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by CartridgeUnit
Tue Jan 20, 2026 5:20 pm
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery
Replies: 4
Views: 337

Re: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery

Just for clarification, when you say to use a desktop drive, do you mean to use an internal drive? Or can it be an external drive that is just not a slim version? My PC does not have a spot for a 5.25in drive, unfortunately.



by CartridgeUnit
Tue Jan 20, 2026 4:46 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery
Replies: 4
Views: 337

Re: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery

If you're using ddrescue and there's a risk the disc might disintegrate in the drive, I wouldn't use a LibreDrive capable drive to do it. I wouldn't want the possibility of a million disc pieces floating around in my optical drive potentially damaging it. Since the disc is a burned disc from a vide...
by CartridgeUnit
Tue Jan 20, 2026 4:05 am
Forum: Blu-ray discs
Topic: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery
Replies: 4
Views: 337

Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery

Hello, I am working on trying to recover the video files from a few blu-ray discs for a friend using ddrescue. As MakeMKV fails to retrieve some video files. The thing is that these discs are of his wedding from over 10 years ago and the videography must have used some cheap blu-ray discs. As one ap...