cybrgrey

Hi I have been trying since 2004 to find out how to recover an MD with family interviews that I accidentally erased but then did nothing, as I realised it was just the TOC that was erased. I got lots of "useful" tips from this site an others on how to record a full MD of nothing an fool the naughty MD into accepting that TOC, resulting in a single long audio file that you then add the track tags back to. Unfortunately this all required a full deck not just the walkman model I was operating with. Finally after contacting various national sound archives etc someone at a local community radio station (who did not use MDs) gave me a link to a UK company. http://www.esdl.co.uk/ who deal with the forensic recovery of MD data. They weren't cheap 75 GBPs but as the content was important to me I went ahead with it. Within the week I had the MD returned plus a CD of the material to boot. Thank you Tim at Electronic Design Laboratory (sounds like an ad but it isn't, I am just very very happy about regaining some important family files) I hope this helps someone suffering the same frustration. cheers Craig

Hi, I am trying to find some assistance to salvage a MD that had some interviews with an aging grandfather on them. I have not done anything to the MD since making the initial sad error. I have researched the TOC cloning technique but since my Sony is only a walkman MZ N707 not a full deck I am unable to perform this trick. I have even created the blank MD with new TOC in the hope that I could clone it but alas I don't have the hardware. I am happy to pay for this service as it has great significant to my children. Can you advise me on where I might obtain such a service? Thank in anticipation Craig Bryant Canberra Australia email cybrgrey@iinet.com.au

OK BJ, I think you're right. I tracked down a Sony deck, but it didn't support LP4 which my MD was recorded in.... so I'm putting the erased MD and the new TOC MD aside till I find the right deck... I'm sure one will turn up sometime. The info gleaned on this site has been invaluable though... thanks

Now I've tracked down someone with a Sony deck... the saga continures... but hopefully now ........ :smile:

I spoke to someone in the Sony technical area who said that you can't clone on the MZN707 you need a deck .... but I'm not sure whether that was just a convenient answer or the truth. I also spoke to a technician in a certified Sony repair business - he didn't know about the cloning process :-) so I referred him to some articles that I got off this list. I'm still persisting with covering things in the disk carriage to see if I strike the right spot :-) bit hit and miss but I am a man afterall.

Thanks for that advice... a Deck eh? its not really in my vocabulary. But I will try a few changes and watch my my n707 does ie when it saves the TOC. From the various things I'd read I was starting to feel a bit confident that once I mastered the "fool the player" while I changed MDs it would all be ok :-) life wasn't meant to be easy....maybe. But I appreciate your affirmation that I am not a total idiot cause I deleted an irreplaceable MD rather than one I have the CD of :-)

Hi, A couple of references from another thread http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=4313 http://www.minidisc.org/cloning_procedure.html http://www.minidisc.org/ms701_cloning.html It looks like it should work, but am still working on the mechanical issue of fooling my MZ N707 into letting me swap disks. Good luck

Hi, Have the above model, lost a valuable MD cause I hit erase all not erase track... yeah stupid I know. Have read the info on the group about cloning the TOC onto new clean disk witha single, same formay trac. But I need to know how to manipulate the MD player so I can swap the clean new TOC MD to the old erased but valuable MD. How do I stop it turning off and male sure the TOC in memory is there to write to the older valuable disk? Thanks

Trying to do that cloning the TOC trick to regain a valued MD, is there some trick to fooling the unit when you swap MDs, it shuts down when I hit the open button?

so far so good... well I have the cloned TOC disk ready, (an LP4 disk of white noise is a big job!) but how do I fool the MZ N707 Type -R into letting me swap disks after I have loaded the source disk? It turns off as soon as I touch the "open" button?

Hey that's great, I have a MZ N707 and accidently erased all instead of the track, so I am keen to try reconstructing the TOC to try and recoup my losses. The article on cloning the TOC looks very interesting and worth a go. It seems a little old but I am hoping the same technique will work on my model. thanks