FYI. There are similar instructions for other MD recorders here:
http://www.minidisc.org/cloning_procedure.html
--- In Paul Isaacs
<> wrote:
>
> > I recently received a parabola and have enjoyed recording the
first
> spring
> > bird songs here in Idaho. Among the sounds I recorded were an
American
> > dipper with very little background water sound, as well as
meadowlarks
> > belting out their song with my growling stomach in the
background. As I
> > edited out the extraneous sounds on my Sony NetMD
player/recorder I
> became
> > weary and accidentally erased the entire disc! I haven't
touched the
> disc
> > since, hoping that there is some way to retrieve the data. The
dippers
> are
> > finishing up with singing now and I'd like to salvage those
songs. Any
> > ideas?
>=20
> 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 will
> 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 disc
> 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 before
> it had a chance to update the last TOC, so will write the TOC
stored in its
> memory to disc. We will now have a disc with a single track
containing the
> previously erased material.
> best regards
> Paul , HHB
>
>
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