Ive got a copy of Microsoft Office XP Pro that i want to make a backup
of so i can protect it from my kid. I can run it and install office ok
but when i try to copy it i get unrecoverable read errors. The label
has very small scratches on it, is there anyway i can recover this disc
and back it up?

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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roujinc@yahoo.com wrote:

What software are you using to make a copy? First try make an image
(.iso) and burn the image. Or, copy to hard disk and then burn.
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Mike Richter - The Slimiest Friggin SOB (UDF)
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The slimiest friggin SOB Mike Richter has been for YEARS
blaming the UDF to weasel out the bugs of DirectCD:

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UDF is a fragile format
UDF is an unreliable format

the format is very fragile and unreliable
The format is bad - it loses data
The fault is not with the software but with the format

I have used only DCD for packet writing,
have had no problems due to the software
- but too many due to the format itself

to bother with it any longer.
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But then again:

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From: Mike Richter (The Slimiest Friggin Shit)
Date: 5/4/06
Subject: UDF Has just bit me in the bum


First, your problem is not with UDF
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Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
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Mikey, you are The Slimiest Friggin SOB!
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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

On 16 Sep 2006 14:24:29 -0700, roujinc@yahoo.com wrote:


The problem is that the "label" side is where the data is on a CD. If
there's any physical damage to it, the data might be unrecoverable.
Since Microsoft's non-game software doesn't have any on-disc
protections, you might get lucky and be able to pull off a backup by
telling your disc copier to "ignore read errors" if it has such an
option.

You should test it afterwards, because this only works if the damage
is minor and correctable by the drive's error correction. Since you
say you can install from that disc, there's a chance of that working.
If not, your only option is to contact Microsoft for a replacement.
They may ask you to supply proof that you own an original copy, and
charge you a fee for the replacement.
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Thanks.


MCheu

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:42:30 -0400, MCheu <mpcheu@yahoo.com> wrote:


One way to check if this is part of the problem is to hold it up to
the light and see if you can see light through the scratches. If you
can, you've damaged the data layer, which is, as MCheu says, right
under the label.

You can also attempt a file copy - rather than copying the CD as a
whole, copy the individual files (retaining the directory structure)
to your HD. If that's succesful, you can burn a copy of that, as
Office doesn't really care.

max