Re: unreadable dvd

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From: Herb Fritatta (Herb_at_dontspam.com)
Date: 08/23/04


Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:04:53 -0500

Nathan McNulty wrote:

> This problem has nothing to do with DVD Burning capabilities. Read the
> entire post before you reply. The OP already burned the DVD and now
> can't get data off the DVD.
>
> This can happen frequently in the following two scenarios:
> 1) The DVD Burner did not burn well. This could be due to too high of a
> speed, buffer underrun errors, or just bad laser calibration.
> 2) The DVD Media is cheap. This can make the data go bad quickly or not
> burn well.
>
> It could be a combination of both or something completely different. I
> would suggest trying to read the DVD in another computer and see if that
> computer has any luck. If it has no problems, it is your DVD Drive with
> the problems. I have a feeling the DVD you burned has gone bad (usually
> shows CRC errors as you mentioned).
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
>
> Herb Fritatta wrote:
>
>> ballondo wrote:
>>
>>> Greeting to everyone.
>>>
>>> Recently, I use Windows XP to copy file or to transfer file from
>>> my computer to a DVD burner.
>>>
>>> As soon as I finished, I verified that all the files were written on
>>> the DVD as they suppose to.
>>>
>>> A few week later, I was trying to access the files on that dics, it
>>> seem that 90% of them cannot be transfer from the disc to my
>>> computer, they are sort of unreadable even though the files do exist
>>> on the DVD disc.
>>>
>>> when trying to copy the files from that dics, I obtain the following
>>> message: data error (cyclic redundancy check)
>>>
>>> I was wondering if any savvy can help me out, I have hundred of
>>> dollard software on that dics.
>>>
>>> Thank you all
>>
>>
>>
>> XP has no native DVD burning capability. In order to burn DVDs, you
>> need a third-party application.

Sorry for the confusion, but perhaps *you* didn't read the first
sentence of the post, and went ahead and anwered without having any
indication of what the OP's problem might be.



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