[SIZE=2]Actually I would suggest telling your "friend" to buy you a new FF9 first-he should have known better in the first place.That should teach him to be a bit more careful next time-nothing like a dent in the pocketbook to make you think twice.
If he won't do that then see about getting the disk resurfaced-considering the low cost of this he may go for paying on that instead.If it turns out the game can't be fixed then he won't really have a choice in the matter.[/SIZE]