OT: Data recovery from incomplete CD

[stephen barncard]

I think she's talking about a data disc that didn't get finalized

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Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://barncard.com


2009/6/22 Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>

> >From what you describe, it sounds like the CD (we're talking standard data
> compact disc here yes?) is scratched or otherwise damaged in some way,
> which
> has nothing to do with the loss of your hard drive.  If this is the case,
> and you find no other options, as a last resort you might try getting a
> disc
> scratch remover, ie SkipDoctor or similar.  The consumer products seem to
> get low user approval, but I've used one of these on some badly scratched
> movie CDs and it seemed to work.  Alternately, you could use a commercial
> resurfacing service, ie http://www.directpage.com/index.php?cPath=71(never
> used them, seems cheap) but again, only as last resort.
>
> If you're talking about a different kind of media, then never mind :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design