is a Windows 2008 server. There are a couple of ways to do it. My office computer has Windows XP installed and my laptop has Windows Vista installed, so I’ll explain the procedure for both (actually, their is no difference ).

First let’s start with, different ways through which we can upload / transfer / copy files from local desktop computer to a remote computer which has windows server (windows 2008 in my case) installed on it.

1> Using an FTP program to transfer the files is the easiest and recommended. Get the public IP of a common server, use a free FTP software like CoreFTP or FileZilla and upload / transfer the files on to the common server. These files will be later downloaded on to the remote machine.

Connect to the remote machine using Remote Desktop Connection (procedure explained below), launch the FTP software, log on to the common server where you have uploaded the files and download the files on to the remote machine.

One of the common problems here is, the admin normally would not have instlled FTP software, and if you are not the admin, then you will not have rights to installe FTP software, in such case you can use the command line FTP facility to download / upload files on Remote machine.

This tutorial will help you use FTP service using Command line. FTP route is recommended if you have to transfer big / large chunk of files as it is very quick when compared to the second option.

2> If you are not comfortable using Command line FTP and if there is no FTP software instlled on your Windows Server, then you can use Advanced Remote Desktop Connection feature to transfer files to and from remote machine.

With the advanced feature you can share your local computer drives with the remote machine, as though they are a part of the remote machine. So you can copy / paste the content from one drive to another, as you’d do on your local system.

Advanced Remote Desktop Connection On Windows XP / Windows Vista :

1> Click on Start –> Programs –> Accessories –> Remote Desktop Connection. Alternatively you can Click on Start –> Run –> and type mstsc.

2> Click on Options

3> Go To Local Resources tab, click the More button

4> Select all the drives you want to share and click OK and click on connect. You’ll get a warning message asking if you trust the remote source. If you do then click OK and you’ll be logged into the remote machine.

If you go to the My Computer in remote machine you’ll see drives from your system listed there along with the remote machines local drives.

Note: Only administrators will be allowed to share drives. If you are not the admin, then you should use FTP service to transfer files (which is much faster and easier to use).

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Some Free Screen Capturing Softwares - Alternative For Camtasi

1> Camstudio - With Camstudio you can record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs).

2> Jing - With Jing you can Snap a picture of your screen. Record video of onscreen action. Share instantly over the web, IM, email.

3> Windows Media Encoder - Windows Media Encoder is a powerful tool for content producers who want to capture audio and video content using the many innovations in Windows Media, including high-quality multichannel sound, high-definition video quality, and support for mixed-mode voice and music content.

4> Virtualdub - VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.

5> Wink - Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.

6> XVidCap - XVidCap is a small tool to capture things going on on an X-Windows display to either individual frames or an MPEG video. On Windows machines there are commercial tools like Lotus ScreenCam or Camtasia which do a very good job esp. for the purpose I was needing such a tool for: Software documentation, esp. installation procedures and such

7> FFMPEG - FFmpeg is free software and is licensed under the LGPL or GPL depending on your choice of configuration options. If you use FFmpeg or its constituent libraries, you must adhere to the terms of the license in question. If you do not, we will track down your project and list it in our Hall of Shame. To see how easy it is to comply, take a look at our license and legal considerations page.

8> Screen Toatser - No download. Compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux. Capture videos of onscreen action in one click. Record screencasts, tutorials, demos, training, lectures and more. Share and stream videos online in Flash. Embed them on blogs and webpages or send them by email.

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How Can I Convert YouTube Songs To MP3

You find one of your favorite song on Youtube, which you want in MP3, so that you can put it on your IPod or any other similar portable music player, but unfortunately you don’t find the MP3 version any where… What would you do in such a situation ? Give up saying you weren’t lucky enough or try and find a solution for this ?

There’s an experimental add-on for Firefox YouTube 2 MP3, will solve your problem. Since it is still in experimental stage you will be asked to register and this is a one time process. Once you are registered, visit the YouTube 2 MP3 plugin page and install the plugin. If you are in hurry and do not have time to register then you can directly go to Video 2 MP3 site and downlod the MP3 version of any YouTube song from there.

With a huge, rare collection on youtube, this is must have plugin for Music lovers, so take some time to register and install this plugin as it’ll prove benefitial if you plan to download more than one video-songs.

