Backing up a scratched DVD

aaf · 31-05-2004 8:53am #1

This is a similar thread to the one about cd errors only it's happening when I'm trying to backup a DVD. I'm trying to use DVDDecrypter to backup 'Lost In Translation'. I've noticed 3 dots/scratches on the DVD surface. It took about 2 hours to get to 47% of writing an image of the DVD to my HD last night but I gave up and went to bed. Every 2 mins, I'd get an error and the option to 'Abort, Retry or ignore' so I always chose 'Retry' and after pressing that a few times, it would start reading the DVD again but this happened alot. It's a DVD I really want to backup. Any suggestions?

seamus · 31-05-2004 9:06am

There are polishers/buffers you can get to restore the quality of the surface of CDs/DVDs. That may be of use to you.

Is this the only DVD it happens with? Try rip a known good DVD to verify your player isn't fecked.

aaf · 31-05-2004 9:14am

My DVDRW is not fecked. NEC 2500A bought about 3 months ago. Have backed up a few DVD's in the last 2 weeks. It's the DVD that's causing the problems with it's scratches. Will try a lint free cloth on it tonight. Any programs that can help me out?

TinCool · 31-05-2004 9:27am

Rent it out from Xtra Vision and "back" that copy up. If anyone asks you already own the original..... sorted.

whosurpaddy · 31-05-2004 9:42am

if you do a lot of discs you could try one of those "disc wizard" things from dixons that supposedly repairs scratches in discs. havent tried em myself.

redhat_newbie · 31-05-2004 10:01am

Hope this would help you !

http://vso.nerim.net/BlindWrite5_setup.exe

Blindwrite, BlindWrite extracts all the characteristics of your media to your harddrive to reproduce a working copy of your media. It allows you to protect your investments against damage caused by children, scratches or by frequent use. Your personal CD or DVD backups can even be run directly from your computer using a virtual drive (i.e. Daemon Tools ). Blindwrite supports a large number of formats and is regularly updated to support the latest technology. Combined with CopyToCD/DVD , it is a complete set of software for all your backup needs: data files, 1:1 CD/DVD backups, audio CDs from music files and DVD movies

cheers,

Civilian_Target · 31-05-2004 10:03am

The NEC 2500A doesn't exactly have a wealth of ripping features, To stop it annoying you, go to settings->I/O and tick "Ignore read errors"

Can't guarantee that the final product will work though...

aaf · 31-05-2004 10:33am

Originally posted by Civilian_Target
The NEC 2500A doesn't exactly have a wealth of ripping features, To stop it annoying you, go to settings->I/O and tick "Ignore read errors"

Can't guarantee that the final product will work though...

Will try that. There's also an option in DVDDecrypter in the general settings to 'detect mastering errors' so I'll tick that and see what happens

Hope this would help you !

Will try that if I can't get DVDDecrypter or DVD Shrink to do it.

Rent it out from Xtra Vision and "back" that copy up. If anyone asks you already own the original..... sorted.

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Backing up a scratched DVD

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