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6. Recovering CD/DVD/BD Data |
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7. Additional features |
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8. FAQs |
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9. Customer Support |
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Annex A Controls and dialog boxes |
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A.4. Preferences |
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6.8.
Retrieving the photos from mini discs created by Sony Mavica CD
cameras
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6.8.1.
General requirements and settings.
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CD-RW
or DVD-RW drives (cd or dvd "writers") are more preferable in
comparing with CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives (cd or dvd "readers").
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You
should uncheck the Detect disc insertion by Windows box
under the Browser tab in the
Preferences dialog before you will insert the troubled disc into
the drive.
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6.8.2. Reading mini disc that was finalized with failure on the
camera.
Symptom.
The disc finalization was accidently interrupted, for example, due
to the power failure.
Troubleshooting.
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Remove
any disk(s) from your computer drive(s).
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Click
the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same
option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc
insertion by Windows is UNCHECKED on the Browser tab in the
Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences.
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Insert
the troubled disc.
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Click
the Refresh button in the Tool Bar.
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Does
the program recognize your disc? If not, please go to the step
6.8.3
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If you
can see the disc icon in the program window, try to open the disc
by left-double clicking its name. Do you get the message about
unreadable root folder? If yes, try to run Scan UDF Disc from the
Tools menu and go to the step 6.8.4 if the program has found the
lost files.
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6.8.3. Reading non-finalized (open) disc.
Symptom.
Disc was not finalized, you lost an access to the data due to
Disk Error. You was able to view the photos earlier (prior
to the disk error).
Troubleshooting.
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Remove
any disk(s) from your computer drive(s).
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Click
the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same
option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc
insertion by Windows box is UNCHECKED on the Browser tab in the
Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences.
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Insert
the troubled disc.
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Click
the Preferences again. Select Sony Mavica (O) in the
Forced scan list under the UDF reader tab. Click the OK button
and close the Preferences again.
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Click
the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. If dialog with Step 1.
Specify your scan area caption appears, try to find and recover
the lost photos step-by-step, using Wizard interface. Otherwise,
the program tries to find the lost files, scanning "UDF partition".
Are any files found? If yes, go to the step 6.8.4.
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Note.
If some pictures look like corrupted, please try to repeat the
"forced scan" with the help of Sony Mavica CD. Also, this
option is recommended to find mavica videos (MPEG files).
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6.8.4. Recovering the found (indexed) files displayed in the
"Lost objects detected..." window.
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Apply
Recover All / Recover selected to retrieve the found files
(photos) automatically.
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Select
file(s) and use Rename or/and New Extension commands
to re-name the indexed files to .jpg ones, and then copy them to
HDD with the help of Recover selected or drag&drop
operations.
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6.8.5. Viewing found files.
To view the found photos (JPEG files), you can use View
Image option. Just select a JPEG file and click the View
Image in the Side Bar (left panel of the "Lost objects
detected..." window).
6.8.6. Burning the recovered files.
To place the recovered photos onto new disc, click Burn button,
select Write files and folders onto data disc in the Start
Window and click the Next button.
Further, using a simple "step by step" procedure, you can select a
burner (computer drive), add the recovered files (photos) into your
compilation and, finally, burn a new disc.
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