XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.design   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:02:53 -0500, Jim Joyce   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:31:51 -0400, micky    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:30:28 -0400, micky   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>DVD can't be read, what to do?   
   >>   
   >>Toyota car radio/map.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>I appreciate all the suggestions to my open-ended question.  Buying a   
   >>new GPS unit is a last resort**.  Mostly I'm trying to fix the one I   
   >>have in the dashboard.   
   >>   
   >>One poster on the web thinks that having a map DVD in one's car for   
   >>years damages the DVD.  Do you think that's true?   I park outside and   
   >>it goes from 10F in the winter to 97 in the summer, but usually under   
   >>90.  The car is white and the top is tan, but it does get several   
   >>degrees hotter in the car than outside.   I think I bougbt the DVD new 4   
   >>yars ago, even though it was made in 2008.   
   >>   
   >>Maybe I could have made a copy when I got it but it's too late for that   
   >>now. :-(   
   >   
   >Why is it too late? Is the DVD stuck inside the unit somehow? If not,   
      
   I just meant that if it was already damaged from years in the car, it's   
   too late, I guess.   
      
   >remove it, take it to your computer and attempt to create an image from   
   >it. Keep an eye on the read speed during the operation, but more   
   >importantly, check the log at the end. If the disc was unreadable, the   
   >image creation will fail and you'll have your answer, but if the read   
   >speed drops dramatically at one or more places or the log file shows   
   >repeated attempts to read certain sections, then you know the disc is on   
   >its last legs. If the image creation completes successfully and the read   
   >speed stays relatively constant, the disc is fine and the problem is   
   >with the Nav unit.   
      
   Didn't even get that far.  Imgburn says "Incompatible Medium".   
      
   And when I try to look at the DVD files with a file manager, I get   
   "Insert a disc" and the drive door opens.   
      
   So I tried the laptop, and it said and did the same thing.   
      
   Both win10, fully updated.   
      
   Is there any point to looking for different software, that maybe can   
   copy what imgburn won't copy?   Or I just can't copy it?   
      
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