What is the best way to create a backup of a disc with corrupted files as an iso file (the programs I have used would not finish backing up the disc due to the inability to read the disc)? Thanks In Advance, Defcon™
There is nothing that I know of that can "repair" a corrupted source file. A bit for bit backup of a corrupted disc would be another corrupted disc.
If it's just the disc surface causing it then a disc buffer should fix it,best bet is take it too a local vid hire store as their buffers use a finer buff wheel
In the past I have used this one.. but it's expensive http://www.naltech.com/ if the disk is badly damaged DO NOT try to recover as an iso.. because wha you burn will be just as corrupt and unusable as the original.. just recover whatever files it is possible to recover. http://club.cdfreaks.com/f3/dvd-data-rescue-189708/ very good chance of damaging your drive ..and a certainty of putting it into PIO mode.. Is the data actually worth anything?.. or is it just something you can go and download again.. it may take days and days to fail to recover anything.
It is not severly damaged, but it is damaged enough that the programs I have tried will not finish creating an image of the disk. It is a Video Game disk, and worth $50. Buying a replacement would be a last resort, and would like to avoid that option if at all possible.
Vendors ususally have a nominal replacement disk charge for damaged disks, usually much less than the cost of a replacement. If the disk has on-disk copy protection, you'll need more than an .iso maker.
