This thing is making me go crazy...

I have a DVD (data disk) that I wrote about 9 months ago and I verified the
recording...
the DVD had original books and stories that we wrote. Now when we place the
DVD inside its not working at all! the surface has no scratch at all... I
have tried 3 DVD readers but all of them fail...

I have only been able to use ISOBUSTER to see that the DVD has a track 1
(this is of course natural) but I cannot extract the data...
its as if some energy or heat was applied to the DVD and all the data was
erased from the surface.... But if this was so.. wouldn't the other DVD and
cd's next to it suffer the same fate? Another backup we had was on a cd rom.
This too cannot be read! All the computers say that there is no disk ! After
close inspection I see a very small dot of the shiny surface of the disk
(the top side of the disk) that is missing and it is in the inner part of
the disk..closer to the hole, where the data starts.
I have tried various programs even booting into KNOPPIX hoping that with
Linux I could read the disks.. but with no luck... this one just cant be
seen as a disk at all! All the info I have seen on Google is about
recovering disks with scratches on the transparent side of the disk.. but my
DVD has no scratches and the cd has that small defect on the shiny side!

This is Murphy's law at work at its greatest... these disk that were so
important
were destroyed while other trash cds in the same box work fine!!!

Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks...

What brand is the media?
What is the nature of files that can't be read, & what progie was used to
burn them?
Regards.
--
I apologize about my command on English, am a newbie & it is my first
experience in a newsgroup!

Ivanov



"kenny" wrote:

> This thing is making me go crazy...
>
> I have a DVD (data disk) that I wrote about 9 months ago and I verified the
> recording...
> the DVD had original books and stories that we wrote. Now when we place the
> DVD inside its not working at all! the surface has no scratch at all... I
> have tried 3 DVD readers but all of them fail...
>
> I have only been able to use ISOBUSTER to see that the DVD has a track 1
> (this is of course natural) but I cannot extract the data...
> its as if some energy or heat was applied to the DVD and all the data was
> erased from the surface.... But if this was so.. wouldn't the other DVD and
> cd's next to it suffer the same fate? Another backup we had was on a cd rom.
> This too cannot be read! All the computers say that there is no disk ! After
> close inspection I see a very small dot of the shiny surface of the disk
> (the top side of the disk) that is missing and it is in the inner part of
> the disk..closer to the hole, where the data starts.
> I have tried various programs even booting into KNOPPIX hoping that with
> Linux I could read the disks.. but with no luck... this one just cant be
> seen as a disk at all! All the info I have seen on Google is about
> recovering disks with scratches on the transparent side of the disk.. but my
> DVD has no scratches and the cd has that small defect on the shiny side!
>
> This is Murphy's law at work at its greatest... these disk that were so
> important
> were destroyed while other trash cds in the same box work fine!!!
>
> Does anyone have any advice?
>
> Thanks...
>
>
>
>

Did you try the trial from Ontrack:
http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoverydatarecovery/
Michael
"kenny" <nope@at.all> wrote in message
news:OLI5$GV9FHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> This thing is making me go crazy...
>
> I have a DVD (data disk) that I wrote about 9 months ago and I verified
> the
> recording...
> the DVD had original books and stories that we wrote. Now when we place
> the
> DVD inside its not working at all! the surface has no scratch at all... I
> have tried 3 DVD readers but all of them fail...
>
> I have only been able to use ISOBUSTER to see that the DVD has a track 1
> (this is of course natural) but I cannot extract the data...
> its as if some energy or heat was applied to the DVD and all the data was
> erased from the surface.... But if this was so.. wouldn't the other DVD
> and
> cd's next to it suffer the same fate? Another backup we had was on a cd
> rom.
> This too cannot be read! All the computers say that there is no disk !
> After
> close inspection I see a very small dot of the shiny surface of the disk
> (the top side of the disk) that is missing and it is in the inner part of
> the disk..closer to the hole, where the data starts.
> I have tried various programs even booting into KNOPPIX hoping that with
> Linux I could read the disks.. but with no luck... this one just cant be
> seen as a disk at all! All the info I have seen on Google is about
> recovering disks with scratches on the transparent side of the disk.. but
> my
> DVD has no scratches and the cd has that small defect on the shiny side!
>
> This is Murphy's law at work at its greatest... these disk that were so
> important
> were destroyed while other trash cds in the same box work fine!!!
>
> Does anyone have any advice?
>
> Thanks...
>
>
>