Bad CD/DVD burn
June 28th, 2005, 11:17
I have a DVD-R video that was burned using Nero, but which no drive I have can read. Programs like ISO Buster don't work with it because the drives won't read the disk. I thought I might be able to use linux and just do an image of the device, but because the drive doesn't
recognize the disk that doesn't work either.
It is frustrating to know that there is data of some kind sitting
there, but I can't read it. Any suggestions for getting a drive to
recognize the disk (or otherwise get the data off)?
Someone had asked me this but since I don't work with CD/DVD all that much. Any suggestions guys?
Thanks for any input!
June 28th, 2005, 12:33
Hi,
Yes, but what is the use of getting the movie off the DVD? Why not burning it again?
pepe
Yes, but what is the use of getting the movie off the DVD? Why not burning it again?
pepe
June 28th, 2005, 13:39
Pepe:
I am not sure what kind of data was recorded. The word "video" was mentioned. But let's just say that data was recorded improperly to the DVD and there's not copy anywhere else. Is there a way to read this info?
I am not sure what kind of data was recorded. The word "video" was mentioned. But let's just say that data was recorded improperly to the DVD and there's not copy anywhere else. Is there a way to read this info?
June 29th, 2005, 4:50
Try CD/DVD Diagnostic (Infinadyne, previously Arrowkey). I used it successfully in the past to recover data from CD-R's.
Daniel
Daniel
June 29th, 2005, 5:13
This is what i have done:
I took a DVD of size at least the damaged,
disassembled the DVD drive,
put the good one in the tray, closed it, waited until it stopped,
then took it out WITHOUT opening the tray
put the damaged one in
and made an image of it.
The problem was that the disc was written in such a way that there were sectors greater than ~197000 containing all zeroes due to some error during writing. But at least I was able to read them, cause normally every program showed only this ~197000 sectors capacity.
pepe
I took a DVD of size at least the damaged,
disassembled the DVD drive,
put the good one in the tray, closed it, waited until it stopped,
then took it out WITHOUT opening the tray
put the damaged one in
and made an image of it.
The problem was that the disc was written in such a way that there were sectors greater than ~197000 containing all zeroes due to some error during writing. But at least I was able to read them, cause normally every program showed only this ~197000 sectors capacity.
pepe
June 29th, 2005, 9:12
You can spin down an IDE or SCSI CD drive by using SHIFT+F4 in MHDD.
June 29th, 2005, 9:43
Hi, Dmitry,
Yes, but it is far better to read in Windows (I use XP) where MHDD will not work, am I right? So I wait one minute and it stops automaticaly
pepe
Yes, but it is far better to read in Windows (I use XP) where MHDD will not work, am I right? So I wait one minute and it stops automaticaly
pepe
June 29th, 2005, 9:49
Oh, yeah
Btw, then you can use Nero drive speed to change 1 minute to 5-10 seconds.
Btw, then you can use Nero drive speed to change 1 minute to 5-10 seconds.
June 29th, 2005, 10:59
Thanks for all the great tips guys!
Much is appreciated.
Much is appreciated.
June 29th, 2005, 13:01
To D.
I always learn something.. thats' why I visit this forum daily
pepe
I always learn something.. thats' why I visit this forum daily
pepe
June 30th, 2005, 11:17
Well said Pepe 
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