Recover data from "bad" DVD - is it possible ???

[Xaleandr]

Hello,

Is it possible to recover data from the "bad" DVD (created with k3b, iso9660) ???

Attempts to mount/open the DVD give (after a long time)

i/o error:
hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
[attempted tools: "mount /dev/hdc", "cat /dev/hdc >temp.iso", "dd if=/dev/hdc of=Temp.iso"]

The problem is with one particular disk.
The DVD is new ( no visible scratches/fingerprints etc. )
created on Dec. 31, 2006 as one of the backup disks (all the other disks read normally)


I also tried WinXP, but no result !!!
Windows tools (BadCopy Pro) could not read the data

Any ideas ?????
Thanks in advance !!!

[Roxoff]

Are you trying to read it from the same DVD drive it was created with? If you are, I can only suggest that you try to read it from other DVD drives to see if you can get the data off it that way. If you find a reader that works, maybe you could create an .iso image of it and pass that across to the machine that needs it (you can mount iso images as a filesystem).

[truoc444]

i've been successful a couple of times by making a copy of the disc on a different machine and then extracting data from the copy.

[Xaleandr]

Are you trying to read it from the same DVD drive it was created with? If you are, I can only suggest that you try to read it from other DVD drives to see if you can get the data off it that way. If you find a reader that works, maybe you could create an .iso image of it and pass that across to the machine that needs it (you can mount iso images as a filesystem).

Unfortunately NO.
I tried with 3 different drives on three different machines, under Linux and under Windows-nothing helps