# DVd problem: "this disk is corrupted and unreadable" - HELP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 10, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-problem-this-disk-is-corrupted-and-unreadable-help/303146 "2005-05-10T00:44:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-problem-this-disk-is-corrupted-and-unreadable-help/303146/1 "2005-05-10T00:44:25Z")
Mrs. RickJay is despondent over some DVDs she burned that have gone haywire. I was wondering if anyone could help. She was switching computers and burnt many of our photos onto DVD. She checked the DVDs on two computers and the pictures were accessible. Then she cleaned up the old computer and got the new. The new one has two DVD drives in it. She put a DVD in one drive and nothing came up. She put it in the other and it said the disk was “corrupted and unreadable.” Same with another DVD. Now they get this message in all DVD drives. A THIRD DVD, which she did not put into that first DVD drive, works. Is there any way to recover the pictures from this DVD? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-problem-this-disk-is-corrupted-and-unreadable-help/303146/2 "2005-05-10T00:45:37Z")
My mistake; they are burned CDs, not DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-problem-this-disk-is-corrupted-and-unreadable-help/303146/3 "2005-05-10T01:16:25Z")
CD drives can have problems reading a disc made on another drive. Do you still have the old CD drive in the old computer? Can you remove one of the new disc drives and install the old drive into the new computer? ---
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-problem-this-disk-is-corrupted-and-unreadable-help/303146/4 "2005-05-10T03:52:19Z")
I am not sure if this is the problem but for cd’s you must close the session before the disk is readable.