this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
6 points (100.0% liked)

technology

24286 readers
296 users here now

On the road to fully automated luxury gay space communism.

Spreading Linux propaganda since 2020

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I have this old Cd that contains files I need to extract. I’ve used 3 external drives. Two of them don’t recognize the CD at all. The other one is anewer drive. Half the time it can’t recognize the cd, occasionally it will recognize it, I’ll be able to see the contents of the cd but when I try to transfer them, the transfer gets stuck. Also, there’s a god awful noise coming out of the drive as it tries to process the cd. Is there any way I can get these files?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’m using Windows 11.

some kind of burned/written CD with a typical data structure like folders with files

Yes, mostly just pdf files. I don’t think there are any video or audio files.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

awesome, i just edited my above post. check it out. the fact that the OS can see it sometimes makes me think you're gonna be just fine.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago

Thank you so much, I’m definitely going to try this