Hi everibody! I'm new here and I'm looking for some help with a DVD (disc) problem. The problem is: I've a DVD recorder and I've been recording a TV program, but when I was chabgibg the name to the episodes the DVD has frozen and I couldn't see or change aything. After this I eject the disc and I've cleaned it with alchool and I saw there was a little scratch, and it was this little scratch that didn't allow mw to see the program I've record. So my question is: is there any chance to recover the files from the DVD to my computer or anything like that. Thanks. P.S. If you want pictures or a video for you to understand just say it. P.S.2 Sorry for my english and I hope i'm in the right section and I'll be active in the forums after someone help me.
Did you try finalizing it? That's the best approach. I understand that ISOBuster might be able to recover the data. Supposedly a Pioneer drive is especially good at this. Haven't done this myself yet so I cannot say from my own experience, only things I've read around the 'net. Finally, if that doesn't work, you can also try playing it in the DVD recorder and copying it to VHS or another DVD recorder. Good luck!
Thanks. But my problem is: the recorder just don't read the DVD and I can't play it anywhere because the DVD is not finalized and I can't finalize it. I suppose that the disc must be finalized so I can use ISOBuster. Thanks again.
ISOBuster, supposedly, can read some unfinalized discs. I suspect that's a hit-or-miss affair. It's probably worth a try though. However, if the recorder itself doesn't read the disc, chances are the disc is damaged or was improperly recorded by the DVD recorder.
Ok, I've managed to save about 80% of the DVD, when I was using IsoBuster some red crosses (X) appear near the damaged files, so my new question is: is there any chance to recover the rest of it. And after I've saved a part of the DVD how do I record a new and not damaged DVD, just need to copy paste to a new one or what. Thanks
I think the x-ed out stuff is irrecoverable. Maybe sit on it a few days to see if somebody else knows a trick, but I do a lot of file recovery and can tell you that 80% recovery is pretty good without resorting to special, high-priced recovery tools. As for what you recovered, just check it over using Media Player Classic or something to be sure it's watchable - look at your VOB or VRO files. You can try importing the recovered video clips into Nero Vision if you have it. Hopefully, if the clips themselves are not massively corrupt, you'll get a decent burn. Otherwise, look into Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD edition and give that a shot.
