topic i have a sony handyman i tried to finalize a disk half way the disk slipped and now i cant finalize or unfinalize does anyone know of a way to get to my files as i dont want to lose them in Camcorders https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/camcorders/i-have-a-sony-handyman-i-tried-to-finalize-a-disk-half-way-the/m-p/267216#M2690 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello yorky9013 - welcome to the Sony Forums <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /></P><P></P><P>It may be possible to extract the raw data from the DVD using specific data recovery software and there are various products on the market that claim to be able to recover data from discs that are in this state of 'limbo' i.e. neither finalised or un-finalised (formatting will make the disc usable again but at the cost of losing the original data).</P><P></P><P>ISOBuster is one such piece of software and it is available in both free and paid-for versions from here:</P><P></P><P><A class="active_link" href="http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ISOBuster">http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ISOBuster</A></P><P></P><P>There are of course other options available by googling terms such as 'DVD data recovery'.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P>Simon</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:04:26 GMT blaireau_photo 2011-11-22T23:04:26Z i have a sony handyman i tried to finalize a disk half way the disk slipped and now i cant finalize or unfinalize does anyone know of a way to get to my files as i dont want to lose them https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/camcorders/i-have-a-sony-handyman-i-tried-to-finalize-a-disk-half-way-the/m-p/267215#M2689 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i have a handcam i tryed to finalize a disk but i slipped and it didnt finish finalizing now i cant finalize or unfinlize can anyone help&nbsp;&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:48:03 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/camcorders/i-have-a-sony-handyman-i-tried-to-finalize-a-disk-half-way-the/m-p/267215#M2689 yorky9013 2011-11-22T18:48:03Z i have a sony handyman i tried to finalize a disk half way the disk slipped and now i cant finalize or unfinalize does anyone know of a way to get to my files as i dont want to lose them https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/camcorders/i-have-a-sony-handyman-i-tried-to-finalize-a-disk-half-way-the/m-p/267216#M2690 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello yorky9013 - welcome to the Sony Forums <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /></P><P></P><P>It may be possible to extract the raw data from the DVD using specific data recovery software and there are various products on the market that claim to be able to recover data from discs that are in this state of 'limbo' i.e. neither finalised or un-finalised (formatting will make the disc usable again but at the cost of losing the original data).</P><P></P><P>ISOBuster is one such piece of software and it is available in both free and paid-for versions from here:</P><P></P><P><A class="active_link" href="http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ISOBuster">http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ISOBuster</A></P><P></P><P>There are of course other options available by googling terms such as 'DVD data recovery'.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P>Simon</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:04:26 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/camcorders/i-have-a-sony-handyman-i-tried-to-finalize-a-disk-half-way-the/m-p/267216#M2690 blaireau_photo 2011-11-22T23:04:26Z