Read it at 1x. Jim
On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:53:04 -0500, David Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I discovered what the problem was. The CD's weren't damaged (at > least, not enough to make them un-readable). They were burned in some > kind of wierd funky Window's way that has made the last 150 megs or so > on the CD prone to errors when being read. > > Ah well. The data is lost to time now. > > David > > > > On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 17:06 -0500, James Kuhns wrote: > > If they're just scratched up real bad it sounds more like a physical repair > > job than a software extraction (or a combo of the two). You might want to > > look into a GameDr (or DVDDr) whatever they're calling it now, about 20 or > > 30 bucks at BestBuy (they also sell a motorized one for about $15 more). We > > were getting a lot of dvds from NetFlix that were so scratched up they > > wouldn't play so we invested in one - been well pleased with it. > > > > James > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of -ray > > > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:08 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Linux CD Recovery Software > > > > > > > > > Try creating a disk image of it first with dd: > > > > > > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cdrom.img bs=512 conv=noerror,sync > > > > > > Then see if enough of the filesystem structure survived to > > > even mount it. > > > And even then you may still have some corrupted data. If > > > that doesn't > > > work try the library thing Adam mentioned. Also, Gametraders > > > in the mall > > > offers a service to repair damaged game discs. I assume they > > > could also > > > repair a data disc. > > > > > > ray > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, David Jackson wrote: > > > > > > > Can anyone suggest a piece of software for recovery of > > > badly scratched > > > > CD's? (Data CD's). I have some old (very old) CD-R's that > > > were damaged > > > > in a move with some data I would like to retrieve off of them. > > > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
