Need to copy a scratched dvd...

SB118 · 20 Dec 2007 at 17:59

Due to the brilliant "pile it on the desk until things fall off the back" storage system i use, i've managed to fubar one of my dvd's.

I've tried giving it a gentle dose of tcut but nero still gives up at 51% of the copy

I remember ages back i used a copy prog that could ignore duff sectors on the discs, but i can't think what it was called.

Any ideas?

lordedmond · 20 Dec 2007 at 18:06

try your local dvd rental store for a fee they may be able to resurfce the disk

thats what they do to scratched rental disks

manveruppd · 20 Dec 2007 at 19:24

SB118 said:
I remember ages back i used a copy prog that could ignore duff sectors on the discs, but i can't think what it was called.

Any ideas?

Might it have been CloneCD/CloneDVD or Alcohol 120%? I seem to remember CloneCD at least having options for ignoring bad sectors.

SB118 · 20 Dec 2007 at 19:26

Cheers.

rickyt · 20 Dec 2007 at 22:21

I've used afew overs the years ,GetBackData was one ,but Bad Copy was good with CD's .These recovered data from disks .Never used it on a scatched disk though.

bledd · 20 Dec 2007 at 22:48

what type of files are on there?

isobuster might help you out

unstoppable copier will try and copy all files to a folder, and will skip damaged files

UFX · 20 Dec 2007 at 23:05

Try using IMGburn, go into setting set read speed a little lower & de-selct Lock tray during read this way you can eject the disk if it continually fails read attempts give it a clean & try again it'll continue reading from where it left off or atleast try too.

It takes time & might have to eject the disk & try agiain but managed to make an image of many badly scratched & even a cracked dvd's in the past.