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polishing paste
About this tag
The polishing paste tag on WindowsForum.com refers to a specific user experience where a German metal polishing paste called Wenol was used to repair a scratched CD during a Windows 7 RC installation. The user reported that applying the paste to the disc surface resolved data errors caused by scratches, allowing the installation to proceed. This tag highlights a practical, hardware-level troubleshooting tip for optical media issues encountered during Windows setup, rather than a software or system topic.
This was a real Mother......! But I finally got it done, with all my files and applications re-installed.
There are limits to what can be restored from backup, and I had do do a lot of it manually.
I have to say, that my sanity was seriously challenged during my repeated attempts - at least four...
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