[Gllug] How to manage scratched DVDs

[Rich Walker]

Chris Bell <chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk> writes:

>    I have seen someone cleaning a failed CD/DVD with a window cleaner spray
> to make it work again, and it did work.

Also ddrescue. (slightly intelligent reading of the device in question,
copes with failure well).

Do multiple ddrescue's (in a decent quality drive - I've seen some
really f' up with a crappy CD) then a bytewise voting merge. Worked For
Me to recover a scratched CD we had no other copy of :->

cheers, Rich.

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