Hi All,
who can help with info :
How can I read a damaged DVD to make a backup or a copy.
CHeersz JW
Damaged DVD recover how?
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Re: Damaged DVD recover how?
If it's damaged...then it's damaged. I was thinking about AnyReader, but even with this you'll get every bad sector replaced with empty data part. So it won't be the same version, actually 
If it's damaged physically, have scarrs and stuff you can try to recover them with some kind of liquid, that makes the dvd surface like new (or almost). Your cd/dvd drive should easily read every data in that case.
If it's damaged physically, have scarrs and stuff you can try to recover them with some kind of liquid, that makes the dvd surface like new (or almost). Your cd/dvd drive should easily read every data in that case.
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Re: Damaged DVD recover how?
yeah, the dvd won't be the same, there will be empty data in place of bad sectors. so if it's a dvd, the video si gonna be screwed up, I think.
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Re: Damaged DVD recover how?
You could try isobuster, that sometimes reads dvds without any errors that other programs struggle with.
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Re: Damaged DVD recover how?
yeah isobuster is pretty good.
and believe it or not nero can do this as well
got this from another site and i have used this before on a few movie dvd's and it worked fine. (depends how bad your discs are)
Open Nero 10 StartSmart and choose to run “Recode.” This is an interesting module in Nero that has some unusual abilities that it wasn’t really designed for! So we are going to trick it into doing something for us!
With the bad video DVD disc already loaded in the DVD tray and “Recode” open, select “Recode an Entire DVD to DVD.”
A new window will open and we need to check off some things here.
On the top tab make sure that “DVD Video Files” is selected.
On the bottom right hand side make sure that “Fit to target” is checked.
Below that is a box showing the disc size of the “target” so make sure it is the same as the disc you have loaded.
The actual purpose of Recode is to… well… re-code! It is used to reduce the size of video DVDs and video files to fit more on to a DVD disc. In this case we are tricking it into “re-coding,” for example, a 4.7 gig disc into a 4.7gig disc! By doing this we will get Recode to process the video data on the disc without altering the quality.
If you are lucky the result of this processing will be a fully repaired DVD video file structure now sitting on your hard drive.
Now select “Import DVD,” navigate to the disc in your DVD tray and import. Recode will now copy the contents of the disc across to the hard drive. It will place those contents into a folder in your “my Documents” folder called “Recode.”
Note: DVD discs are pretty cheap these days so make sure you have a few spare ones when embarking on a DVD disc repair project like this. The only way you can be certain that you have totally corrected the DVD is if you burn a new disc and test it.
Now that you have the “Recode” folder in “My Documents” close the “Recode” program. This will take you back to the Nero 10 ( ) “SmartStart” window.
Leave “StartSmart” open for the moment and in Windows navigate to the newly created “Recode” folder in “My Documents.” Click on the “recode” folder to change the name of the folder.
Change the name to VIDEO_TS EXACTLY as I have typed it there. All capitals and using the underscore between the VIDEO and the TS.
Now go back to Nero 10 “StartSmart” and select to open “Nero Express.” Then select to burn “DVD Video Files.” A navigation window will open. Navigate to the VIDEO_TS folder you created in the previous step and select that. Then let Nero 9 burn a new DVD.
Test the DVD. If you are lucky Recode has corrected the problem automatically and you are done.
If not, then go to this FixVTS tutorial and run the VIDEO_TS folder you already have through that, burn a new disc and test again.
if that dont work you could always try your local game store, most of these have tools to try and repair scratched games etc so there shouldnt be much difference in the dvd.
or a last resort if you realy want to try and repair them is to get yourself a machine.
there are lots around to choose from and here are just a couple i came across
http://www.simo.com.tw/
http://www.jfjeasypro.com/
http://www.jmldirect.com/Disc-Clinic-wi ... er-PD1331/
and many others.
i have heard that the Simotech DVD Repair Machine is pretty good but with this sort of thing its ll down to how bad your discs are damaged.
hope it helps ya a little
Mick
and believe it or not nero can do this as well
got this from another site and i have used this before on a few movie dvd's and it worked fine. (depends how bad your discs are)
Open Nero 10 StartSmart and choose to run “Recode.” This is an interesting module in Nero that has some unusual abilities that it wasn’t really designed for! So we are going to trick it into doing something for us!
With the bad video DVD disc already loaded in the DVD tray and “Recode” open, select “Recode an Entire DVD to DVD.”
A new window will open and we need to check off some things here.
On the top tab make sure that “DVD Video Files” is selected.
On the bottom right hand side make sure that “Fit to target” is checked.
Below that is a box showing the disc size of the “target” so make sure it is the same as the disc you have loaded.
The actual purpose of Recode is to… well… re-code! It is used to reduce the size of video DVDs and video files to fit more on to a DVD disc. In this case we are tricking it into “re-coding,” for example, a 4.7 gig disc into a 4.7gig disc! By doing this we will get Recode to process the video data on the disc without altering the quality.
If you are lucky the result of this processing will be a fully repaired DVD video file structure now sitting on your hard drive.
Now select “Import DVD,” navigate to the disc in your DVD tray and import. Recode will now copy the contents of the disc across to the hard drive. It will place those contents into a folder in your “my Documents” folder called “Recode.”
Note: DVD discs are pretty cheap these days so make sure you have a few spare ones when embarking on a DVD disc repair project like this. The only way you can be certain that you have totally corrected the DVD is if you burn a new disc and test it.
Now that you have the “Recode” folder in “My Documents” close the “Recode” program. This will take you back to the Nero 10 ( ) “SmartStart” window.
Leave “StartSmart” open for the moment and in Windows navigate to the newly created “Recode” folder in “My Documents.” Click on the “recode” folder to change the name of the folder.
Change the name to VIDEO_TS EXACTLY as I have typed it there. All capitals and using the underscore between the VIDEO and the TS.
Now go back to Nero 10 “StartSmart” and select to open “Nero Express.” Then select to burn “DVD Video Files.” A navigation window will open. Navigate to the VIDEO_TS folder you created in the previous step and select that. Then let Nero 9 burn a new DVD.
Test the DVD. If you are lucky Recode has corrected the problem automatically and you are done.
If not, then go to this FixVTS tutorial and run the VIDEO_TS folder you already have through that, burn a new disc and test again.
if that dont work you could always try your local game store, most of these have tools to try and repair scratched games etc so there shouldnt be much difference in the dvd.
or a last resort if you realy want to try and repair them is to get yourself a machine.
there are lots around to choose from and here are just a couple i came across
http://www.simo.com.tw/
http://www.jfjeasypro.com/
http://www.jmldirect.com/Disc-Clinic-wi ... er-PD1331/
and many others.
i have heard that the Simotech DVD Repair Machine is pretty good but with this sort of thing its ll down to how bad your discs are damaged.
hope it helps ya a little
Mick
