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More info?)
Hey gg,
Thanks SO much! That isobuster did the trick.
And thanks for all of this information you gave it is appreciated.
Thank You
Ray
"gg" <noway@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Glad to hear you already own a plextor, although everything eventually
> fails, it is unlikely that that is is problem, although the laser will
> not be as strong as it was when new.
> Most likely the problem is the media.
> AFAIK there is no limit on number of files, but I have not researched
> this. A few other file systems for floppys and HDD had some limits for
> number in the root directory. I have filled a CD with a single large
> 700MB file, so that is not an issue.
>
> You might want to clean the lens, although if it reads all other CDs
> this is unlikely to be of benefit.
> On a cheap drive I use a CD with a brush molded into it. This would
> clean any dust, but might not remove a stray hair.
> For a proper job I take the drive apart & use a swab if necessary,
> while examining the lens.
>
> Fred at Langa.com did a report on CD rot a while back. He reported
> that the only consistent commonality with his failed CDs was that a
> label was covering the top. This raised the ire of the labeling folks
> as they claim that their adhesive is OK. I suspect at some time in the
> past some adhesives were not OK with some disks. Certain marking pens
> have also been suspect.
>
> I have only once had this problem. It affected both copies of a CD
> made during the same session. Six months later only the plextor was
> able to read them and I was able to make a copy onto a hi quality CD.
> This suggests that their are other factors involved, although perhaps
> it was just a case of two bad CDs in a row.
>
> Recently, I had a bad donut of Memorex Cds. Half way thru the donut,
> writing would fail at about the same spot in the discs. I have read
> that when the max speed of CD was increased a couple of years ago the
> error rates dramatically increased. I do not recall if the higher
> speed CDs were tested after being written to at a slower speed that
> would have been used historically for the slower speed CD available in
> the past.
>
> I did note that isobuster got good review from a number of reliable
> sources.
>
> Good luck.
>
> ........................................
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 04:50:16 GMT, "Wacko"
> <wacko_ray_fotiNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Thanks gg I'll give it a try. I do have a plextor dvdrw drive/Plextor
> >professional tools.
> > I don't know what happened. I checked all
> >disks before putting them away and all worked fine.
> >Are there any rules of thumb as far as how big each
> >folder can be or how many files can be put in each folder etc.?
> >
> >Thanks again
> >
> >
> >
> >"gg" <noway@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:cvt8d1lvb888dbr7e0k4oupkotqi10vfk4@4ax.com...
> >>
> >> >> >> > Hi Group can anyone offer me some tips on CD recovery software
> >that
> >> >> > works?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I have tried about 8 (trial versions) so far they all say they
can
> >> >> > recovery
> >> >> >> > if I pay anywhere from 29.95 to 59.95.
> >> >> >> >
> >> .................................................
> >> My suggestions:
> >>
> >> First, go and purchase a really good CD/DVD burner.
> >> I recommend Plextor. Mine has NEVER let me down & reads all the CDs
> >> that other drives can only spin round & round.
> >> You will likely need a new burner anyway, else this problem will
> >> reoccur.
> >> A good drive, good media & resonable burning speed puts an end to disc
> >> rot.
> >>
> >> I'm sure you will recopy the CDs that still work too!!
> >>
> >> You probablly wont need it but heres a link to CD recovery software:
> >> http://www.isobuster.com/
> >>
> >> I use isobuster frequently, but never for data recovery.
> >> Not sure what the free version will do.
> >
>