Trashed 1gb Minidisc, Error In Atdata File?

[angusf]

Hi, if anyone can help me I would be extremely appreciative.

First, my specs : Windows XP sp2, Sonic Stage 3.0.0.13270, MZ-RH910 minidisc, Hi-SP mode.

Okay, while attempting to upload some live recordings of my own band (ie, I'm pretty sure that this is not a DRM issue or anything) I received an error, I forget the exact wording, but something about being unable to read a particular track.

I disconnected the minidisc from the computer and listened to the track. There was one place where the song went blank, the minidisc skipped ahead a few seconds, and then resumed playing.

I tried again to upload the track to my computer, and the same problem occured, this time I noticed that the conversion to .oma timed out 41% of the way through the track, corresponding exactly to the time when the blank sectors occured when I listened back to the track.

Thinking I was clever, I went back and listened to the track again, adding a track mark right before and right after the bad sectors, figuring that I could do this for any other bad sectors I encountered in my recording.

However, when I reconnected the minidisc to the computer and re-opened sonic stage, I got this error : "Cannot use this disc as an audio disc because it was initialized by a program other than Sonic Stage", followed by instructions on how to reformat my disc.

When I disconnected and tried to play the disc unattached to the computer, the minidisc display blinks : "CANNOT RECORD OR PLAY", followed by the question, "CREATE AUDIO FILE?"

Now, I can tell from opening up the E: drive that my ATDATA file is over 600MB long. So, clearly the data is still there. I tried to open this file in a Hex editor, but it bombs after about 500MB (I assume that this is where the problem track or sectors reside).

Anyhow, I apologize for this long post. I have not read anything which exactly describes this happening. All of the other discs work perfectly, so I don't think that it is a problem with needing to reinstall Sonic Stage or any DLLs or anything.

Again, If anyone has any idea how I can retreive all or at least most of this data I would be most grateful. The minidisc contains two weeks of live performances and it is a real drag to lose it.

More generally, is there a way to translate the HMA files to OMA without using Sonic Stage? I looked at MarcNet's .wav converter, but it assumes that the files are already in .oma format. Also, what causes bad sectors in the first place? This minidisc is only 2 weeks old! Is there a way to open up the file despite the bad sectors and perhaps replace them or stich together files from before and after the bad sectors?

I look forward to your help!!!

Thanks,

Angus

[EasyNT]

Hi, if anyone can help me I would be extremely appreciative.

First, my specs : Windows XP sp2, Sonic Stage 3.0.0.13270, MZ-RH910 minidisc, Hi-SP mode.

Okay, while attempting to upload some live recordings of my own band (ie, I'm pretty sure that this is not a DRM issue or anything) I received an error, I forget the exact wording, but something about being unable to read a particular track.

I disconnected the minidisc from the computer and listened to the track.  There was one place where the song went blank, the minidisc skipped ahead a few seconds, and then resumed playing.

I tried again to upload the track to my computer, and the same problem occured, this time I noticed that the conversion to .oma timed out 41% of the way through the track, corresponding exactly to the time when the blank sectors occured when I listened back to the track.

Thinking I was clever, I went back and listened to the track again, adding a track mark right before and right after the bad sectors, figuring that I could do this for any other bad sectors I encountered in my recording. 

However, when I reconnected the minidisc to the computer and re-opened sonic stage, I got this error : "Cannot use this disc as an audio disc because it was initialized by a program other than Sonic Stage", followed by instructions on how to reformat my disc.

When I disconnected and tried to play the disc unattached to the computer, the minidisc display blinks : "CANNOT RECORD OR PLAY", followed by the question, "CREATE AUDIO FILE?"

Now, I can tell from opening up the E: drive that my ATDATA file is over 600MB long.  So, clearly the data is still there.  I tried to open this file in a Hex editor, but it bombs after about 500MB (I assume that this is where the problem track or sectors reside).

Anyhow, I apologize for this long post.  I have not read anything which exactly describes this happening.  All of the other discs work perfectly, so I don't think that it is a problem with needing to reinstall Sonic Stage or any DLLs or anything. 

Again, If anyone has any idea how I can retreive all or at least most of this data I would be most grateful.  The minidisc contains two weeks of live performances and it is a real drag to lose it.

More generally, is there a way to translate the HMA files to OMA without using Sonic Stage?  I looked at MarcNet's .wav converter, but it assumes that the files are already in .oma format.  Also, what causes bad sectors in the first place?  This minidisc is only 2 weeks old!  Is there a way to open up the file despite the bad sectors and perhaps replace them or stich together files from before and after the bad sectors?

I look forward to your help!!!

Thanks,

Angus

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I have exactly the same issue with a MZ-NH900, my recrodings are absolutely crucial - were you able to fix your disc or did you get any further information on handling this kind of problem?

Thanks,

Juerg

[angusf]

Hi Juerg,

I never did find any help with this disc, and am still hoping that someone writes back with an answer.

Thankfully I haven't had the problem with any other discs.

Let me know if you find anything out.

Thanks,

Angus

I have exactly the same issue with a MZ-NH900, my recrodings are absolutely crucial - were you able to fix your disc or did you get any further information on handling this kind of problem?

Thanks,

Juerg

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[pbd]

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When I disconnected and tried to play the disc unattached to the computer, the minidisc display blinks : "CANNOT RECORD OR PLAY", followed by the question, "CREATE AUDIO FILE?"

Now, I can tell from opening up the E: drive that my ATDATA file is over 600MB long.  So, clearly the data is still there.  I tried to open this file in a Hex editor, but it bombs after about 500MB (I assume that this is where the problem track or sectors reside).

Anyhow, I apologize for this long post.  I have not read anything which exactly describes this happening.  All of the other discs work perfectly, so I don't think that it is a problem with needing to reinstall Sonic Stage or any DLLs or anything. 

Again, If anyone has any idea how I can retreive all or at least most of this data I would be most grateful.  The minidisc contains two weeks of live performances and it is a real drag to lose it.

More generally, is there a way to translate the HMA files to OMA without using Sonic Stage?  I looked at MarcNet's .wav converter, but it assumes that the files are already in .oma format.  Also, what causes bad sectors in the first place?  This minidisc is only 2 weeks old!  Is there a way to open up the file despite the bad sectors and perhaps replace them or stich together files from before and after the bad sectors?

I look forward to your help!!!

Thanks,

Angus

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i had a similar problem with my first recording,

i bought my rh910 few days ago,

i started to import mic recorded tracks in one time with ss3.0 (version that came up with 910) after errors, don't know what i did exactly. but when i disconnected, "CANNOT RECORD OR PLAY",

himdlister shows the entire content of the disk.

it's possible that an update to ss 3.2 gives my recording back??

Please help me

sorry for my not fluent english.

in italy school sucks!

[Aashish]

I also had the same problem with my mz-rh910.

I lost my valuable live recordings from My MZ-RH910. I recorded about 2 Hrs. audio on a standard 74 min. disc in Hi LP mode. today while transferring the tracks (60 tracks), after 2 tracks sonic stage gave an error messege "error tranferring tracks" and erased all the tracks from the md. I closed sonic stage and open Hi-MD Folder from My Computer and copied all data from it to my computer's hard disk. Then i removed the md from the unit and close the write protect tab. Now when i am trying to use that md sonic stage gives an error "Cannot use this disc as an audio disc because it was initialised by a program other than sonic stage....."

Is there any way to recover my recordings. These are very valuable live recordings for me.

I tried to transfer those Hi-md files to another blank md but could not recover anything. Does anyone know what to do with these files to recover audio from them.

Snapshot of these files are attached.

Aashish