Originally posted by: Cable-X1

The computer won't even read the disk at all.

Does the DVD it show up as a full CD with no files? I got that from a badly scuffed disc, tried it in my LiteOn and got a flawless copy.

Take it around to the burners/readers of everyone you know. LiteOn/Sony are incredible readers (burners anyway, I think the readers might be, too, but the burners are prized for their ripping, even tho' they're Sony, heh). (Many LiteOn's are sold under different brand names, so you might find one and not know it). (People buy/keep LiteOn burners for reading, but then get something better for burning - they're rather mediocre in that department).

Isobuster might be able to read it. Could be a bad burn (drive hiccuped, or the disc was crappy/had an incompatible dye). Or it could be invisible disc corruption. Isobuster & other disc recovery tools can search for files on discs that don't have a TOC or have a damaged one. (Unfinalized means no TOC. Well, at least it's TOC with a CD, I'm pressed for time, so I'm not going to check the DVD terminology).

If it's not finalized, maybe Nero could fix it? (I don't think I've ever had any luck with that, tho'. Years ago I had a cd burner that'd often kakk out at the end of the disc - while writing the TOC).

If there are bad spots hiding the contents, then there could be some in the data. Isobuster, for instance, can be told to write a file, regardless of whether it could salvage every spot. Then at least you'd have a file that'd be mostly playable - and the bad spots could be edited out.