Once you install this plugin, you’ll find a ‘Convert and Download as MP3’ link near Youtube videos. If you click on the link you’ll be taken to a new page where you can downoad the MP3 version of the song from. The whole process is time consuming but, is definitely worth it if you want the MP3 badly !

There are other sites that provide you free service to convert

1> music on Youtube and MpSpace to MP3 like VidToMP3

2> FLV to MP3

3> Video 2 MP3

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How To Get New Gadgets In Windows Vista Sidebar

If you are using Windows Vista, you definitely will know the cool sidebar feature it comes with. Cool or not depends on individual choice. Some like to keep their desktop clean and unobstructed (these folks would not like the sidebar feature turned on ), while others like to spice it up to life with a lot of widget options that are available.

Also if you are one of those who has an enormous monitor then you most likely would love to have Vista’s Sidebar, that gadget-packed strip along the desktop’s right edge and the same is not true if you have a small monitor, as it will be a bothersome waste of space.

Here’s how you can get your Sidebar to life in Vista :

1> Right-click the little icon (shown in the margin) in the taskbar’s Notification Area -that icon packed area next to the desktops clock

2> Choose Show Sidebar.

By default, Sidebar will have a couple of built-in widgets like a calendar and stock ticker (widgets are minuscule programs that snap on and off their panel). To see these, click the little plus sign near the Siderbar’s top, A Window pops up offering the currently available gadgets. If you want to get more new gadgets for your sidebar, then click the Get More Gadgets online to visitGadget nirvana: A web site packed with Gadgets, ready for the picking.

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How To Send Fax From Cell Phone [ With Qipit ]

If you are a busy person who’s out of office and a fax machine is not in your reach to send fax, you don’t need to worry now. All you need is, a cell phone with inbuilt camera in it and GPRS activated for you to be able to connect to the internet.

Qipit is a cool service that lets you send Fax from your cell phone, without the need of any external hardware or any software installed on your cell phone.

Take snap shot of documents or pictures using your cell phone, logon to Qipit and send the document or picture as a fax, or email it right away. If you want to share the document as a PDF, Qipit provides simple functionality where in you can convert the documents to pdf and you can mail them, all in real time, right from where ever your are sitting.

Qipit works with most mobile phones, and if you have a cell phone with a better quality camera, then the out will be very clear and legible.

If you have to share class notes with your study group, it means you have to stand around the copy machine for hours together. Now you can use Qipit and send the notes to everyone in one click !

Register freely with Qipit and try it’s service immediately !

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How To Convert DVD To MPEG4 And Other Video Formats

Handbrake is software compatible with Mac OS X, Windows and Linux operating systems, which is an open sourced, multi-threaded cross platform video transcoder application.

HandBrake makes video encoding easy in its compatible operating systems through theora codec. The latest version makes it possible to convert video files currently present in your computer, any movies or video files can be converted into a modern format that is usable on computers, mobile electronic devices and media centers.

Since handbrake can convert not just DVDs but also any type of video input to MPEG4 or H.264 video it is now more flexible than ever. This new feature has been made possible from the incorporation of FFmpeg project. This means you can use this transcoder and encoder software to convert digital camera’s AVI videos.

HandBrake now decrypts DVDs with VLC rather than the libraries normally used for this purpose. So you have to install VLC on your system if your application folder does not have this utility.

If you are an Apple user, HandBrake gives you the advantage of well organized presets, reading ZFS volumes and a better queue. The universal and iPod presets have also been updated. However the updating has to be manually started through the corresponding menu option. There is also a great enhancement in video quality. Multithreaded interlacing and the decomb filter for deinterlacing are other valuable features of this program. Its audio-video sync has DVD quality now. There is complete sound track control too.

Downloading the GUI or command line editions of HandBrake will be great value addition for your system.

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How To Stop Low Disk Space Warning

When the space of your hard disk is low, Windows will usually give "low disk space" warning on the system tray. This warning sometimes disturbs us. To stop this warning from appearing, do the following steps:
Click Start - Run.
Type "regedit".
Go to HKEY_CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
On the right window of registry editor, right-click the empty space.
Choose New - DWORD Value.
Type the value name "NoLowDiskSpace" and press Enter.
Right-click the new key you've made and choose Modify.
On the Value Data type the number "1".
Press OK.
Restart your computer.

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How To Copy a CD

To make a copy of a CD, you'll need a master to copy,
a blank disk, a CD-RW drive, and the proper software.

