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using a sharpie to bring unreadable cd-rs to life
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dakiller
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24. January 2004 @ 09:34 |
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hi folks I first want to compliment this forum and there moderators; a very useful and friendly source of info!!
here is my question:
I had read somewhere that if you trace a black magic marker around the thin edge of an unreadable cdr
it may become usable, I thought it was a joke to make me feel foolish after i had done it; but i have found that every time i do this when nero refuses a disk it works!
so the question is why the hell does this work????
i can't wrap my head around it
THX
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and ignorance to fail
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Shoey
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24. January 2004 @ 14:03 |
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Quote:
hi folks I first want to compliment this forum and there moderators; a very useful and friendly source of info!!
here is my question:
I had read somewhere that if you trace a black magic marker around the thin edge of an unreadable cdr
it may become usable, I thought it was a joke to make me feel foolish after i had done it; but i have found that every time i do this when nero refuses a disk it works!
so the question is why the hell does this work????
i can't wrap my head around it.
In all honesty I've never tried this method to get a cd-r that has CR errors (bad sectors). Another method I've used with great success is taking an unreadable cd-r and use CloneCD and use these settings to read the image to the hd.
Read settings:
1)Regenerate data sectors enabled
2) Read sub-q channel data& audio at 1x
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Write settings:
1) Always close last session
2) Write RAO-DAO at 4x
Shoey :)
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drchips
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24. January 2004 @ 14:11 |
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Hmmm,
I am intrigued..Quote:
if you trace a black magic marker around the thin edge of an unreadable cdr
it may become usable
that implies a CD-R that has already been written to.Quote:
every time i do this when Nero refuses a disk it works!
that implies it is a blank disk that is yet to be written, why else use Nero?
So which is it?Quote:
around the thin edge
where exactly on the disk?
How thick a line?
Have Fun...
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dakiller
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24. January 2004 @ 20:37 |
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hi folks thanks for your replies
from your answers, I see i was not clear:
I mean that ocasionally when I try to burn a blank CDR Nero will reject it as bad media or not see it at all, in that case i take a marker and on the thin edge (the outside edge)not the top or the face;
completely cover it.
after this th cd is recocnized,
i have had it work on cds that were previously burnt as well, but the blanks always seem to work
I still wonder why??
it makes no sense to me lol
it takes dedication to learn
and ignorance to fail
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drchips
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25. January 2004 @ 01:10 |
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Ah,
That will be worth a try sometime, if I ever get an unreadable disk.
I have put a note in my "to be investigated" file.
Cheers.
Have Fun...
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25. January 2004 @ 03:45 |
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Just noticed that I have been made up from junior member to member. I thought I would catch you up, but GODDAMMIT, you're a senior member now. I think I should also be senior too!! Ho hum, lots more posts to write, more ridiculous discussions to contrive!
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dakiller
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25. January 2004 @ 04:20 |
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Shoey
Dr chips
A pleasure to meet you!!
pulsar you too however I don't have the slightest clue as to what you are refering to...
so I must be mad as noone seems to have heard of this,
but honestly it works,mebbe someday someone will find out and reply
until that day THE MYSTERY CONTINUES......
and i will continue to ponder lol
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and ignorance to fail
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AfterDawn Addict
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25. January 2004 @ 04:54 |
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That's the point!
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dakiller
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25. January 2004 @ 04:59 |
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pulsar what's the point
are you perhaps calling me clueless hmmm lol
oh well to each there own
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AfterDawn Addict
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25. January 2004 @ 04:59 |
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With the price of cd media as it is, is it really worth bothering about? Dvdx rescue is a good program to recover damaged discs. It does have it's limitations though!
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25. January 2004 @ 05:02 |
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The point I was making was that you were not supposed to understand what I was on about. Drchips & I have a very special & understanding relationship! Screaming off at a tangent is my speciality!
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dakiller
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25. January 2004 @ 05:03 |
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very true but you miss the point
WHY DOES IT WORK?
and sometimes you need to burn only have a disk or two on hand that Nero refuses to see
then this is handy
it takes dedication to learn
and ignorance to fail
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AfterDawn Addict
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25. January 2004 @ 05:06 |
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Previous posts, of which there are numerous, stand as testimony to the bizzare way in which my brain functions. PS I would never accuse anybody of being "clueless", that would be terribly rude & show a great deal of ignorance on my part. We only aim to inform & entertain!
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dakiller
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25. January 2004 @ 05:11 |
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LOL pulsar OIC
glad to meet you
now do you know...
WHY IT WORKS???
it is drivin me nuts searched every damn place I can think of am I a lone voice in the wilderness
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and ignorance to fail
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AfterDawn Addict
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25. January 2004 @ 05:13 |
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No clue as to why this would work, I have discovered that burning dvds & cds is indeed a strange & often frustrating pastime. I just accept that somethings work & others not. I guess all those lines of coding do not suit all of the systems all of the time. This phenomena can be annoying but I have learnt that you can overcome most problems due to the incredibly diverse nature of PCs. This is what makes the challenge of burning!
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17. February 2004 @ 09:59 |
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I heard that a line made by black magic marker on the inside ring of the disk, was used to circumvent a certain protection on a securom type protected disk, by doing this wipes a prewritten instruction or information on the disk leaving it open to access.
how true it is? I dont know. I do know that when I tried it it made the disk unusable, good luck.
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