Copying a damaged (but playable) CD - HELP!!!

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To sum it up quickly, I've done something stupid and need some help.
I've got a very rare audio CD ca. 1986 that I keep in storage for safe
keeping and play a CDR copy that I made. Well, the CDR that I made has
been damaged - the outter edge of the disc is missing a "chunk."

The disc still plays fine in an audio CD player (I've been listening to
it in my DVD player just now) since the chunk of the disc that broke
off didn't "cut into" the recorded section of the disc.

I'm trying to re-copy it from the damaged CDR to a new one (and to my
hard drive for safe keeping), but every time I put it into my CDR
drive, the disc isn't recognized/read (computer acts like the drive is
empty). As I stated above, the recorded section of the disc is fine,
the damaged "chunk" is on the outter edge.

I'm using Windows ME and Adaptec Easy CD Creator to try and copy this
disc. Does anybody have any suggestions on salvaging this recording?
Normally I wouldn't care, but the original is in storage about 2.5
hours from my home and it's an awful long way to drive to get a new CDR
made.

Thanks!!

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don't most dvd players have digital outputs? Record it that way if the CD-R
plays fine in the dvd player


In article <1127686334.946818.255420@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
savasca@vcu.edu says...
>
>To sum it up quickly, I've done something stupid and need some help.
>I've got a very rare audio CD ca. 1986 that I keep in storage for safe
>keeping and play a CDR copy that I made. Well, the CDR that I made has
>been damaged - the outter edge of the disc is missing a "chunk."
>
>The disc still plays fine in an audio CD player (I've been listening to
>it in my DVD player just now) since the chunk of the disc that broke
>off didn't "cut into" the recorded section of the disc.
>
>I'm trying to re-copy it from the damaged CDR to a new one (and to my
>hard drive for safe keeping), but every time I put it into my CDR
>drive, the disc isn't recognized/read (computer acts like the drive is
>empty). As I stated above, the recorded section of the disc is fine,
>the damaged "chunk" is on the outter edge.
>
>I'm using Windows ME and Adaptec Easy CD Creator to try and copy this
>disc. Does anybody have any suggestions on salvaging this recording?
>Normally I wouldn't care, but the original is in storage about 2.5
>hours from my home and it's an awful long way to drive to get a new CDR
>made.
>
>Thanks!!
>

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savasca wrote:

> To sum it up quickly, I've done something stupid and need some help.
> I've got a very rare audio CD ca. 1986 that I keep in storage for safe
> keeping and play a CDR copy that I made. Well, the CDR that I made has
> been damaged - the outter edge of the disc is missing a "chunk."

> The disc still plays fine in an audio CD player (I've been listening to
> it in my DVD player just now) since the chunk of the disc that broke
> off didn't "cut into" the recorded section of the disc.

> I'm trying to re-copy it from the damaged CDR to a new one (and to my
> hard drive for safe keeping), but every time I put it into my CDR
> drive, the disc isn't recognized/read (computer acts like the drive is
> empty). As I stated above, the recorded section of the disc is fine,
> the damaged "chunk" is on the outter edge.

Play it out the digital ports on the CD player and into the computer's
soundcard.

--
ha

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> I'm using Windows ME and Adaptec Easy CD Creator to try and
> copy this disc.

We're dealing with AUDIO (red book) here. Wouldn't you want to use the
ONLY piece of software capable of dealing with this data?

www.exactaudiocopy.de

I don't know if it is the drive that physically declines the disk, or
that it is ECDC that does so, but you should give this a try. EAC pays a
lot of attention to drive features and usually eats everything you
offer.

Gert

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<savasca@vcu.edu> wrote in message
news:1127686334.946818.255420@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> To sum it up quickly, I've done something stupid and need some help.
> I've got a very rare audio CD ca. 1986 that I keep in storage for safe
> keeping and play a CDR copy that I made. Well, the CDR that I made has
> been damaged - the outter edge of the disc is missing a "chunk."
>
> The disc still plays fine in an audio CD player (I've been listening to
> it in my DVD player just now) since the chunk of the disc that broke
> off didn't "cut into" the recorded section of the disc.
>
> I'm trying to re-copy it from the damaged CDR to a new one (and to my
> hard drive for safe keeping), but every time I put it into my CDR
> drive, the disc isn't recognized/read (computer acts like the drive is
> empty). As I stated above, the recorded section of the disc is fine,
> the damaged "chunk" is on the outter edge.
>
> I'm using Windows ME and Adaptec Easy CD Creator to try and copy this
> disc. Does anybody have any suggestions on salvaging this recording?
> Normally I wouldn't care, but the original is in storage about 2.5
> hours from my home and it's an awful long way to drive to get a new CDR
> made.
>
> Thanks!!
>

What's wrong with making another copy from your original?

Isn't that why you have it in a safe place in the first instance.

If it's that safe that even you can't get at it then there's not much point
in owning the original at all.


Stephen

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Ben Bradley wrote:

> Or perhaps you can find a really old, working "1x" CD drive to put
> in your computer and read it.

I've not been following this thread, so perhaps the obvious suggestion
has been made and then overwhelmed by exotic and arguable alternatives.
As long as the disc is playable, play it, capturing the analogue signal.
Simply re-digitize it. Will there be losses? Of course. Will they be
audible? Possibly, but that depends on how critical you are.

But without question that would produce a working copy where the others
have the potential to damage the disc further.

While it would be better to use a separate high-quality player, the
CD-ROM drive will serve the purpose by running a cable from its
headphone output to Line In on the sound card.

Mike
--
mrichter@cpl.net
http://www.mrichter.com/

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On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:36:52 GMT, "Lorin David Schultz"
<Lorin@DAMNSPAM!v5v.ca> wrote:

>"Gert Wiersema" <gert@nu.even.niet> wrote:
>>
>> EAC pays a lot of attention to drive features and usually eats
>> everything you offer.
>
>
>I thought so too, until yesterday.
>
>Our network distributes music cues to affiliates on CD-R. Ours are a
>few years old now, and are getting hard to read. EAC could not
>successfully retrieve a particular 30 second track even after an hour of
>trying.

Worst case, you can disable the secure ripping features and have it
ignore errors. The result may not be 100% accurate, but if it's the
only copy you've got, it's better than nothing.
---------------------------------------------
Thanks.


MCheu