Paul Isaacs wrote:
> All is not lost!!! How do we recover the audio ?
>
> Portadisc can help, although a bit contrived but works.
> Get another blank disc , insert in Portadisc and record a single track =
all
> the way through. When finished, do not eject the disc - just remove all
> power - this prevents the TOC from being written - instead the TOC info w=
ill
> be stored in an internal buffer. When the power is removed, take off top
> cover (4 screws) and manually eject disc - turn the big white gear
> anti-clockwise.
> Now retrieve the disc which you want to un-erase and manually load the di=
sc
> by turning the big white gear clockwise (a little pressure on the disc
> itself will help the gear grab the disc). Once disc is fully loaded,
> reconnect power and turn on. The Portadisc knows that power was lost befo=
re
> it had a chance to update the last TOC, so will write the TOC stored in i=
ts
> memory to disc. We will now have a disc with a single track containing th=
e
> previously erased material.
> best regards
> Paul , HHB
Thanks, Paul, for the method of doing this on the Portadisc. Though at
the rate I'm going I'll probably not need it much. I've only
accidentally erased a disk once in many years recording, and it was
recorded over before the error was discovered. Many years ago. I've
never actually had a disk or it's TOC fail.
I'm saving this info for future reference.
As I pointed out once before it would be real nice to see this sort of
error recovery built in as a menu choice. Much less awkward.
Walt
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