From: Syfo-Dyas on
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:20:16 -0700, Ron <rmoore85(a)ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>On 4/25/2010 12:10 PM, Syfo-Dyas wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:42:41 -0700 (PDT), Flasherly
>> <Flasherly(a)live.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 24, 12:19 pm, Syfo-Dyas<Syfo-D...(a)nomail.com> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Thanks I will check that out since I have already tried 3 different
>> readers on 3 PC's in my house.
>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!