[ale] ddrescue on cdrom

[charriglists at bellsouth.net (Calvin Harrigan)]

On 2/23/2012 3:47 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
>
> I ran into a similar problem over the weekend.  I've been cleaning out
> and have gone through about 100 CDs.  Most were backups I no longer
> needed.
>
> I saw this issue with any disk that was RW.  Ubuntu would not prompt me
> to burn to a blank disc nor would it mount it.
>
> I also ran into a problem where I had on DVD that I had issues reading.
> To fix that I put it into a much older USB extern DVD-RW drive.  I was
> able to read it just fine.
>
> I suggest you try an older drive.
>
> Chris
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+1
I was going to suggest trying another drive as well, an older drive 
might even be better.  I've noticed that my middle age drives, circa 
2005 or so tend to be better at reading less than pristine optical media.