On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 12:31:39PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 11:49:15AM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > > > 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. > > The docs claim you need the ECC file, but I am running it right now > without an ECC file, and it is still doing a much better job than dd_rescue, > and with a much nicer GUI! :-) I'm not expecting to get everything back, but > at least dvdisaster is plowing through the bad sectors quick enough that it > won't take years to get at the good data that's past them...
If you read it multiple times, are some sectors read OK on one pass and not on another? There's a program that's supposed to take multiple versions of a file and, using the blocks in common, come up with an accurate file. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
