I archived hundreds of DVD's a year or two ago. I used various brands of DVD-R's, but it turns out that every Ritek 8X I burned now has CRC errors when I try to read it on my NEC ND-3520AW. I originally burned the discs using this drive. When I try to read the discs using my Samsung TS-H352A (a DVD-ROM drive), it can read about 90% of the Ritek's without a problem. How can I recover the remaining discs? Is there a drive with more powerful or accurate lasers?
You can try CD Roller or ISO Buster, but they aren't free. Have you tried copying them to your hard drive with the NEC?
I was copying a bunch of archival DVD's to my hard drives when I discovered all the Ritek's were having major problems. I did try using software before a long time ago, but it never worked well. Once a drive reads a CRC error, it seemed to get stuck on it. I was wondering if there is a drive that is well known for being able to read anything. The Samsung seemed a lot better than the NEC, so I was thinking perhaps there might be an even better choice. I'd rather buy a new drive, instead of losing all that data.
