From: chuck23@dejanews.net   
      
   On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:15:05 -0400, micky    
   wrote:   
      
   >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?   
   Try CDburnerxp. I've had it work where other programs failed.   
      
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