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About 10 or 11 years ago, I bought a DVD entitled "Nine Lives - the Story of the Catboat" from the Catboat Assn. I watched it several times, and since then (at least 8 or 9 years) it's been sitting on a bookshelf. The other day I was going to watch it. I put in the DVD player, pressed play, and....nothing. The little window on the player said "No Disc" ! I tried in on my PC and the same. Since then I've tried it on several other PC's, DVD players - all the same- "No Disk". As far as I know, it's never been exposed to any electromagnet fields, X-rays, etc.. etc. Anyone have an idea as to what has happened, and more importantly, can it be repaired?
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Re: Any DVD experts here?
DVDs read from the inside out. The opening information is region, format, file location, etc. Any damage to the tracks near the hole?
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Re: Any DVD experts here?
I've been reading about DVDs having a higher failure rate than CDs. Given the volume issues, I'm looking for a better archival material and I don't know what it is."Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world." - Bono
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho MarxComment
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Re: Any DVD experts here?
I do agree with this. I am fond of external drives that plug in via USB ports. I have large volumes of data at work.Originally posted by Donn
I've heard that memory sticks have a high failure rate."Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world." - Bono
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho MarxComment
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Re: Any DVD experts here?
One very good option is a USB drive dock. It allows you to easily swap in and out drives that can be then taken off site.
Allan of the Grove
"never send a ferret to do a weasel's job.."Comment
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Re: Any DVD experts here?
was the the dvd in a sunny room or a place that had variable temperatures?
nearly 10 years ago, the majority of my remaster works i wisely put one DVD I had shot including Star Wars, Titanic, Ed TV and dozens of broadcast, commercials and industrial projects were erased because i didn't close the shades in my office and went on a vacation for a week in the hot summer. I was devastated. I learned then that nothing is safe.
BTW - if you rip a DVD and save it, it could be a violation of copyright.Without friends none of this is possible.Comment
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