That seems simple, but really scary. Think I'll try all other ideas first. I can just imagine ruining the whole disk! Thanks for your time, tho' and if I do try it, I'll report back in. Pat On Jun 20, 2006, at 10:16 PM, Brian Pearce wrote: > If the scratch is indeed what's causing these problems (and you can't > find a way to get around that), a quick Google search turned up > approximately tsixty-two thousand methods (by my quick count) for > remedying this situation. Here's one > <http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/scratches.html> that looked simple and > interesting, though I haven't tried it. > > BRIAN PEARCE