[plug] Getting data off a damaged DVD

[Andrew Furey]

On 6/30/06, Tomasz Grzegurzko <tomasz89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can try putting it in the freezer for a while, then when it's
> still cold (but not wet) try reading it again. Works for me
> (sometimes) to recover hard to reach data =)

Isn't that mainly for hard drives, due to overheating mechanical
components? (In saying that, I've never [succesfully] done it for
either...).

Senectus, look into dd_rescue... works wonders for me.

Andrew

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