Gregory's Server@mr_daemon hey! I have a similar situation with a badly damaged CD that I’d like to recover. What software did you use? Did you try any surface cleaning methods? Thaaaanks!
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  @cairobraga @fumoh no, just a piece of shit TTSTcorp USB dvd writer thats the price of a fancy sandwich. To be fair it's been great value for the cost. @mr_daemon @fumoh very interesting! I have a couple of CDs with a label side starting to flake. I thought that the data is there and flaking is permanent damage. Interesting to hear that its just a reflective layer. I will try the trick with a piece of clear tape. :) |
@fumoh A gentle cleaning + ddrescue in direct mode, multiple passes with the mapfile to keep track of which blocks were read vs not did most of the heavy lifting.
Piece of clear tape over a particularily damaged area on the label side that flaked the reflective material got it up to 99.99%, and after 3 days, I decided that was as good as it was gonna get.
I could have tried it in a different drive, too