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Copying Hi-MD? Raw device?

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poorlyconditioned

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I'm wondering, is there a way to *safely* copy a HiMD.

I have an original mic-in recording that I don't want to risk losing it to SonicStage. Is there any way to make a copy of this disc?

I tried Windows Explorer, just making a copy of the files (HMDHIFI directory, and HI-MD.IND file) and moving them to a new (blank) drive. But this did not work. The unit beeps and gives the error: "CANNOT PLAY OR RECORD DISC".

Next I tried a raw read. I mounted the HiMD as a MSDOS/VFAT16 filesystem under Linux. Then I did a "raw read" of the whole media (300MB for a standard 80min disc). I used the following "dd" command under Linux:

# dd if=/dev/sda of=himdcopy

Then I tried to write a new disc,

# dd if=himdcopy of=/dev/sda

Well, I couldn't wait for it to finish. It took more than 15mins of grinding. It takes about 5 minutes to read (transfer rate approx 5Mbps), but write time is much much slower (approx 1Mbps)!

Anyway, if anyone has successfuly copied a disc this way, please let me know. I'm not sure I want to toture my unit this much...

Richard

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first, take a breath

I was in the same place you are a little while ago.

did you download the ss2.1 from this site? You will need the himd renderer program as well. From your post, I think you want to record from a hi-md either to another hi-md or a cd. (I would have to go back and read it again), both are easy to do, and the himd renderer has actually put my mind at ease. If you're worried, make a copy of your file (s) from within sonic stage, before you put the file through the renderer. once it has been converted to a .wav file, you can import it back into sonic stage and select where you wish to burn this file back to. IT is a lot of shuffling, but definately worth it in the end, when you hear how good it sounds.

I haven't tried this in linux yet, so I can't help you there...

hope this helps

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