Please expand.

Russia invades Ukraine. Sanction the fuck out of Russia.

Israel invades Palestine…

Ok, you may be facing disk rot. Disk rot is much more prevalent on self recorded that commercial recordings.

ddrescue is probably your best bet.There are other options, but I’ve always had the best results with ddrescue. There is no way to fix disk rot.

Maybe.

Quick question, are these burned blank disks, or purchased commercial disks?

I’m a country coordinator for a SMART Recovery country other than the US.

This is highly unlikely, but I will check this out.

I find the idea that SMART would sell your data highly unlikely. SMART is privacy focused. Nick names are encouraged, you can enter zoom meetings with camera and mic silenced. SMART definitely does not collect personal data, only attendance numbers for internal statistics. SMART accepts donations from recovery organizations, but does not have any obligations towards them.

As I said, I will follow up.

Much of IT is subcontracted, so there may be the origin, and it will be looked into.

BTW, SMART’s Financials are public. You are free to check if there is income from selling your data.

ddrescue.

Also, maybe look for a CD lens cleaner.

May be hard to find nowadays. An alternative is gently clean the lens with a Qtip slightly moist with distilled water, and dried with the other, dry end.

Gaaah! Daaaad!