Should I read at lower speeds?

[IceBreaker]

Originally posted by Machina
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I think they should make a special device that does not have to understand anything, just read and write, maybe it should not even attach to a PC... [/B]

Dream on
Such a device would have to do WITHOUT using EFM redundancy (ie. without internal error correction, or ECC) - and the possibility of there being the slightest spot, let alone scratch, on the surface of a data CD makes EFM encoding, and thus error correction, compulsory to be able to correct the resulting read errors AND distinguish these from C2 (fake) errors, ie. safedisk & co.

Besides, even if it were possible to keep a CD perfectly smooth & intact ( ), this device - deprived of ECC - would call on almost "supernatural" accuracy to be able to read every pit & land without making a single mistake!

So I'm sorry to say this, but forget it man, it's a forlorn hope - but hey, perhaps YOU could give it a try