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To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: [FOT] Problem with reading Hallett mini-disk CD
From: Guyots3@wmconnect.com
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:39:30 EDT
In a message dated 4/15/2006 3:35:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
owner-fot-digest@autox.team.net writes:

> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:19:25 -0400
> From: "spitfiresuz@141.com" <spitfiresuz@141.com>
> Subject: [FOT] Problem with reading Hallett mini-disk CD
>
> Hey everyone!
>
> Is anyone out there a computer-info recovery specialist?  Our camera (Sony
> Mavica MVC-CD400) records to a mini-disk CD.  When I opened the camera at
> Hallett to change disks, the disk I took most of the Hallett shots on had
> several wierd scrapes on it at the outer edge where it flaked the disk
> coating off.  The camera recorded everything just fine and then gave me a
> disk error on the last pic I took.  Brad and I have not been able to read
> it in any of our machines or the camera.  I know CDs record from the center
> out and this is on the outer edge, but I guess the CD laser reads from the
> outside in as it spins up or something.
>
> I have not been able to put up the Hallett Web site yet due to this.   :(
>
> Does anyone out there have the hardware/software/knowledge to save this
> data so we don't have to send it off to a recovery company?  I would hope
> there is a way to force the reader to read a certain portion of the disk,
> but really don't know anything about that kind of stuff.
>
> Thanks for any help!!!
>
> Susan    :)

Hey Susan,

When you put the mini-disc back in the camera, can you view any of the
pictuers on the cameras screen/viewfinder etc?

ie: can the camera itself read the disc?

If yes, and if the camera has a mini-USB type cable ouput, then it may be
possible for you to transfer photos from the camera to a PC?

Knowing Sony products, (great engineers, of technology, proprietary cables,
batteries, software etc, but terrible when it comes to standardising anything
with anyone else ever!)

If not, then it may be difficult, unless you can get hold of one of those
sony mini-DVD cam-corders, which 'may' be able to read the disc and I believe
has
such a mini-USB type connector on it, (you should be able to get the mini-USB
cables directly from Sony, but orobably not anywhere else!)

Best Regards

Lion

(so my Mavica is so old, (1998), it still uses floppy discs!)



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