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October 22nd, 2004 23:00
CDs suddenly become unreadable
Although I'm very careful about avoiding scratches and contamination of my CD-RW and CD-R surfaces, about 15% of my CD media become suddenly unreadable by either the DVD drive or CDRW drive. I use brand-name media like TDK and Memorex, and Roxio Easy CD Creator 6.
1. How can I avoid this disaster?
2. Is there a program that will allow me to repair a corrupt disk or retrieve some of the files?
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Skybird
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October 23rd, 2004 00:00
Jim Hardin
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October 23rd, 2004 10:00
Are you using the packet writer, Drag to Disc or Classic?
SeptimusNH
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October 23rd, 2004 18:00
I usually format a CD by selecting it in My Computer and then right-clicking>format OR
format using Roxio Drag-to-Disc function
I write to the formatted CDR or CDRW using Roxio Drag-to-Disc.
--SeptimusNH
Jim Hardin
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October 24th, 2004 11:00
Thank you! Now we know what we are dealing with and that changes the answers.
One recovery program is CD Roller, Here.
D2D has a Scan Disc utility that may be able to recover most or all of your files.
Now on to next time.
No packet writer has ever been accused of being reliable. Never trust one with the only copy of anything you value!
On the other hand, you never see anyone asking about recovering files from a Finalized Data CD… Second choice would be Data CD using Sessions.
With sessions you can write more, overwrite existing files but not delete.