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Recover old 20 year old cds (zerobytes.monster)
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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Enzissimo on 2025-06-26 14:09:56.

Hello everyone.

I have about a hundred CDs that I would like to recover. Some are badly read and have problems in recovery.

I am using ddrescue, dvdisaster and testdisk in combination on a computer that has these two readers mounted:

  • Liteon dh16a6s

  • Pioneer bdr-207m

Some sectors, with dvdisaster, have problems.

So now I wonder:

  1. I have two other old readers (older) removed from an old PC. If I used them with an IDE converter could I have more luck? The readers in question are:

  • Toshiba Samsung SH-S162L/BEBN

  • Sony DRU-530A

  1. I am thinking of buying the Jfj Easy Pro. At that price is it the best to try to recover the data or could I find something better?

Thanks

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