Copyprotected CD?

[SykoSam]

I recently had computer problems and had to reformat and reinstall Win XP HE. But I was able to burn most of my files onto many, many CDRs... But here's my problem:

When I tried to copy the files back from the cdrs to my computer, it either takes a very long time to read it and then stops responding, or it will copy a few files and then say that a certain file is not accessible.

I have good reason to believe that my cdrs are all copyprotected, and am fearful that I'm absolutely screwed. Is there ANY way to get my files off of the cdrs if the cds are copyprotected?

 

[bionic]

Did you copy protect them? Sounds like regular data cds from your description.
Perhaps more info could shed some light
Have had similar experiences when crc errors where present.
Scan your cds with this to find out.

 

[scarecrow]

You cannot burn copyprotected CD's without special software. Sounds like CD's with plenty of C1 errors- probably due to flaky media (there are TONS of them out there). And I believe that 128MB of RAM is a bit too low for an XP machine, try adding some RAM (it's cheap...).

 

[SykoSam]

You cannot burn copyprotected CD's without special software. Sounds like CD's with plenty of C1 errors- probably due to flaky media (there are TONS of them out there).

I didn't think I could accidentally copyprotect them. Especially considering some of the files were accessible and others weren't. But I wasn't positive.
Hmmm... So I'm kinda screwed, huh?

And I believe that 128MB of RAM is a bit too low for an XP machine, try adding some RAM (it's cheap...).

Yes, it's definitely too low (try running photoshop with it... ), drives me crazy. Next paycheck: graphics card + RAM.

 

[SykoSam]

Did you copy protect them? Sounds like regular data cds from your description.
Perhaps more info could shed some light
Have had similar experiences when crc errors where present.
Scan your cds with this to find out.

I didn't, so they probably aren't... *feels like, as resident comp tech to friends, she should have known*

And thanks, I'll check it out

 

[LTR12101B]

If you are reading them in a different drive (eg. the DVD-ROM), try reading them in the writer, since they usually seem to have better leeway on a CD that's hard to read.

A hard lesson, but next time you'll verify...

For files that can stand SOME loss of data, "Roadkil's unstoppable copier" might help, as it can continue reading and recover as much as possible - for some files, this would be useless, but for others, it gives a chance to get back as much as possible (though further repair of files may be needed).

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~roadkil/unstopcp.htm
Remember, this does NOT repair damaged files, it simply blasts past the damaged area - but 9 pages of a 10 page document (if the damage doesn't nuke the format completely) are better than none.