You can also buy repair kits at almost any electronics store and over the internet.
They are relatively inexpensive, easy to use and yes, they do work.
I use them often to fix CD's that are damaged from bouncing around in my CD player in my car (works on DVD's and Roms also).
More info: http://www.ehow.com/how_892_repair-scratched-cds.htm
rub the scratch with a soft cloth with tooth paste on it. rub in the direction of the grooves.
They way that I repair scratched CD's is using a CD cleaner. You can buy them anywhere stores sell computers and things like that. The CD kit (that I have) basically cleans the disc all over leaving it spotless
the CD it is probably scratched up orsomethin wrong with the DVD player
PS2 use DVD and not CDs, but being scratched only stops them from playing
DVD did not replace CD, DVD is a movie, CD can be anything like a software downloader ir music.
toothpaste works 4 old scratched cd's
you probably have a CD+-R and a DVD-Rom, which I have. Took me a long time to realize that DVD=ROM doesn't burn anything. It only reads You need a CD+-R and DVD+-R/RW to burn.
CD's have covers so that they don't get scratched, and a cover protected them from being scratched. If a CD becomes scratched too much, it will no longer be able to be read.
maybe some are scratched and made need some cleaning
No if a CD or DVD is acully cracked then toothpaste will do nothing, but if it is deeply scratched or miner scratched yes it will help as long as crusial Data has not been lost.
CDs and DVDs get handled, their surfaces get scratched. Hard disks are protected better.
u need to use a CD burner
A recovery disc is a CD or DVD used to restore the operating system of a computer to working or factory conditions.
sometimes it depends how scratched it is