Can video on a damaged MiniDVD be restored?

[petros]

As I was reloading my sony handycam with a new miniDVD I dropped the old one without finalizing it. It fell on its edge destroying part of its surface. It looks like part of the protective surface has been dislodged. I wonder wether somewhere someone can recover my recording.
Any ideas?
Please help !!!

I am attaching an image of the destroyed disk in case one can tell if its possible to restore

Thanx

[ROF]

It looks like the dye has been exposed.

[SingSing]

You need to find a DVD reader or burner that can read the files out quickly. That blog is going to get worst.

[hech54]

Ouch...that looks bad.

[lordsmurf]

The dye has been oxidized. I doubt you'll be able to read it on anything available to consumers (maybe a forensic lab, maybe).

[petros]

Thanx everyone for the insight!

Does anyone know of any labs that might recover the video? any idea where I can search for such services?

Than you once more

[InXess]

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/cdplayright.html
http://www.digitalinnovations.com/products.php?cat=1
http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/scratches.html

and this
http://www.gammaelectronics.com/HTPC...sc-Repair.html

plus lots more on Goggle

[lordsmurf]

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/cdplayright.html
http://www.digitalinnovations.com/products.php?cat=1
http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/scratches.html

and this
http://www.gammaelectronics.com/HTPC...sc-Repair.html

plus lots more on Goggle

This stuff will not work. This is for wussy little scratches. We're talking about catastrophic optical media damage here, oxidation of the dye layer. The disc was either bent excessively or hit with blunt force, or both. Overpriced scratch removers won't work.

Again, as I said the first time, the only way something like this could be fixed is at a data recovery center, or at an advanced media forensic science lab. Even then, the oxidized media is gone, all you can do is extract what is left on the non-oxidized areas. If the files were large, expect nothing more than file fragments, at best.

[kschang]

I dunno. If it's a regular CD/DVD I'd slap one of those "skins" on it and see what happens. As is... I dunno. Applying anything on it will ruin it but if you don't apply anything it's oxidized and ruined. So I'd say it's gone.

[lordsmurf]

All those "skins" do is further refract light and further add to laser reading problems.