miggie Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 I've been using ECDC for many years to back up my digital photo files. Recently I tried to move them all onto a new Maxtor external hard drive.. One disc, from 2002, had notes indicating that I had recorded 4 separate file sets on that disc. The directory for the disc showed only one. The recovery tool was able to extract 4 different .iso files from that disc and put them on my desktop. I then burned those iso files onto a new CD-R disc. But, so far, I've not been able to access the photos in those .iso files. My Dell D520 running Vista and SP2 can't see the files on that CD. How do I convert those files back to the original .jpg format so I can access them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Curiosity: I would like to have a better understanding of what it is you did??? An ISO file is a ready-to-burn image of a disc. If you could fit several on one disc as Data files, you would have to Burn the ISO file to a disc in order to access its' contents. (there are some ways around this step, but I am basing this on only what is available in the V6 Suite) It also sounds like you had ISO files but instead of using Classic to burn them to disc you used the Backup Program or Spanned Discs? Solutions: Use Classic to burn each ISO file to a disc. 3rd Party program like ISO Buster to extract from the disc or from the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenhancer Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Or try using "Extractnow" to extract the contents of the .ISO and see if that helps. This will also save efforts to burn to a DVD as well as creating a coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggie Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Curiosity: I would like to have a better understanding of what it is you did??? An ISO file is a ready-to-burn image of a disc. If you could fit several on one disc as Data files, you would have to Burn the ISO file to a disc in order to access its' contents. (there are some ways around this step, but I am basing this on only what is available in the V6 Suite) It also sounds like you had ISO files but instead of using Classic to burn them to disc you used the Backup Program or Spanned Discs? Solutions: Use Classic to burn each ISO file to a disc. 3rd Party program like ISO Buster to extract from the disc or from the files. I was able to get Roxio ECDC6 to pull the four files off my archive disc and put them on my desktop. I then used Roxio6 to burn three of those iso files onto a fresh disc. But, Windows doesn't recognize those files on that disc. I still have all four of the files on my desktop, I tried extracting them with EXTRACTNOW, but it claimed the file was "empty" Now, I'll try ISOBuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 I'm confused. You say you "burned those iso files onto a new CD-R disc". What did you make .ISO files of - was it from the files, or from data layouts, or what? How did you save them? Usually an .ISO file is the encoded contents of something that can be burned to disc. Different programs often have different extensions, such as .gi (from Sonic), which aren't rcognized by other burning programs. To re-constitute the files, you use the originating program and burn FROM the .ISO, not burn a copy of the .ISO. It sounds like instead of making the .ISO's into readable discs, you treated them as data files, and burned them in .ISO format to a disc. Sort of like taking dehydrated potato flakes and putting them into a different box, rather than adding water. In other words, instead of making a disc from the .ISO, you copied the .ISO data file onto a disc. If so, no, it would not be readily readable. Lynn P.S. - awful thought - There is also the possibility you made a copy of the layouts, rather than using the layouts to make the .ISO containing the files in the layouts - burning a copy of the grocery list, and tossing the groceries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 I was able to get Roxio ECDC6 to pull the four files off my archive disc and put them on my desktop. I then used Roxio6 to burn three of those iso files onto a fresh disc. But, Windows doesn't recognize those files on that disc. I still have all four of the files on my desktop, I tried extracting them with EXTRACTNOW, but it claimed the file was "empty" Now, I'll try ISOBuster Saying that you used "EDC6" is not telling anyone anything… EDC6 consists of 11 programs. Without specifying which program you used or are using is about as vague as saying I drive a GM car… At any rate, try the ISO Buster and see what it can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggie Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Saying that you used "EDC6" is not telling anyone anything… EDC6 consists of 11 programs. Without specifying which program you used or are using is about as vague as saying I drive a GM car… At any rate, try the ISO Buster and see what it can do. ISO Buster was the right answer. I was able to resurrect the original files from the CDs directly by simply siccing ISO Buster on the CDs themselves (the ones that didn't have proper directories to lead me to my files) Thanks for the suggestion Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Hi Miggie, Looks like the original disc was made in 4 sessions, but the cumulative index of disc contents wasn't "imported" when you made the final session so the previous sessions' contents weren't in your final table of contents. Glad Big Jim's suggestion worked - he doesn't get confused. Regards, Brendon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Glad you got the files back!!! While Brendon's explanation sounds good, I don't think that scenario is possible in V6… As I recall you either Import or it will not write to that disc. V6 was the first to utilize this safeguard and it is incorporated in all subsequent versions. There are still ways to wreck it, but they take more effort than most users are willing to expend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 The poster didn't say the original disc was made with version 6, Jim. In fact he said it was made in 2002, but Version 6 came out in 2003. I'm not confused at all either, but if he did make it with v6 I'd like to know how he did it in 2002. Regards, Brendon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 The poster didn't say the original disc was made with version 6, Jim. In fact he said it was made in 2002, but Version 6 came out in 2003. I'm not confused at all either, but if he did make it with v6 I'd like to know how he did it in 2002. Regards, Brendon It would require the E=MC^2 Plug in from Einstein Software… I did not connect the dates with the production time window of V6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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