I've got a DVD which was successfully copied about 2 weeks ago, and I haven't used it since, just sitting in a folder of sleeves. But some of the files on that disc cannot be copied anymore when I tried it a couple of days ago...

Are there any special trick or program to copy the disc? I tried cleaning it with one of those cloth for eyeglasses, and inspecting it carefully, and it didn't appear to be scratched.

xploring wrote:

I've got a DVD which was successfully copied about 2 weeks ago, and I haven't used it since, just sitting in a folder of sleeves. But some of the files on that disc cannot be copied anymore when I tried it a couple of days ago... Are there any special trick or program to copy the disc? I tried cleaning it with one of those cloth for eyeglasses, and inspecting it carefully, and it didn't appear to be scratched.

Have you tried ISOBuster?

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ISOBuster

bmwracer wrote:

Have you tried ISOBuster? http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ISOBuster

I would also try DVD Decrypter, which is free. I think ISOBuster had a free trial or something, but was supposed to be a paid program... (Tell me if I'm wrong. I downloaded it once but eventually got rid of it because it didn't offer anything better than DVD Decrypter, which I already have.
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^ Yeah, DVD Decrypter is also worth a try...

It's good to have both: sometimes one works better than the other when trying to recover stuff from a disc.

Thanks! I tried both, but ISO buster reported bad sectors and DVD Decrypter said "Failed to read Sector 21588xx - L-EC Uncorrectable Error".

Does that mean there is no hope for it?

xploring wrote:

Thanks! I tried both, but ISO buster reported bad sectors and DVD Decrypter said "Failed to read Sector 21588xx - L-EC Uncorrectable Error". Does that mean there is no hope for it?

Well, you could let either program continue until completion (it might take a while if there's lots of bad sectors) and see how bad or good the final result is.

Also, you might try either of those programs on another PC: you might get better results or maybe no errors at all... Some DVD drives are better at reading bad/marginal discs than others...

bmwracer wrote:

Well, you could let either program continue until completion (it might take a while if there's lots of bad sectors) and see how bad or good the final result is. Also, you might try either of those programs on another PC: you might get better results or maybe no errors at all... Some DVD drives are better at reading bad/marginal discs than others...

Ok, I will try again then. Thanks.

xploring wrote:

Ok, I will try again then. Thanks.

Good luck.

Just inherited an old computer of my brother's... Let's see if I can make some use out of it...

bmwracer wrote:

Just inherited an old computer of my brother's...

Glad to see he finally unloaded that thing.

^ LOL.

His model has a mouse.

^ If he did have a working one of those, it would probably be worth a mint.

^ Actually, it's a Athlon XP 2000+... A definite step up from the P3-1GHz I'm currently using as my secondary/download PC.

^ Hmph, having problems setting up this PC...

I think I've got a bad memory module... Running MemTest.

I'll probably update the BIOS, if possible.

Oh joy

Anime Dad wrote:

Oh joy

Something to do.

Finally found the culprit (using Memtest 86+): a bad 512MB module.

bmwracer wrote:

Finally found the culprit (using Memtest 86+): a bad 512MB module.

Ah. Lucky RAM is so cheap

Anime Dad wrote:

Ah. Lucky RAM is so cheap

Yeah, but I have extra modules... I just need to test them.