"The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block."

[sheebp]

Hi
Does anyone recognise this error message? I have the VGN-A417M and need to know what is causing this:smileythinking: ! This happens when I try to import music from an audio cd. The error appears in the event log. I have tried a number of cds and does not happen all the time. The disks are all clean and scratch-free and I have the latest firmware installed. Will I have to get the drive replaced?:smileyd_oh:
Plase help!
Thanks

[seb21__]

Hmm, so the problem is only one CD?

Try EAC, maybe it helps.

[kee-lo_]

Sounds like a nasty rootkit by Sony

[TygerTyger]

Bad block errors are when the CDROM can't read an amount of data on the disk in the drive. If it only happens with certain disks, then it's a fair certaintly that there is an very small but problematic scratch or bad bytes of data that are unreadable by the drive (this may be in part or full due to the reading abilities of the drive itself).

Seb's suggestion of copying the disk then reading from the copy would be the best way to go.