from back up disc to pc

barjam_2

been cleaning up my pc a lot today (ie putting start up discs back in) but i saved everything i wanted to disc but it just wont copy them back onto my pc is there an easy way of doing this

albertross_2

I think you are going to have to elaborate.

barjam_2

sorry albertross
i decided to do a full recovery on my pc putting the original recovery discs in but before doing that i put all things i wanted to save ie my documents some downloaded programs etc onto discs, i used dvd discs because of the storage size but when i try to copy or send them back onto my documents i am getting errors on things and it wont send/copy them

i hope i made a bit more sense knowing me i didnt:o

albertross_2

what are the error messages? Have you installed the DVD software yet (Nero/incd etc).?

barjam_2

albertross wrote: »

what are the error messages? Have you installed the DVD software yet (Nero etc).?

oh bug*a no i haven't:o
what a twit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

barjam_2

here's an update still having problems with some of my discs its saying cannot read from source file or disk any idea what that means and can i rectify it or not...

CHR15

Could be a dirty disk.

This was a common issue a few years back and is symptomatic of data being burned too quickly.

You could try the disks in another machine and see if that drive has any more luck.

barjam_2

when i look at the 'files on disc' it shows everything but when i try to copy them it says that, could it be a dirty disc drive or is more likely to be the disc as you said.
it will copy some things and not others

CHR15

Try giving the disk a wipe, from the inside outwards, don't go round in circles.

I have never given much credence to drive cleaners.

I take it you can hear it keep accelerating and slowing down, perhaps a few clicks and clunks too?

I would try it in another drive (PC) if you have access to one.