Alphagen MagicBox

[Greyrock]

Hello group, new user here. I hope I selected the proper group. I'm in need of a  MagicBox CD (not the drive). The 4.58 release (Plus with creativity pack) disc I have is damaged and is almost impossible to get any files off it. It has many blemishes and scratches for unknown reasons. Alphagen tech support was no help (surprise) since they no longer support it. I can get it to mount on my Mac but it takes forever and when I try to copy files, it's like watching grass grow. If I'm successful in copying the files, the next challenge will be to burn them to a ISO9660 CD that my Alphagen will recognize. This is all for the public access studio I work for. Does anyone have a spare or a burned copy I can purchase?
Thank you for any assistance.

[Greyrock]

I am in the same boat as you are.
Hopefully someone shows up and help us both.

I'll keep you posted. I'm going through the PIA process of reading all the files from this bad CD (Plus w/creativity) and a plus w/o the creativity to try and assemble and burn a working ISO9660 disc. stay tuned!

[Greyrock]

That would be great, let us know. I was able to copy all the files and folders from my damaged Plus CD with creativity pack and when I compare the copy (on a HD) to the original, it appears complete. I'm having trouble creating an ISO disc that the Alphagen will recognize. I'll compress and upload what I have and hopefully someone has luck with it. Anyone had success in doing this and what software works best? Thanks

[Greyrock]

Sorry for the late reply, Yes, I'll upload what I have and hopefully someone can create a working CD. stay tuned!

[Greyrock]

I don't think that will work. It has some fine cracks in it. I'll try  and post a picture of it. How this happened is anyone's guess. There are  about 6 people that have access to this unit and all will say "I don't  know"

Have you tried a CD/DVD polisher/buffer?  If the back of the CD is undamaged (the data foil layer) then the scratches on the read-side can be buffed away:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/CD-DVD-Data-Disc-Repair-System-Restore-Damaged-Disks-/161081989566?pt=US_Disc_Repair_Disc_Cleaning&hash=item25813c19be

[Greyrock]

Mediafire limits free access to only 200 MB each upload and the .zip I made is about 400 MB. Here is the link to download the Alphagen CD PLUS with creativity pack version 4.58 from Google My-Drive. It's one of the benefits of have a gmail account.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bwbxw-mTYk_3MTM1X3NWcThONUU/edit?usp=sharing

If anyone has luck in burning a ISO disc that the Magicbox can read, please let us know, also what you used to create it with. Thanks.

Just compress it and upload it to mediafire,  and of course, provide us with the link

[Greyrock]

Hopefully someone has good news??

Thank you. I am downloading it now

[Greyrock]

Has anyone had luck with the .iso that DutchinUSA so graciously provided?
I downloaded it, burned it as a iso disc, popped in my alphagen and this is what I got. (see attached pic) Sorry about the poor quality. Any thoughts?