mwong.is Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) I was recording on LP4 on my minidisc and it was full after 130 or so tracks. I forgot that it was full and started to record new tracks. I don't know how it happened but suddenly track 34 became the compressed tracks of 34 to 130 totalling 157 minutes. The new tracks laid down after 34 became 35-44, 44 now being the new disc full point. Track 34 is playing and I can see the seconds tick by, but no audio is coming out. Tracks 1-33 and 35-44 are all playing as normal. Everything was recording in LP4What the hell is going on? What have I done? That 157 minutes has loads of music ideas that I need to get back.Please help... all input appreciatedPS - My minidisc is a Sony MZ G750 Edited March 26, 2009 by mwong.is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kino170878 Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Sounds like you've recorded over your material. There was a stupid 'end' button on earlier minidisc units which you had to press every time to make sure this didn't happen. The only way to get your audio back is to give it to a professional company who can restore the TOC (table of contents) to the state it was. Do not record anything else as the chances of recovery fall each time you record. I know of one company in the UK that has special software to do it, but they will charge you. Maybe TOC cloning can also give you results - look in the threads it's been mentioned before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwong.is Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Sounds like you've recorded over your material. There was a stupid 'end' button on earlier minidisc units which you had to press every time to make sure this didn't happen. The only way to get your audio back is to give it to a professional company who can restore the TOC (table of contents) to the state it was. Do not record anything else as the chances of recovery fall each time you record. I know of one company in the UK that has special software to do it, but they will charge you. Maybe TOC cloning can also give you results - look in the threads it's been mentioned before.Thanks a million for that. Could you give me the name of the UK company who could help to restore the TOC please?In actual fact, the lost material seems to be there on track 34 as it will play for the full 157 minutes, just that no audio sounds can be heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mwong.is Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 http://www.esdl.co.uk/body/md_data_recovery/md_recovery.htmThanks for that, hopefully we can get the audio back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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