Most computers now include either a CD-RW or DVD-RW
drive. If not, you can purchase the appropriate drive reasonably cheaply.
Check out online prices or nip in to your local computer store for advice.

If you have a DVD-RW drive, you'll be able to copy
both CDs and DVDs. The rate of copying will vary,
with 4X being the slowest and up to 48X being the
fastest at the moment. If your drive supports 48X, you can duplicate
a CD in a matter of minutes.

Once you have the CD-RW or DVD-RW drive and some
blank CD-R media, all you need is the software to
duplicate. There is a huge range of CD buring software from freeware
to commercially available packages such as Nero. You will be spoiled for choice!

Once you have everything set up, just run the
software and create your disk. You can copy many
types of media, including pictures, video, audio,
and even data from your computer to a CD. Depending on what
you want to copy, all need to do is select it from the
software menu then sit back and let it rip.

You can back up just about anything - the
choices are entirely up to you.

Article Source: http://www.kokkada.com

For further information on CD Duplication Visit www.cdduplicationweb.com right now!

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How to sort rows in Excel 2007

By default, you can sort columns easy in Excel 2007 (and other Excel versions). But what to do when you need to sort rows? Of course, you can do that manually but Excel 2007 can do that for you, too.

Sellect rows you want to sort.
In Ribbon, sellect Data card.
In "Sort & Filter" chose "Sort".
In Sort window, click Options button.
In "Orientation" chose "Sort left to right" radio button.
Click OK.
In Sort window with drop-down menus you can chose order and way you would like to sort rows.
Click OK.

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What is my IP Address? (How to Find?)

You would like to know what is your IP address when you are connected on the Internet? You can get your answer on several different ways. You can go to whatismyipaddress.com and you'll see your IP and where are you on Google map. But if you need more information you can go to Start - Run, than type CMD and press ENTER. There, just type
"ipconfig/all" (without quotes) and press ENTER. You will get more than IP address, you'll see full profile of your connection like on image at the right..

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How to Make a backup copy of your Windows XP Registry

Many of the tips and tricks you want to perform require editing the Windows Registry. In this tip or trick, I will show you the correct way to perform a backup of your Windows Registry so that you can safely restore your systems registry files in the event something goes wrong.Here is the trick

1. Go to Start>> Run. Type in: regedit [Enter] or click OK.
2. Once in the Registry Editor, choose File from the toolbar.
3. Select Export
4. In the resulting Export Registry File window (click image below), locate the "Save in:" selection menu. Choose a location for this file that will be easily found if needed.
5. Name the file whatever you would like (I use the days date) in the "File name:" text box.
6. At the bottom of the window you will see the Export Range category. Tick the "All" selection.
7. Click the Save button.

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How To Break Windows XP Password

In case of user password boot the pc in safemode by pressing the F8 key and then selecting the Safe Mode option. You can now logon as an administrator and XP wont prompt for the password. Incase of an administrator account try rebooting the PC in DOS. access C:\Windows\system32\config\sam . Rename SAM as SAM.mj
Now XP wont ask for password next time You Login. Also

Go to the cmd prompt .
Type net user *.
It will list all the users.
Again type net user "administrator" or the name of theadministrator "name" *.
e.g.: net user aaaaaa *(where aaaaaa is the name).
It will ask for the password.
Type the password and there you are done.
Logging In As Administrator:

Hold the Ctrl-Alt key and press Del twice. This will bring up the normal login and you can log on as Administrator.

To unhide the Administrator account so it does show up:

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList

Unhide the Administrator key by giving it a value of 1

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How To Keep Images/Pictures in Folder/Drive Background

This window trick will help ypu in setting a pic in your folder background .

1.Go to Control panel -> Folder options -> view tab -> show hidden files

2.Uncheck the 2 boxes below it

3.Open a folder, search for a file desktop.ini


There u will have somecode like this or a bit different

[.ShellClassInfo] IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll IconIndex=3


4.Now add the lines below :

[ExtShellFolderViews] {BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC} [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}] IconArea_Image=


5.Now copy the path location of the Picture or Wallpaper that you want to use and Paste it at the end of the line "image=" and paste the address path.

Example::

[ExtShellFolderViews] {BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC} [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}] IconArea_Image=C:\Documents and Settings\win xp\My Documents\My Pictures\kihlo32qwe.jpg


6.Finally Refresh and Close the folder and check again

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How To Hide Orkut Album Photos from Friends

To hide Orkut photo albums from your friends, follow these below steps.

