On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > I'm currently using dd_rescue to attempt to recover as much as I can from > some scratched DVD's. Thankfully, everything is burned with SHA1 sums, so > i'll know exactly what i managed to recover and what is definately lost. > > dd_rescue works okay, but is there something that tries "harder" to recover > a dvd/cd? > > - seeks back to failed blocks and retries them later? > > - tries reading random ranges of a cd/dvd instead of reading the whole > thing in sequence? > > - ejects and re-loads a cd/dvd if it seems "stuck" reading back blocks? > > - etc... > > Is there a tool available that does stuff like that?
The only thing I see in the repository is dvdisaster that you use _before_ the cd/dvd gets damaged that can recreate it later. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
