what is a bad block?

[meesh]

while playing dvd, about 1/2 thru it stops. Looked up in
error log and it says The device,\Device\cdRom1, has a
bad block. what does this mean? Can it be fixed?

 

[Pavel A.]

while playing dvd, about 1/2 thru it stops. Looked up in
error log and it says The device,\Device\cdRom1, has a
bad block. what does this mean? Can it be fixed?

Unreadable spot on the DVD. It can be either dirt on the bottom DVD surface,
then you can clean it. A scratch can be mended with a special repair kit.
But if the damage is on a data surface (scratch on the upper side, thermal damage...)
it can't be fixed

Anyway you deserve a special prize for using the eventlog

- PA

 

[meesh]

I'm confused now, It has done this on the last 3 DVD's
that I have tried to watch. I felt it was in my
equipment, due to happening on 3 different DVD's. Always
about half way thru.????

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[mrtee]

When I received that error message (bad block) I contacted the driver manufacturer. The drive was bad, it was replaced under warranty. Now the replacement is bad (bad block again). Yes, it only occurred with DVDs. Bought a new CD-RW/DVD and the DVDs that wouldn't play now do.

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| I'm confused now, It has done this on the last 3 DVD's
| that I have tried to watch. I felt it was in my
| equipment, due to happening on 3 different DVD's. Always
| about half way thru.????

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

What kind of DVDs, are these commercial DVDs or are these copies of DVDs?