Date:         Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:06:04 -0400
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Subject:      Minidisc salvage
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  Greetings folks

I have been following this newsgroup for some time, although I never
had anything to contribute.  I am working on the Dartmouth Jewish Sound
Archive and your group was recommended to me by Henry Sapoznik.

I now have a question to submit, if you would indulge me.

Aside from restoring Yiddish 78s and other Jewish material, I also make
field recordings using a Sony MD digital recorder.  On one occasion I
accidentally erased the TOC on a disc, which unfortunately is easy to
do on this unit.  I know that erasing the TOC does not erase the
contents, just makes it very hard to get to it.  I have not overwritten
the MD and so in principle I should be able to recover the digital
audio contents.  Does anyone know how to do this, or perhaps someone
with the requisite expertise and equipment?

Thank you very much for your help


Alex Hartov, Ph.D.
Technical Director
Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive
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