Mini CD-R jpegs unreadable

[grandmom]

I have a Mavica 300, it records on Mini CD-Rs. I recently finished a CD-R and tried to write a date on the back of the black finish, but I must have scratched the back a little with the White Pen I used to label the Mini Disc. Now my CD ROM won't read it. I have about 200 pictures on it. Is there anything I can do to get it to recognize the Mini CD-R and salvage the pictures.

 

[Enkrypted]

There are several different things you could try. Here are some of them:

1. Start your computer with a boot disk that has CD-ROM support and see if you could read all the files through the DOS interface/ If it see all the files, you could simply copy them into a directory on your hard drive.

2. If DOS doesn't read the disc properly, you will want to try some disc maintenance. Clean the CD with a soft, lint free cloth to remove anything that would be obstructing it from reading properly. You could even use some of those Disc Cleaning/Scratch Removal Kits to see if that will help it.

3. Try make sure the lens inside the CD-ROM drive is as clean as possible. Also try the disc in other computers to see if it reads all the files.


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[jessiem25]

Can you still look at the pictures when you put the mini-disc back in your camera? I don't know how your specific camera works, but with others that I have used, you have to do something to the disc, kind of like closing the cd, before it will read in the computer. Just a thought. good luck!

 

[aldog]

Make sure the cd-rom drive door is fully closed and retry the process. If that doesn't work, retry the process.