Files from a DVD-R

[Syfo-Dyas]

I do not know if this is the right place to ask this question so I
apologize if I am wrong. Here is my problem. I have several videos on
a couple dvd-r disks that I burnt there a while ago and now I am
wanting to put them on my hard drive. I am unable to get the files
from the dvd-r. The drive keeps spinning and it does not put the file
on my hard drive. It puts some of the files but not the others. So I
cleaned the drive and then I cleaned the disk, thinking there must be
some problem with it. However this did not work. Is there any way to
get my video files off this disk?? I am worried since I backed up many
files on dvd-r disks in the past. Is it possible this could happen to
most of my archives???

Thanks

 

[Conor]

I do not know if this is the right place to ask this question so I
apologize if I am wrong. Here is my problem. I have several videos on
a couple dvd-r disks that I burnt there a while ago and now I am
wanting to put them on my hard drive. I am unable to get the files
from the dvd-r. The drive keeps spinning and it does not put the file
on my hard drive. It puts some of the files but not the others. So I
cleaned the drive and then I cleaned the disk, thinking there must be
some problem with it. However this did not work. Is there any way to
get my video files off this disk?? I am worried since I backed up many
files on dvd-r disks in the past. Is it possible this could happen to
most of my archives???

There was a problem a few years back with corrosion appearing on discs
that were a couple of years old. Had a few here. It appeared as small
dark spots.

 

[Flasherly]

I do not know if this is the right place to ask this question so I
apologize if I am wrong. Here is my problem. I have several videos on
a couple dvd-r disks that I burnt there a while ago and now I am
wanting to put them on my hard drive. I am unable to get the files
from the dvd-r. The drive keeps spinning and it does not put the file
on my hard drive. It puts some of the files but not the others. So I
cleaned the drive and then I cleaned the disk, thinking there must be
some problem with it. However this did not work. Is there any way to
get my video files off this disk?? I am worried since I backed up many
files on dvd-r disks in the past. Is it possible this could happen to
most of my archives???

Thanks

CDC Check - will work to restore what it can (it could run all night
and all of the day on a bad disc). Sometimes a different brand reader
in my experience picks up discs another might not. Presuming old
firmware and old media issues.

 

[Syfo-Dyas]

CDC Check - will work to restore what it can (it could run all night
and all of the day on a bad disc). Sometimes a different brand reader
in my experience picks up discs another might not. Presuming old
firmware and old media issues.

Thanks I will check that out since I have already tried 3 different
readers on 3 PC's in my house.

 

[Syfo-Dyas]

Take a look at PhotoRec. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
I've used ot on CDs, but I'm not entirely sure about DVDs. (It can
recover from scratched DVDs, so maybe yes.) It's slow but thorough. An
associated program is TestDisk - good for HD problems.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

Tutorials:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec_Step_By_Step
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step

hth

Ron Moore

Thanks I will look at that as well!