messed-up discs..

[deepcycle]

hello,

I started on Hi-MD last otober, and since then have a disc which evokes "disc error" - the only option presented

is to reformat, but I do not want to lose a lot of live recording on there;

further to this, last friday a disc i was listening to a lot, also including live recording + photos, - just as i finished addinfg some more photos, when next i tried to play gave a "cannot record or play" message, and has done so ever since.

-however, this 2nd one atleast seems to be read by the pc when connected; if possible I would atleast download it to a pc, but then again should I hold off till I can get SonicStage 3.4??

in general, is there any way of retrieviving data from a HI-MD when it acts like these 2 above?

thanx very much.. I'm wondering why this may happen; it's shredding the confidence I had in this new MD just as I was coming to rely on it, as I am travelling around a lot [but if anyone is wondering, the discs etc are well looked after].

- and I guess others may have experienced this?

-Deep.

[dex Otaku]

To the best of my knowledge, there's no way of recovering the lost information on your discs.

You might try using some commercial data-recovery programs on the discs themselves .. but in all honesty, your data is probably just lost.

You could also try contacting Sony to see what potential solutions they can suggest.

Sorry for your loss, in any case. Perhaps the lesson here is that backups are a good thing.

[Jacques]

Or you could try the ProMD route, albeit not 1GB.

Features:

• Block error rates 10 times lower than consumer media

• Lubricating agent gives optimum contact with recording head

• Durable shell and foil shutter assembly

• Secure archival life in excess of 50 years

[deepcycle]

To the best of my knowledge, there's no way of recovering the lost information on your discs.

You might try using some commercial data-recovery programs on the discs themselves .. but in all honesty, your data is probably just lost.

You could also try contacting Sony to see what potential solutions they can suggest.

Sorry for your loss, in any case. Perhaps the lesson here is that backups are a good thing.

[deepcycle]

thanx for replying, dex O and Jacques.. I only just discovered them..

-so am I like the only one who has suffered this?- or did i inadvertantly do something really dumb as i suspect i may have at the end whilst trying to load some more fotos on the 2nd disc.

I would back up but have been on the move since I bought the MD [in this too I would have preferred to be familiar but am not as technical as i should be; and the beneffits of doing with a handful of discs rather than the 20+ i always used to carry was very tempting, especially whilst cycling]

btw, this 2nd disc could be copied onto a pc, and back onto a clean disc, but even my technical friend in his 1st go at sonicstage could not get any functionality..

thanx again, Deep.