Just cracked a DVD

[The Riddler]

Just sat down with a DVD in my back pocket, its broken.

Is there anyway of recovering the data from it? It contains 4gb of pictures, including my personal collection of my ex, so any help would be appreciated!

[Sheets Tabuer]

Send it to me, I may be able to recover it

[-DeaDLocK-]

If it's in half, forget it.

If it's just cracked a little from the spindle outwards but is otherwise still in one piece, then it's possible, but a royal pain. You need to start by getting hardware with superior error correction capabilities.

[The Riddler]

Its not in half, its got a crack running from the centre to the rim. Think iI'll be spending tomorrow going through old hard drives to if any is backed up anywhere else

Buying new hardware isn't really an option at this moment, so if i can't find any i'll ask if she wants to re-stage them

[Trooper2]

There are specialized Data recovery services but they don't come cheap.

[PeteG]

Trooper2 said:

There are specialized Data recovery services but they don't come cheap.

You can't put a price on a Rosetinted wk.

[MitchT]

The Riddler said:

... including my personal collection of my ex...

Didn't you think to upload them to one of those "naked pics of my ex" type web sites?

[The Riddler]

PeteG said:

Trooper2 said:

There are specialized Data recovery services but they don't come cheap.

You can't put a price on a Rosetinted wk.

MitchT said:

The Riddler said:

... including my personal collection of my ex...

Didn't you think to upload them to one of those "naked pics of my ex" type web sites?

They aren't the kind of pictures I'd like to share

[Neil_H]

If it's cracked and not snapped completely it may still work, but doubtful.

[bosscerbera]

The Riddler said:

Buying new hardware isn't really an option at this moment, so if i can't find any i'll ask if she wants to re-stage them

Sounds like a good idea, even if the disc wasn't damaged.

[Badgerboy]

Ontrack are very good, but I pay about £1000 per hard disk I send to them. (Always laptop users that refuse to sync or backup their data)

You'd be able to read the data off some of the DVD, but if its been damaged the spinning of the disc may damage it more.

[Gylen]

Look on it as a chance to move on, get over her and meet new people.

[Badgerboy]

Gylen said:

Look on it as a chance to move on, get over her and meet new people.

...and film them.

[Ron Burgundy]

I think this thread needs pictures

Of the DVD

Then the ones of your ex when it works

[V8mate]

The Riddler said:

PeteG said:

Trooper2 said:

There are specialized Data recovery services but they don't come cheap.

You can't put a price on a Rosetinted wk.

MitchT said:

The Riddler said:

... including my personal collection of my ex...

Didn't you think to upload them to one of those "naked pics of my ex" type web sites?

They aren't the kind of pictures I'd like to share because I appear in them too and I'm not that.... well..... let's say I wasn't blessed in certain departments

EFA

[andygo]

The Riddler said:

She's not in half, she's got a crack running from her centre to her rim.

EFA

[Oakey]

MitchT said:

The Riddler said:

... including my personal collection of my ex...

Didn't you think to upload them to one of those "naked pics of my ex" type web sites?

Off topic, but where does the law stand on this?

There's always the occasional story in the paper about guys being convicted of harassment for doing this.

I did a Google and came back with:

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q697.htm

PNLD said:

Unless the video or photo is of an indecent nature and of a child or of a criminal offence then the police will not get involved.

The way I read that, unless it's an indecent photo of a child the police aren't bothered?

Not that I'm about to post photos of anyone on the internet.

[The Riddler]

V8mate said:

The Riddler said:

PeteG said:

Trooper2 said:

There are specialized Data recovery services but they don't come cheap.

You can't put a price on a Rosetinted wk.

MitchT said:

The Riddler said:

... including my personal collection of my ex...

Didn't you think to upload them to one of those "naked pics of my ex" type web sites?

They aren't the kind of pictures I'd like to share because I appear in them too and I'm not that.... well..... let's say I wasn't blessed in certain departments

EFA

Speak for yourself mate