WTF is wrong with my files? DVD-R question - am I hosed?

[Ns1]

Can someone smarter than me tell me wtf is going on?

I have a 4gb dvd of which 2gb is available

yet when I go to the files, there's 60 that are 7mb each and then 600+ that's listed as 4gb a pop. Are these files all corrupted? Am I screwed?

 

[Fenixgoon]

1) copy wanted/needed files to HDD, burn new DVD

or

2) copy wanted/needed files to HDD, write to current DVD and see what happens.

 

[Sephire]

?disc rot

 

[Ns1]

1) copy wanted/needed files to HDD, burn new DVD

or

2) copy wanted/needed files to HDD, write to current DVD and see what happens.

Unfortunately the disc was given to me by someone else and it is unknown if the original source files still exist. when I drag the files from the DVD-R onto my computer, they are still 4gb and un-viewable.

?disc rot

fairly new disc, seems unlikely?

 

[Nograts]

TIL: You can have a 4 gig jpeg file. :thumbsup:

 

[BarkingGhostar]

404 Orgasm not found.

 

[MaStErGeEk420]

I'd probably think who ever burnt the files to the disk didn't do it right.

 

[hhhd1]

try opening the files with HxDen to see if they actually contains something

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yeah, that looks like a bad directory/table on the disk. Rip it to an ISO and run some data recovery tools on it; see if you can extract the files that way.

...

Why is the only copy of your data on a burned DVD?

 

[Ns1]

Yeah, that looks like a bad directory/table on the disk. Rip it to an ISO and run some data recovery tools on it; see if you can extract the files that way.

...

Why is the only copy of your data on a burned DVD?

Any suggestions for data recovery tools?

It was a disc given to me by a friend, of files that were on his camera.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Any suggestions for data recovery tools?

It was a disc given to me by a friend, of files that were on his camera.

I've used GetDataBack on Windows, ProSoft Data Rescue on MacOS. Any utility that ignores the directory tree and actually scans the disk sector by sector will probably do the job.

You shouldn't be afraid to try a few, some might work better than others in specific circumstances. It's a little voodoo-ey.

 

[Ns1]

I've used GetDataBack on Windows, ProSoft Data Rescue on MacOS. Any utility that ignores the directory tree and actually scans the disk sector by sector will probably do the job.

You shouldn't be afraid to try a few, some might work better than others in specific circumstances. It's a little voodoo-ey.

much appreciated; I'll try both.

 

[Ns1]

Does it mean anything that the DVD-R won't even load properly on my mac? On PC it shows the weirdness above, on Mac it just shows up as a blank disk...

Recovery tools going now...

 

[silicon]

Does it mean anything that the DVD-R won't even load properly on my mac? On PC it shows the weirdness above, on Mac it just shows up as a blank disk...

Recovery tools going now...

there is a recovery tool called testdisk. Just google this and install, its designed for job you are doing.

 

[Ns1]

there is a recovery tool called testdisk. Just google this and install, its designed for job you are doing.

ty. free to boot.

the diagnostic program I dl'ed last night is still running today

 

[dave_the_nerd]

it'll take a long time if you're running it straight on the disk - better to rip the disk to your computer first using dd or something and run recovery on that.

 

[Phynaz]

TOC is corrupt, you're probably hosed.

 

[Ns1]

TOC is corrupt, you're probably hosed.

:cries: