Why don't U try either CD Check and/or ISSOBuster to see if anything can be
read.
langalist] LangaList Standard Edition 2002-06-06
Date: 6/5/2002 9:17:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: fred@langa.com
CDCheck,
from
http://elpros.si/CDCheck/
, has developed into a
sophisticated tool that will detect and explain any read
errors in CDRs. It might be used occasionally or at random
intervals by someone who does a huge amount of CD burning,
constantly if one burns CDRs rarely, and is useful for
checking long-term archived CDRs from time to time, since
deterioration is very possible over time. [Note: CDCheck is
indeed free for non-commercial use; and free to try for 30
days for commercial users. But there's a fee for commercial
use beyond 30 days; info is available on the site.
BootLIST 103
Date: 7/26/2003 2:33:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time
3) Util To Check Your Newly Made CD For Errors
Trevor S. posts - Is there an equivalent to scandisk for cd's -
especially for checking whether a cd-r has been written without
errors?
Kenny says you can try:
CDCheck
http://www.elpros.si/CDCheck/news.php
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Try the software from
www.isobuster.com
http:/ / www.smart-projects.net/ isobuster/
which is free to try and
can recover files, etc from sections which aren't physically
damaged.
*** Of course I'd try the disk on another PC first. There's
always the chance that your CD drive has gone bad.
Here's the link to ISOBuster 1.4 downloadable:
http://www.isobusterdownload.com/isobuster_14_eng.zip
WinIce can also make a snapshot of memory while ISOBuster reads the
file(s), if you can't save to disk as an option.
langalist] LangaList Standard Edition 2003-07-28
Date: 7/27/2003 9:17:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time
4) "The Ultimate CD/DVD Data Recovery Tool"
Reader George Davis found an interesting tool with several uses---
including digging files off CDs you might not otherwise be able to read!
Hi Fred, All of this talk of backups made me wonder why I'd
never seen a mention of this tool. Maybe I'd just missed it, so
I searched my updated LL Archives, and it didn't come up there
either.
Background: I suspected my old Win95 machine was getting ready
to die, so I made plenty of backups, right onto CD-RWs (so easy
to drag-n-drop, dontcha know?). I admit it I don't know much
about CDs, they're just big backup media, with lots of quirks
compared to floppies and Zip Disks. So, here I am safe in the
knowledge that I have plenty of backups.
I also had some regular CD-Rs, but 1 out of 2 turned out bad,
still don't know why (I suspect software/hardware conflicts w/
that old machine).
So I get me a fancy-schmancy new WinXP system.... And you
guessed it--- that new computer doesn't read UDF-whatever CD-
RWs. On a chance, I went googling, and stumbled upon IsoBuster.
Pure serendipity.
Google took me to good ol' Shell Extension City, where I found
the following description:
"IsoBuster : The Ultimate CD/DVD data recovery tool! Rescue
lost files from CD or DVD! Save important documents, precious
pictures from the family, your only system backup, ...
IsoBuster can do it all !.... IsoBuster lets you explore a CD's
File System while by-passing Windows. This way you get better
Error handling and several retry-mechanisms to aid you in
getting the data anyway. More CDs stay 'readable' after
problems (such as Buffer Underrun). Read and extraction of
files, tracks and sessions from CD-i, VCD, SVCD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM
XA, DVD, DVCD. Mpg (*.dat) Extraction and dat2mpg 'in one'.
ISO9660, Joliet, Romeo (Short File-names <-> Long File-names on
mastered CDs). Big Endian (Motorola), Little Endian (Intel)
(The File System Windows sees vs. what Unix, Mac and other
systems see). UDF 2.01 but also UDF 1.02 (e.g DVDs), UDF 1.5
(e.g. Packet writing on CD-R and CD-RW). Rock Ridge Support
(e.g. for Commodore users). Single sector extraction. File
system properties (must for FS developers). Neat features the
OS doesn't offer. CD-Text support.....(free)"
Unfortunately, what the above system doesn't say is that the
UDF support is activated only by a $20 registration, but as far
as I can tell, everything else is free. But that $20 was the
2nd best money I've spent for my computer (LangaList Plus being
#1, of course! <g>).
And it also read my previously unreadable CR-R's, not 100%
recovery, but close enough (with redundancy, I have 100%, just
have to sort it all out).
I highly recommend IsoBuster in the free version. If the paid
features are needed, registration, in my case, took less that
15 minutes.
Give it a look, and if you agree it's a keeper, pass it along
to everyone else.
Thanks for keeping us well-informed. ---[<G>eorge]
Nice find, George, thanks! It's an unusual tool that started as freeware,
and so all the original features are still available for free. But the
later features are shareware; you do have to pay to use them.
A full description and download link is available at
http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/
BadCopy Pro from BadCopy Pro if the disks are actually damaged.
http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy if the disks are actually damaged.
Undo The Damage
Recover Files From Floppy Diskettes & Optical Media
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fr0504%2F53r04%2F53r04%2Easp&&searchtype=0&WordList=scratched+CD
How To Recover Data from corrupted cds
Comment from philby11
Date: 11/07/2003 08:33PM PST
Most dvd/video rental shops have professional 8 stage cutting machines
that will remove all scratches that dont go through the disk.
My local guy charges $2 for the service.(not bad considering it takes
about 20 mins)
It has worked for me on clients DVD's & CD's 100% of the time, unless
like i say there is a hole. |
