On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 20:21 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > On 11/28/06, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Is there some tool to recover data from damaged DVDs? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Is it scratched? Or what? What kind of damage? > > > > You might go by a place which sells video games for Play Stations > > and the like, and get a "CD polishing" or "DVD restorer" kit. I > > haven't used one. > > My DVDs do not look damaged or scratched, but I am always getting I/O > errors. Is there some way of circumventing those I/O errors? > > Paul > I would take a piece of cotton and some ethyl alcohol and clean the disk surface. That has always worked for me. I have an advantage in doing this isnce I am a diabetic so I have a supply of alcohol wipes you can get in your favorite drugstore. -- ======================================================================= Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
