Defects on new dvd

Look at this: total DVD failure



It appears to have leaked some glue, resin, molten plastic, or varnish while or some time after moulding the disc. Nothing like this has ever happened to me before in many years...
Have you ever seen anything like this?

I'll try to fix it, any ideas?

 

I had the same issue when I lent Half-Life 2 to my cousin...
I suppose, it can go into little pieces in your DVD-drive. It looks like it's dead.
But may be some other guys can tell the method of data recovery from it.

 

The photo might be misleading: disc is not cracked. Those marks are in relief.

 

Is that something that appeared on disc that was normal before?

 

I don't know because I got this disc in an auction (and I have been refunded).
The seller however claims he personally checks every disc and he's sure it was ok when he first tested it. In his opinion, the hot summer might have corrupted the disc O_o

 

I have the same thing on one of my CD - pirated edition of "Zelenhgorm".
When I bought it in 2004, the disk was fine. But then a line started to appear on one of the disks - all by itself! The disk was not cracked nor scratched etc.
And it grew and grew...


I don't think you can remove it.

 

Looking at Uka's photo: look at the shadow, that looks like a crack. I can clearly see the drops if I look at my dvd at a certain angle.
Since I've not payed for the disc, I think I'll try some solvent like turpentine...white spirit...

 

@myloch, read this doc first, maybe you would find anything worthwhile for your case.
Information archivée dans le Web | Information Archived on the Web

 

Very cool pdf bro! Reading at the doc, the substance on the surface of my dvd might be from the lacquer layer...