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A major issue is that tracking (ie. Getting the laser to follow the route of the written data) is usually the thing that fails when reading disks.

Even if you had access to raw laser data, you can't fix the tracking after reading it...




side note, the magnetic adjustment coils on laser lenses are a thing of beauty..




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