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[sojourner1]

Upon arriving home from a 10 week tour of SE Asia, I attempted to put my 3 DVD data picture disks I had burned at internet cafes in Thailand on my computer with 2 of them barely readable and 1 completely corrupted. The Princo disks are thin and flimsy cheap quality with one having split apart. Amazingly I was able to read and copy the disk that is split apart! I made 2 copies of each of my 3 memory card fills and mailed a copy of each to myself in the states to help ensure I would get my pictures and videos home. It is unfortunate that both copies of a precious memory card fill were both 99% corrupted after attempting to recover it with data recovery software after struggling with the disk hanging my machine up for hours on end this past month at home as I was determined and patient to let it run as long as needed. It took 5 to 10 long hours to read each of the other 2 disks, but I retrieved those. My 4 year old computer does not burn DVD's, but only reads them for the purpose of watching movies, so I could be in need of a new DVD writable data drive to read these disks.

These pictures and videos I shot meant the world to me such as my visit to Tiger Temple and my first few days in Bangkok as well as my Angkor Wat Cambodia pictures. I am deeply disappointed to have lost them due to all the internet cafes in Thailand using the lowest quality of DVD data disk; PRINCO. I did request for and see that they were using the slowest recording speed in NERO each time I got DVD burning service in 3 different cafes. I am hoping it's only a disk reading compatability issue, but I did manage (barely) to read the other 2 disks from Thailand.

Is there anything else you think of or know I should try? If so, thanks a bunch in advance. I would be super stoked and happy to get these pictures, print them, and give them to my relatives and friends.

Now I know to bring DVD data disks with me next time I travel to less developed countries. I did have the time of my life to top it off, but can't show the pictures of the best times and places I ever experienced.