Re: HHB CDR-800 holding a disc hostage

On 22 Oct 2008 20:39:38 -0400, kludge@xxxxxxxxx (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

John Albert <j.albert@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dunno about the Mac world, but in PC-land there are ways to
get around the operating system's provincial view of the
mass storage volume. Clearly, if we are talking about a
volume with a damaged or missing TOC, then whatever means we
use to recover the un- indexed contents must go around the
OS'es simplistic handling of the volume. ]]

In the Mac world, it's even easier, because the whole disk device can be
viewed as a raw file which is mapped to the disk. So writing a program
in user space which goes poking around on the drive isn't all that hard.

Have you tried something called "Data Rescue", from Prosoft?
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/1133
and
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php

You can try DR in "test mode" to see if it will be able to
"see" the volume in question. If it DOES, the demo version
gives you the opportunity to recover ONE file. If that
works, it stands to reason that DR has a good chance of
recovering MORE files - at that point, you pay the fee for
the full version.

Yes, this is the kind of thing you're going to need to do, if you can
get anything at all. If you have a lot of money, you can try talking
to the guys at Ontrack Data Recovery, who are experts at hand-repair of
damaged filesystems.

The nice thing about the CD is that it really isn't an actual filesystem,
it's just bulk data. So you can start reading anywhere and stop reading
anywhere and as long as you read sequentially you will have some audio
data. The CD was designed to be played back with the simplest possible
combinational logic in the player, which is a big help when you need to
recover data from a bad one.

The Maestro. Clarity plus two possible solutions.


But ya know Scott, the other kids won't invite you to their birthday
parties if you answer too many questions in class, or don't fit in,
so try to play dumb a little bit Honey. You know your Mama only wants
the best for you. Me and Pa just don't want you to get the big head.



Otherwise, much thanks, as always,
Chris Hornbeck
.

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