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- Thu Jan 22, 2026 5:04 am
- Forum: Blu-ray discs
- Topic: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery
- Replies: 7
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Re: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery
Sounds good. I'll give the good old college try and see if I get better results. Thank you!
- Tue Jan 20, 2026 5:20 pm
- Forum: Blu-ray discs
- Topic: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery
- Replies: 7
- Views: 695
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.
- Tue Jan 20, 2026 4:46 am
- Forum: Blu-ray discs
- Topic: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery
- Replies: 7
- Views: 695
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...
- Tue Jan 20, 2026 4:05 am
- Forum: Blu-ray discs
- Topic: Recommended Drives for (Blu-ray) Recovery
- Replies: 7
- Views: 695
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...