[leachim]

Hi

I have an AVI file saved on CD.

Because I wrote on the non data side with permanent marker 3 years ago, hairline marks have appeared on the data side where the writing is.

Obviously there are some corrupt sectors. I have tried ISO Buster, but the file it produces is not readable with Pinnacle Studio. Although Power DVD will play some of it ?

Is there a method to recover this file so I can read it again with Pinnacle Studio ?

Thanks

[Elvandil]

Short of buying a program that specifically tries to recover data from CD's by slow reading and re-reading of the sectors, about all you can do is to copy the file to your desktop using the slowest read speed that you can (if even copiable) and then run DivFix on it. Or, you could try running DivFix and having it save the repaired copy to the desktop.

http://divfix.maxeline.com/divfix.html

Waht kind of file did you make with ISO Buster? Why does it need to be read by Pinnacle Studio? (Not sure what you were trying to do here.) ISO Buster (full version) CDCheck, CDRoller, or any of many recovery programs should be able to extract any readable data from the CD and then produce an avi file. But the index will no doubt be damaged and DivFix will remove the old and rebuild it.

[leachim]

Originally Posted by Elvandil

Short of buying a program that specifically tries to recover data from CD's by slow reading and re-reading of the sectors, about all you can do is to copy the file to your desktop using the slowest read speed that you can (if even copiable) and then run DivFix on it. Or, you could try running DivFix and having it save the repaired copy to the desktop.

http://divfix.maxeline.com/divfix.html

Waht kind of file did you make with ISO Buster? Why does it need to be read by Pinnacle Studio? (Not sure what you were trying to do here.) ISO Buster (full version) CDCheck, CDRoller, or any of many recovery programs should be able to extract any readable data from the CD and then produce an avi file. But the index will no doubt be damaged and DivFix will remove the old and rebuild it.

Hi

It wouldn't copy to desktop because of a cyclic redundancy check - am not sure how to do a slow copy....

divfix came up with the error "I/O error 23" when trying to error check from the CD.

I wanted to read it with Pinnacle Studio 8 as this is a video editing programme.

Are you saying that the AVI file that ISOBuster produced, I should run divfix on this one and it may rebuild the index ?

Many thanks

[Elvandil]

If ISOBuster made a file with an actual avi ending, make a copy of the file so you can work with that in case something actually gets worse () and run DivFix on the copy. Strip the index and then rebuild it. DivFix acn also repair some other minor types of errors, too. You may get a video that at least works, even if there are skips or jumps in the places where data is missing. Then you can try to edit it into some acceptable form.