Jordan Bradford Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I have a Maxell MD-74GD (74-minute Gold disc) that can't record anything once the disc reaches 14:30 minutes left (SP). Is there a way I can fix this, like formatting the disc instead of just erasing the TOC? If so, I have three recorders I can try this on:MZ-R700MZ-RH10 (Hi-MD)MDS-PC3 (a pretty old deck that connects to a PC and uses M-crew, some pretty old Sony software)I borrowed the Hi-MD recorder from a friend and had been using SonicStage when this problem occurred on a MD I was re-recording to remove 2-second gaps between songs. I'm recording in old-fashioned LP2 mode, since my two players aren't Hi-MD.Can SonicStage or M-crew reformat a disc? If I initialize the disc into HiMD mode and then back to MD, will that do an actual format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstyc Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Can SonicStage or M-crew reformat a disc? If I initialize the disc into HiMD mode and then back to MD, will that do an actual format?I don't know, but personally I wouldn't use the disc anymore (or not for anything that is of some importance to you).You also might want to try to format the disc from windows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Bradford Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I don't know, but personally I wouldn't use the disc anymore (or not for anything that is of some importance to you).You also might want to try to format the disc from windows...I initialized it to Hi-MD, quit SonicStage, went to Explorer and formatted the disc. Then I opened SonicStage, reinitialized it as Net MD and tried the recording again.It still got stuck at 14:30 left. So I guess this disc is damaged in some manner.Are there ways to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 What seems odd to me is that it's 14 minutes. 74-14 = 60. Could you have gotten a 60-minute disc labeled as a 74?As fishstyc suggests, I would discard it. You can get a new disc for under $2. You could even go wild and get an 80-minute disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Bradford Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 What seems odd to me is that it's 14 minutes. 74-14 = 60. Could you have gotten a 60-minute disc labeled as a 74?As fishstyc suggests, I would discard it. You can get a new disc for under $2. You could even go wild and get an 80-minute disc.No, this is a 74 minute disc that used to work. I was simply re-recording on top of it to remove two-second gaps between tracks that the old software M-crew always put in. (I really like that new MD recorders can connect via USB and do fast transfers in SonicStage).The MZ-RH10's screen displays a "DATA SAVE" progress indicator with two rows of boxes that disappear one by one. It gets stuck about halfway through that process and I have to unplug the cable to get SonicStage to respond. I then have to plug it back in to eject the disc because the recorder has locked the eject button and won't release it until SonicStage has control again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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