Re: Input/output errors when reading data DVD

2009-06-10 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Mike McCartymike.mcca...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Thanks, Aldo and Mike. I have used the same DVD disk in a different computer running Fedora, and no problem. Perhaps, my driver is faulty. Maybe this is too too obvious to suggest, but I recommend making a separate

Re: Input/output errors when reading data DVD

2009-06-10 Thread Mike Martin
you could try dd_rescue as well, I have found it very useful in the past for dead dvds 2009/6/10 Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com: On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Mike McCartymike.mcca...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Thanks, Aldo and Mike. I have used the same DVD disk in a different computer running

Re: Input/output errors when reading data DVD

2009-06-09 Thread Mike McCarty
Paul Smith wrote: On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com wrote: I have recorded some data DVD some time ago. Now, I am trying to copy them to my hard disk, but I am always getting an 'input/output error'. Any ideas? Maybe the following helps to identify the problem:

Re: Input/output errors when reading data DVD

2009-06-09 Thread Aldo Foot
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Paul Smithphh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, I have recorded some data DVD some time ago. Now, I am trying to copy them to my hard disk, but I am always getting an 'input/output error'. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Try the same CD on another

Re: Input/output errors when reading data DVD

2009-06-09 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Aldo Footluni...@gmail.com wrote: I have recorded some data DVD some time ago. Now, I am trying to copy them to my hard disk, but I am always getting an 'input/output error'. Any ideas? Try the same CD on another system, perhaps another OS. I've had CDs I

Re: Input/output errors when reading data DVD

2009-06-09 Thread Mike McCarty
Paul Smith wrote: Thanks, Aldo and Mike. I have used the same DVD disk in a different computer running Fedora, and no problem. Perhaps, my driver is faulty. Could just need cleaning, but usually this results inability to read any disc, not just particular ones. Also, the disc might be

Re: Input/output errors when reading data DVD

2009-06-09 Thread Mike McCarty
Paul Smith wrote: Thanks, Aldo and Mike. I have used the same DVD disk in a different computer running Fedora, and no problem. Perhaps, my driver is faulty. Maybe this is too too obvious to suggest, but I recommend making a separate copy of that data as soon as may be. Mike --

Re: Input/output errors when reading data DVD

2009-06-01 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com wrote: I have recorded some data DVD some time ago. Now, I am trying to copy them to my hard disk, but I am always getting an 'input/output error'. Any ideas? Maybe the following helps to identify the problem: Jun 2 00:08:43