* charles cashion <cmcnuz@dunjas.com>:
> I backed up /home/ccashion/* to a CDrom.
> I simply used
> mkdir /media/cdrom/home
> mkdir /media/cdrom/home/ccashion
> cp -r /home/ccashion/* /medica/cdrom/home/ccashion/.
> I then read the CD to see if it was good.
> Then I think I goofed.
> I tried to read it in my Vista laptop.
> the first thing vista wanted to was to either
> (a) close the CD or (b) something else. I think
> I picked (a). Now I cannot read the CD on either
> vista or ubuntu.
>
> Q: Is there any way I can get my backup?
> Charles

Have a look in '/media/cdrom' without a disc in your CD drive and see
whether your files are still there.

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