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I have a bunch of photos on a DVD which now has a crack that is about one inch long starting from the centre hole. Is there any way I can recover these photos? I have tried scotchtaping the label side and pressing this firmly, but I can't read any data having tried 3 different PCs.

Jay.0
2012-02-04 11:28:00
Just copy the photos that are readable, and try it on different computer, sometimes it works.
Mike
2012-02-03 17:43:00
If I recall correctly the very first "rings" contain media, manufacturer and format information. If this is unreadable e.g. because of the scratch the entire DVD is unreadable.
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Ed
2012-02-03 11:37:00
No possible way if the crack starts from the center hole since optical drives start reading from inside to outside track.
James Bruce
2012-02-03 10:28:00
...no