Thanks for your advice, Aaron.
I am using exclusively HHB disks.
DL
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Aaron Ximm
> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:41 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] recovering erased MD tracks
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> > Now, once in a while, when I press the keys to enter
> "Pause-Recording"
> > mode, it displays "Overwriting" followed immediately by "Disk Full".
> > >From that moment, it is impossible to read track #1. The
> track number is
> > displayed, but when I try to read it, the counter stays at
> 0:00. When I
> > delete track 1, that makes the expected unused time available once
> > again... Last week, I have lost two interesting tracks due to that
> > problem.
> >
> > Is that inherent to MD technology, or should I just dump
> the Portadisc ?
>
> This is NOT a problem I've encountered with a dozen models of
> consumer MD!
> I've had two decks with TOC problems from bad manufacturing,
> and one other
> that I managed to physically wear out (mechanical bits), but what you
> describe is way out of spec. What kind of blanks do you use...?
>
> I've used almost entirely Sony ES, a now-discontinued (I believe)
> "premium" grade disk I liked for its solidity and for the fact that I
> could write on the disk itself with a fine tip sharpie.
>
> > Is there any tool available on the market to recorver lost tracks ?
>
> See minidisc.org for info on how to "clone" a TOC over onto a disc to
> recover audio on it using various consumer decks.
>
> My MD-data based system ("MDTE" minidisc transfer editor) was from a
> company called EDL in the UK which lets you scan for audio on
> disks with
> corrupted TOCs, but it's never been a polished system and may be
> discontinued now.
>
> best
> aaron
>
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