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Reading all corrupt files on a CD

I am trying to read files from CDs, some of which are faulty. As it stands, if I copy all the files at one go from a CD to a folder, the copy process stops when a faulty file is encountered. A bit of a bother because then I have to initiate a second copy, starting from the next file.


Is it possible to initiate copying of all files on a CD, and the whole process goes to completion with warnings that certain of the files are faulty and have not been completely copied?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jan 16, 2013 3:02 PM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2013 10:29 AM

AFAIK, no.

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Jan 19, 2013 5:27 PM in response to baltwo

I assumed as much.


Another problem with copying corrupt CD audio files with Finder is that they will appear as normal on the computer, with the correct time-length displayed, but will actually only contain data up to the corruption. The problem then arises (if you forget that you had an error message for a certain file), that you end up with a corrupt file that is partly playable but stops. If the corruption is near the end of a long symphony, you probably won't realise the problem until you play the file all the way through.


I would have thought if a file was corrupt it shouldn't be saved at all.


Moral: don't use the Finder to copy CD audio files. Use iTunes (with error-correction) or Max.

Reading all corrupt files on a CD

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