[stubzy]

Hi there
I have a collection of minidiscs which were recorded with a sony handycam a couple of years back. Now when I try playing them in a PC or dvd player some of them do not seem to be reading properly. There are a few which work fine aswell.
Since they are not originally mine I cannot tell you what software was used to finalise them, im guessing just the standard sony software that wouldve come with the handycam.
Now when I put them in the PC it will see the disc there but when I double click the dvd drive icon it will come up with please insert disc and open the dvd drive. However if I right click and click explore it will go into it but there is no folders or anything in there. When I right click and go to properties it comes up with the disc being completely full.
I dont have too much experience with minidiscs and such but know my way around a computer ok. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would really like to get this footage back

Thanks in advance
Cameron

[casper0191]

Well I think you should try check the connection of the Rom on the the mother board. Also see if reinstalling the drivers of th rom might help.

[stubzy]

Thanks for the response.
Sorry if I wasnt clear in my first post but the problem im having is with the discs, not the drive itself. I have about 10 of these minidiscs, 6 of them work fine in both pc's that I have tried and a dvd player but 4 of them do not work at all.
So as far as the dvd drive goes that is all fine, its just some of the discs which im having this problem with.

[casper0191]

So you wish to retrieve something on the mini disk? Well you might need to try it to other cd roms because it's either this problem you have.

1. the Cd/dvd rom can't support it.
2. The mini disk damaged which leads to unable to be read.

[stubzy]

Yes thats right, I want to get some video footage from the minidiscs.

Im sure that they are in the right format as I have other discs which have come from the same source, I even have a 2 sided disc that can be read on one side but not the other...
As far as I can tell they are not damaged in any way, The surfaces of the discs had a few fingerprints on them which I have rubbed off with a clean cloth. None of them have any scratches at all.

[casper0191]

Well have you tried to test it to other ROM?

[stubzy]

I have tried them in 3 different pcs and 2 dvd players...

[casper0191]

So it conclude that it's damaged maybe not physically but what it contains must be damaged. Are you Sure that the burning process was complete and correctly been done?