No media (DVD) in drive ...

[Ho]

After finishing a DVD-rewritable with Pinnacle Instantcopy, the rewritable is not being recognized in the drive, neither in the standalone player. This problem was shown twice after copying the bonusDVD. Another copy from the main movie did succeed.

Does anyone have an idea why this happens? Is there a way (special software) to recover those rewritables, because reformatting or erasing data has no sence, since they're not in the drive; according to that drive.

DVD player/recordable: NEC 1300

Tnx,
Frank Ho

[burninfool]

IsoBuster(full version) can extract UDF.

[Ho]

IsoBuster(full version) can extract UDF.

I just installed the program. Did the DVD in the drive, but IsoBuster says: No media present.

Can you be little more specific about recovering rewritables? The program is brandnew for me.

Frank Ho

[cfitz]

I recently had a similar problem with a CD-RW that a (shield your eyes, aviationwiz) Plextor burner ruined. No drive could make any sense of it, no software could recognize it, and as a result there was no way to erase it and start over. I eventually recovered the disc by baking it in my oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees F.

I don't know if this will work on your DVD-RW disc, but if all else fails and you want to try something a little wacky, give it a go. Just be sure to be careful and use your best judgement. Support the disc by the inner hub area where there is no dye or data, make sure to preheat the oven so you don't expose the plastic to high heating temperatures, use a foil lined baking sheet to shield the disc from the heating elements so you don't get direct radiant heating and so that if something does go wrong you don't end up with melted DVD stuck to your oven, etc. Most importantly, don't get the disc so hot that it catches fire or emits noxious fumes.

cfitz

[dodecahedron]

... baking it in my oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees F.

was it tasty?

[Ho]

Cfitz said:

I eventually recovered the disc by baking it in my oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees F.

I did my very best to repeat your procedure, but it failed again. My whole house stinks and the residue is stuck in the oven. But there is still one DVD-rw left. Is there anyone who have a better idea?

Frank Ho

[cfitz]

... baking it in my oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees F.

was it tasty?

Optolicious!

cfitz

[cfitz]

Cfitz said:

I eventually recovered the disc by baking it in my oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees F.

I did my very best to repeat your procedure, but it failed again. My whole house stinks and the residue is stuck in the oven. But there is still one DVD-rw left. Is there anyone who have a better idea?

Frank Ho

I can't tell for certain whether or not you are serious. I suspect you are being dryly sarcastic and dismissing my suggestion as the stupid ravings of someone who has breathed in the fumes of one too many baked CDs. However, let me assure you my suggestion was perfectly serious and based on the physical principles upon which recordable CD and DVD media operate. Rewritable discs use a layer of phase change material whose optical properties vary according to the temperature to which it was heated and then subsequently cooled. Within your dive the laser does the heating. In my trick, the oven does the heating. You can read a little more here:

http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDe ... 97,00.html

Of course, I do still recommend my trick as a last resort. But if all else fails, what do you have to lose?

cfitz

[integspec]

@HO: Checkout this thread: (Maybe some help to you)
http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=13844

I eventually recovered the disc by baking it in my oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees F.
cfitz

Cfitz, ever tried for a job in CERN or Lawrence Livermore? They're all ears for new ideas