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29-06-2009, 12:03 PM
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My wife moved the controls on her Camcorder before it finished buffering, and now it refuses to read the mini dvd R- disc and a message says it is a non recognizable format. The Camcorder works OK with a new disc. But we really need to rescue the damaged disc. Please help. THanks.
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29-06-2009, 9:41 PM
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Can you play the DVD in your computer?
Don't try it in your computer if you only have a slot-loading DVD drive. You need a tray-loading drive for mini-DVDs.
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30-06-2009, 8:34 AM
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Thanks Andrew, I will try it today and report. It is a tray DVD player.
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02-07-2009, 8:26 AM
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Andrew, I tried it several times. Nothing. Error message and also No disc message. Any other suggestions would be welcome.
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Is it possible to "finalize" the DVD in the camcorder? You may need to refer to the manual for instructions on how to do this - it's not a camcorder I'm familiar with.
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02-07-2009, 1:22 PM
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Yes, it is possible to finalize the disc on the camcorder.
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Okay - have you done that, and does it make any difference?
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I am reluctant to finalize it in case it makes it totally unrecoverable? What do you think?
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Originally Posted by GFK  I am reluctant to finalize it in case it makes it totally unrecoverable? What do you think? | Is it playable on the camcorder.? If not then you may have lost the footage anyhow
In such a case you may have nothing to lose by finalising it as you will not be wiping data off but it may be readabe on a PC and the data recoverable
Unfortunately this is a well known problem with Dics recorders ( Settop DVD players or camcorders)
I Imagne you could similarly " ruin" a disc whilst it is being recorded to on a PC if you were to have an unexpected power cut or interruption
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The other option would be to run some kind of data recovery software before you finalise the DVD in the camcorder, and see if that yields dividends. However, I have no experience of doing this myself, nor can I make any specific recommendations about recovery software (I have a Mac, not a PC).
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Originally Posted by A n d r e w The other option would be to run some kind of data recovery software before you finalise the DVD in the camcorder, and see if that yields dividends. However, I have no experience of doing this myself, nor can I make any specific recommendations about recovery software (I have a Mac, not a PC). | Good suggestion . 
Any PC software recovery title would be worth trying.
ISo buster is said to be rather good
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Many Thanks for all your excellent advice, which I have relayed to my wife. She has to take the decision so that I do not get blamed!  | |
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