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Dog bit audio CD. Any Hope of recovery?
My dog bit one CD in a 17 disk set (Harry Potter book on CD). I tried
to read the disk with Itunes and Adaptec software and managed to copy all but tracks 8 and 9. When I look at the disk there is one small dent, the size of a pin head. I did a search on CD recovery, and all posts talk about removing scratches. This is not a scratch, it's a dent. What I'd like to be able to do is read the data that is still there and live with some holes in the spoken text. I just don't want to lose 2 whole tracks, which is about 12 minutes of the story. My basic questions: Is there software that will pull off what data is still readable? Has anyone ever "ironed" a small dent out of a disk? Hell, I'd even buy a new disk, but they don't sell them one at a time, and I don't want to spend $60 (or close to it) for a another set. |
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Dog bit audio CD. Any Hope of recovery?
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lens wrote: My dog bit one CD in a 17 disk set (Harry Potter book on CD). I tried to read the disk with Itunes and Adaptec software and managed to copy all but tracks 8 and 9. When I look at the disk there is one small dent, the size of a pin head. I did a search on CD recovery, and all posts talk about removing scratches. This is not a scratch, it's a dent. What I'd like to be able to do is read the data that is still there and live with some holes in the spoken text. I just don't want to lose 2 whole tracks, which is about 12 minutes of the story. My basic questions: Is there software that will pull off what data is still readable? Has anyone ever "ironed" a small dent out of a disk? Many of the CD "ripping" packages (e.g. CD Paranoia, available on Linux) will make extreme efforts to recover the data. How well such a package can work will depend to some extent on your CD-ROM drive - certain brands handle positioning problems better than others. Try to force the ripping program to set the drive to its slowest speed (1x) rather than doing a high-speed rip - there's a better chance that the drive could re-focus and recover at least some of the data in the dented area. I imagine that there are special "forensics-grade" software and hardware packages, and professional services to recover data from such damaged discs. I suspect that the cost of acquiring same would be prohibitive, in your situation. If the dog's tooth scratched the upper surface (the aluminized layer, screen-printed label, and the thin lacquer above it) then the data is probably gone for good. If there's enough of a dent in the bottom of the disc to cause focusing problems, then I don't think much of your chances for correcting it. You _might_ be able to reshape the dent by using a clean white buffing wheel in a Dremel or similar tool - broadening and flattening it, thus making it a bit easier for the CD-ROM drive to read it - but frankly I think the chances are not good. I'd make every effort to try to recover the tracks from the disc "as is" before making any physical changes at all to the disc! Hell, I'd even buy a new disk, but they don't sell them one at a time, and I don't want to spend $60 (or close to it) for a another set. You might see if your local library has this set available for loan. In your situation, since you've already paid for the set, I'd consider it a "fair use" to rip the lost tracks from a library copy (or any other copy you can borrow) and burn a replacement to fill out your own set. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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Dave - All great suggestions. Thanks.
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Dog bit audio CD. Any Hope of recovery?
On 10 Feb 2006 22:40:50 -0800, "lens" wrote:
My dog bit one CD in a 17 disk set (Harry Potter book on CD). I tried to read the disk with Itunes and Adaptec software and managed to copy all but tracks 8 and 9. When I look at the disk there is one small dent, the size of a pin head. I did a search on CD recovery, and all posts talk about removing scratches. This is not a scratch, it's a dent. What I'd like to be able to do is read the data that is still there and live with some holes in the spoken text. I just don't want to lose 2 whole tracks, which is about 12 minutes of the story. My basic questions: Is there software that will pull off what data is still readable? Has anyone ever "ironed" a small dent out of a disk? Hell, I'd even buy a new disk, but they don't sell them one at a time, and I don't want to spend $60 (or close to it) for a another set. Buy the book. Record the missing chapters yourself :-) |
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Dog bit audio CD. Any Hope of recovery?
lens wrote:
My dog bit one CD in a 17 disk set (Harry Potter book on CD). I tried to read the disk with Itunes and Adaptec software and managed to copy all but tracks 8 and 9. When I look at the disk there is one small dent, the size of a pin head. I did a search on CD recovery, and all posts talk about removing scratches. This is not a scratch, it's a dent. What I'd like to be able to do is read the data that is still there and live with some holes in the spoken text. I just don't want to lose 2 whole tracks, which is about 12 minutes of the story. My basic questions: Is there software that will pull off what data is still readable? Has anyone ever "ironed" a small dent out of a disk? Hell, I'd even buy a new disk, but they don't sell them one at a time, and I don't want to spend $60 (or close to it) for a another set. How about borrowing a copy from the library? --Tim |
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Dog bit audio CD. Any Hope of recovery?
"lens" wrote ...
My dog bit one CD in a 17 disk set (Harry Potter book on CD). I tried to read the disk with Itunes and Adaptec software and managed to copy all but tracks 8 and 9. When I look at the disk there is one small dent, the size of a pin head. Assuming you are talking about the "bottom"side. Note that the TOP side (the label side) is far more vulnerable. If your dog is typical, it has teeth on both the top and the bottom, and any kind of disruption of the reflective layer (just under the label) or, even worse, the moulded data, will ruin the data beyond any possibility of recovery. Borrow a disc from someone else and copy it, or record those chapters yourself. Your kid(s) should love the personal touch. |
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Dog bit audio CD. Any Hope of recovery?
I heard if they really want to they can recover data from CD thats been cut
into 1/16 inch strips... -- TAI FU |
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Dog bit audio CD. Any Hope of recovery?
"tai fu" wrote ...
I heard if they really want to they can recover data from CD thats been cut into 1/16 inch strips... I wouldn't bet on it. Even if you could put all the pieces back together in the proper place, so many bits are destroyed at each cutline, the return wouldn't be worth the investment. Particularly think about the tracks that run ~parallel wih the cutline. You could have hundreds of whole tracks destroyed in the cuts. |
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