HRESULT 0xC00D0FAC (NS_E_CD_READ_ERROR): meaning and diagnosis

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Windows Media Player cannot read the CD. The disc might be dirty or damaged or the CD drive might be malfunctioning.%0

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NS_E_CD_READ_ERROR_NO_CORRECTION	NS_E_CD_SLOW_COPY

NS_E_CD_READ_ERROR

NS_E_CD_READ_ERROR: isolate the owning operation

NS_E_CD_READ_ERROR (0xC00D0FAC) is not a catch-all media error. It reports that the CD reader could not recover one or more audio sectors under the configured correction policy.

Do not discard these details

Record disc/track identity, failing sector range, drive firmware, correction/retry settings, and whether the same sectors fail repeatedly on another drive.
Preserve the first HRESULT or lower-level result produced before cleanup or automatic retry changes the state.

How to prove the correction

Retest the exact track with a clean disc or alternate drive. If the same sectors fail, preserve that as media evidence rather than changing encoder settings.

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