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by retrodaredevil 488 days ago
I'd agree that when CDs get scratched there will be parts of the CD that some players can no longer handle. The great thing is that when your CD gets scratched to where your old CD player can no longer play it, there's a good chance your computer can rip the CD without issue so you can burn it to a CD-r.

It's not a perfect solution, but in most cases, the raw data on the CD stays intact in one way or another.