Ascension broken disc 2

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> Tried to re-install ultima9 and disc 2 was not in the box. Looked all
> around and finally found it in the garage, broken in half! any
> suggestions?

Adding to Samurai's answer, it might be possible to recover the files by
gluing the disc together. Do that (with a super-glue or so) and try to
extract an image with CDR-Win or so.
I'd give it a 40% chance of being successful.

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Dominus Dragon <GigDR.TakeThisOut@NOSPAMtesionmail.de> wrote in
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> gluing the disc together. Do that (with a super-glue or so) and try to
> extract an image with CDR-Win or so.

Be sure to let the glue dry out properly first, though. ))))

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Arcana Dragon <this DeleteThis @ress.is.invalid> wrote in news:4086ea10$0$140
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> Be sure to let the glue dry out properly first, though. ))))

(On the other hand - with U9 it doesn't make the heck of a lot of
difference anyway, so glue away...)

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Greetings.

In article <la6d80plf7riv9kv5ausgl7jb26hhfi6c6.RemoveThis@4ax.com>, Polychromic wrote:
>>Adding to Samurai's answer, it might be possible to recover the files by
>>gluing the disc together. Do that (with a super-glue or so) and try to
>>extract an image with CDR-Win or so.
>>I'd give it a 40% chance of being successful.
>
> I'd give it a 0% chance of the disc being recognized at all and a 80%
> chance of the disc exploding apart when the drive spins up.

With today's 50x drives, maybe, but if there's some way the OP can get the
drive to spin slower, or if he has access to an older 1x or 2x drive, then
it might be worth a try.

Regards,
Tristan

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>>>Adding to Samurai's answer, it might be possible to recover the files
>>>by gluing the disc together. Do that (with a super-glue or so) and
>>>try to extract an image with CDR-Win or so.
>>>I'd give it a 40% chance of being successful.
>>
>> I'd give it a 0% chance of the disc being recognized at all and a 80%
>> chance of the disc exploding apart when the drive spins up.
>
> With today's 50x drives, maybe, but if there's some way the OP can get
> the drive to spin slower, or if he has access to an older 1x or 2x
> drive, then it might be worth a try.

uh, yeah, a spin-down utility might be wise

As a CD-Rom is not read in a circular mode like a record is played it might
really have a chance to succeed.

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