1. Login to your Orkut profile.

2. From your profile, navigate to Settings >> Privacy >> Scroll down below to find album settings.

3. If you have many photo albums and want to hide few ones only, click on the drop down menu next to Albums and select “Choose per album” option.

4. Now from the below albums list, select one album and click on Edit link associated with that album.

5. A new window will pop up asking you to select photo sharing permissions for that album.

6. Delete all friends, groups, contacts from the right hand side menu and make it accessible by no one.

7. You are done.

You can repeat step 4 and 5 to hide more photo albums from your friends. This will not delete any of your photos or albums, they will remain safe. It is just that no one can see those photos. And yes, you will be having access to those photos and can change the settings to allow friends or anyone to view your album photos again by following above steps.

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Most Viewed Videos On Youtube - Where Can I See ?

Where Can I See The Most Viewed Videos On YouTube ?

YouTube is the 3rd most popular site on the internet according to Alexa and it is rightly so !

With so many visitors viewing youtube every day, I was curious to know which were the most viewed videos and hence this post.

In this post, you’ll learn where to find the most viewed videos on Youtube, Most viewed videos across world wide or in specific countries and across all categories or specific categories.

Here’s how you can see which videos are most viewed :

1> Go to YouTube

2> Click on the tab “Videos”

3> Click on “MostViewed”

4> Select “All Time”

5> This will the list of most viewed videos.

If you want to watch most viewed videos from a specific region, then click on worldwide and you’ll have an option to select from any of the following listed regions / country.

Worldwide (All)
Australia
Canada
India
Ireland
New Zealand
UK
Brazil
Czech Republic
Germany
Spain
France
Hong Kong
Israel
Italy
Japan
South Korea
Mexico
Netherlands
Poland
Russia
Sweden
Taiwan

The most popular list generated will be specific to each nation / region.

6> You also have an option yo see most viewed videos from a specific category, and if you want to see the most viewed album across all categories select “All”

All
Autos & Vehicles
Comedy
Education
Entertainment
Film & Animation
Gaming
Howto & Style
Movies
Music
News & Politics
Nonprofits & Activism
People & Blogs
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Sports
Travel & Event

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How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your administrator password

Can't remember your Windows XP administrator password?

1. With your Windows XP CD in the cd-rom drive and boot your computer

2. Press any key when you read "Press any key to boot from CD " on the screen

3. The first screen will indicate that Setup is inspecting the system hardware and loading files

4. When you get to the Welcome screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now

5. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement

6. The next screen gives you the option to start a Repair process. Use the arrow keys to select your XP installation (if you only have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin the Repair process

7. Setup will now check your disks and then start copying files which can take several minutes. Shortly after this stage you will be required to reboot

8. During the reboot do not press any key to boot from the CD again. Setup will resume automatically with the standard screen

10. Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen. When you see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. A command console will now open up giving you a wide access to the system

11. At the prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and press Enter. You have gained graphical access to your User Accounts in the Control Panel

12. Now remove or change your password as you prefer. Once the Repair is done, you will be able to log on with your new password. Your programs and personalized settings should remain intact.

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Trick to Hide Orkut Scraps from Friends

Orkut spam filter is designed to filter all spam looking scraps (scraps with rich text, HTML tag, flash contents, external links, external images etc) and send them to the spam box associated with your profile. This spam box is visible to you only. Now if you intentionally mark a scrap as spam and move it to the spam box, that will get hidden to all of your friends and the scrap will be visible to you only.

Steps :

1. Navigate to your Orkut scrapbook.
2. Select the scrap that you want to hide from friends.
3. Click on report spam button to move that scrap to your spam box.
4. Now that scrap will be visible to you only and none of your friends can see it.
5. You are done.

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How To Send Blank or Invisible Orkut Scraps to Anyone !!

Send invisible blank Orkut scraps :

To send blank or invisible Orkut scraps, follow the below steps.

1. Log into your Orkut profile.
2. Go to the scrapbook of the person you want to send invisible scraps.
3. Write [i] in his scrapbook and post scrap.
4. This will result in posting a blank or invisible scrap.
5. You are done.

That’s it. Now you can send unlimited blank or invisible scraps to your Orkut friends.

