what is a bad block?

I'm confused now, It has done this on the last 3 DVD's
that I have tried to watch. I felt it was in my
equipment, due to happening on 3 different DVD's. Always
about half way thru.????

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>"meesh" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

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>> while playing dvd, about 1/2 thru it stops. Looked up

in

>> error log and it says The device,\Device\cdRom1, has a
>> bad block. what does this mean? Can it be fixed?

>
>Unreadable spot on the DVD. It can be either dirt on the

bottom DVD surface,

>then you can clean it. A scratch can be mended with a

special repair kit.

>But if the damage is on a data surface (scratch on the

upper side, thermal damage...)

>it can't be fixed
>
>Anyway you deserve a special prize for using the

eventlog

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>- PA
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When I received that error message (bad block) I contacted the driver manufacturer. The drive was bad, it was replaced under warranty. Now the replacement is bad (bad block again). Yes, it only occurred with DVDs. Bought a new CD-RW/DVD and the DVDs that wouldn't play now do.

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Just my 2¢ worth
Jeff
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"meesh" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:14dae01c3f9ab$943968a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
| I'm confused now, It has done this on the last 3 DVD's
| that I have tried to watch. I felt it was in my
| equipment, due to happening on 3 different DVD's. Always
| about half way thru.????

What kind of DVDs, are these commercial DVDs or are these copies of DVDs?

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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"meesh" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> while playing dvd, about 1/2 thru it stops. Looked up in
> error log and it says The device,\Device\cdRom1, has a
> bad block. what does this mean? Can it be fixed?