# Video Backup Corruption :( **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [September 8, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-backup-corruption/63661 "2004-09-08T22:14:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RageW0lf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@RageW0lf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RageW0lf)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-backup-corruption/63661/1 "2004-09-08T22:14:42Z")
Bah! I recently formatted and saved things I needed to keep to CD. I had about 130mb left on a RW CD and tried to write a slightly larger video file to it (about 140mb). I never got an error message or told that I didn’t have enough space… so went ahead and formatted. Now the problem - the video file was important and I cannot play it - it says it is corrupted, obviously because I didn’t have enough space - which I have just realised. However I do not need all of the video, mainly just the bits at the start that _should_ have been saved to the CD. Is there anyway I can make it play, even if the end is missing ? Edit: the file type is .avi ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-backup-corruption/63661/2 "2004-09-10T20:12:10Z")
nothing I can do I take it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-backup-corruption/63661/3 "2004-09-10T20:14:04Z")
I’m not too familiar with recovery tools, if it’s that important, you’ll probably have to consider sending it to pro’s.