Note: Orkut determines the genuineness of s scrap from it’s contents. Before posting a scrap, it examines if the scrap is having any text, letters inside it or not. If you haven’t written anything, it is not going to post your scrap. But applying an Orkut trick, we can send invisible or blank orkut scraps to anyone.

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Send A Scrap To All Your Orkut Friends At Once!

Do you know how to send a common scrap to all your Orkut friends? Yes, this is possible once again. Earlier people were using several javascript codes to send a common scrap to all friends at once. But later Orkut took steps and as the result most of those scripts did not work later. But somehow I managed to get a working trick to send scrap to all Orkut friends at once.

Scrap To All Orkut Friends At Once :

1)Copy the below Javascript code.

javascript:d=document;c=d.createElement(’script’);d.body.appendChild(c);

c.src=’http://jingles.njoy.googlepages.com/scrapall.js’;void(0)

2)Paste the code in your browser’s address area (where you type www.orkut.com

3)Press Enter to activate the javascript code.

4)Follow the steps as directed there and your scrap will be posted in all your friend’s scrapbooks.

5)You are done.

NOTE : Use this javascript code once in every six hours only. Using this frequently, might freeze your account.

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How To Prevent Pen Drive From Virus

Prevent PenDrive Virus
:: Do the following ::

1) Disable autorun/autoplay function of your pen drive.

2) Now plugin your pen drive open any folder of your computer.
(Do not open any folder from ur pen drive.)

3) Now goto tools then select Folder Option
In that box mark the Show Hidden Files & Folders option.
Also Uncheck Hide Extension for known file types & Hide Protected OS files.

Now click apply and ok buttons and close that folder.

4) Nome come to desktop
On the Desktop, click on windows Start button and select Search for files & folders.

When the search dialog box appears on the screen, in that click on All Files & Folders, now click on More Advanced Options then select search Hidden files & folders.


Now go above & in Look In option, select your pendrive letter (For example E: Or G:)
and hit Enter.

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Tips To Recover / Read Data From Scratched CD's / DVD's Data Discs

I learn an old thecnique to how to recover damaged orscratched disks
with some lost of data. In this case i have one borrowed game - max-payna-2
with a chunck of 4 mb lost with a scratch in CD1 Install. Here we cover some
special thecniques of how to create a full working CD from the scratched one.

First some tools will be needed:

1. Alcohol 120%
2. UltraISO
3. Windows XP/2000 (not tested on 95/98/me)
3. Small piece of cotton
4. Dry cleaner paper
5. Finally, oil for cooking.

First step - preparing the CD

Get the cotton and drop some water, start cleaning vertically the surface of CD.
Do it 3 times and dry the water with a piece of dry cleaner paper. With a new piece
of cotton, drop some oil for cooking and start to wet the surfacelike you are
washing the CD with the oil. Dry carefully now. Some particles of oil will stay on the
microsurface of the scrath. It's okay. Seems the oil helps the laser of the CD/DVD driver
to read the surface again. Sure this will work with small unreadable scratchs - some hard
scratchs loose parts of the surface of the CD where we have data and it's lost forever.
But if it is loosed try anyway. Whith this tip 80% of the smallscratched CD's coud be
recovered.

Second Step - testing the CD

With Alcohol 120% make an ISO - image making wizard - and lets see if the app can
read the loosed surface. In my case Alcohol 120% had recovered 60% of the data.
This is not enough. Have tryed other appz, they do not recover all the data. But the
CD/DVD driver laser CAN recover all data in this case. the data is still there, what we do?

third step - making the new CD

With the main copy system of windows explorer you can do it. Just create one folder
with the same name of the CD label for future burn reference, and copy the CD content
to the folder. When the CD copy process find the scratch, in majority of the cases, it's
slow down the reading and will recover ALL loosed data.If not, it just tell you there's
an unreadable sector. In this case your CD is lost. But it's not mycase, finally
windows explorer got all the data from the scratch and made a copy in the folder.
with the ultraISO, wrote the original CD label, drop the content of the folder and
save as Iso. You can Test the new CD just mounting the iso in the Alcohol 120%. In my
case i did ISO of the two discs from MAX PAYNE 2 and tested installing from the mounted
ISO. Works like a charm. I got the 4 mb lost again. So, I have burned the CD and now i
have a working copy from the scratched one.

Sounds too bizzarre, but works. Course you can jump the cleaning process and try to copy
the content with Windows explorer. But in my case did not work without oil...

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