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recover overwritten mini-Disk

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Buschbanker

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Dear Members,

 

I have a big Problem. Please help.

 

I recorded several Interviews on my 10 year old mini-disk player. Now I did obviously overwrite one of them.

 

Is there any chance to recover, whats underneath?

 

It would be great, to get a positive answer. I cant do the Interview again.

 

Thanks a lot

 

Johannes

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If the overwritten track duration was longer than the new track written over it, then TOC cloning may restore the end of the original track. For example if the original track was 10mn long, and you have overwritten it with a 7mn long new track, then TOC cloning may give you access to the last 3mn of the original track. The first 7mn of the original track cannot be recovered.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Sorry to split hairs but I would prefer to un-confuse OP, Jimma. The DISK never gets erased. However if you erased the Table Of Contents (TOC) so that recorders/decks say "Blank Disk" when you insert it, you should be ok, which is what Jimma is saying.

 

However you guys missed something. We need to know the model number of the MD machine. Chances are it's "legacy" MD, rather than Hi-MD. If the latter, only big bucks to Sony will get the data back, and maybe not even then.

 

Stephen

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