Data Recovery from Damaged CD/DVD

We always form a back-up of the data in case our system crashes. This back-up is usually in the form of  the most widely accepted CDs and DVDs.

Though this form of back-up storage is gaining widespread popularity, it has its own share of problems as well.
If not stored properly the scratches on the discs makes it unreadable and even if u store it properly then also problem may exist, be it a commercial disc or a self burned one.

The important question of the hour is how to  recover data from defective or scratched discs. What will happen if the back-up only becomes inaccessible!! To spare you from the horror of losing your valuable data, data recovery  software known as CD DVD Data Recovery  Software is designed to recover data from defective discs.

How Does This Software Work?

Recovering data from CD DVD isn’t rocket science. What the CD DVD data recovery  software does is a complete scan of the disc surface. While scanning it skips those files which are not readable and copy all the other bytes to get the maximum data out of the CD. All this is done at the byte level thus copying the readable data to the destination directory.

There a number of CD DVD data recovery  softwares available at your service in the market. Below are listed the softwares which are available for free to recover your data from damaged discs .

CD DVD Data Recovery  Softwares

1.ABYSSAL RECOVERY

As the name suggests, abyssal recovery stands for unfathomable recovery,i.e, it recovers the data as far as possible. It scans the disc surface skipping the unreadable data and copying the readable one into a destination directory. This task is performed at the byte level ensuring that the destination directory contains all data that could be read from the disc.

2.ISO BUSTER

If your disc consists of primarily images,audio or video files then this data recovery  software will surely serve your purpose as it does not depend on Windows to work as an interface but directly communicates with the drive. In usual practice, Windows fetches the files and folders from the discs thereby limiting the data read from the disc. But ISO Buster can read even those data which cant be done by Windows. Even if Windows is unable to read any data, this software provides you with many re-try mechanisms to extract the data from the disc.

A wide range of image file formats, such as: *.DAO, *.TAO, *.ISO, *.BIN, *.IMG, *.CIF, *.FCD, *.NRG, *.GCD, *.P01, *.C2D, .CUE, *.CD, *.GI and many more is supported by ISO Buster.

3.CD RECOVERY TOOL-BOX

This software not only enhances the speed of recovery but also improves the quality of the recovered data. This feature is attributed to the fact that the Recovery Toolbox for CD free uses different algorithms. It can recover data from different disc types, viz. CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu-Ray to name a few. This tool performs a complete scan of the disc and saves as much information as possible.

4.CDCheck

“Better late than never”! this is what this software does. It keeps a time to time check that the data on your CD ROM is safe, before it is too late to detect the problem. CDCheck not only recover the damaged file but is also responsible for the prevention and detection of  corrupted files on your CD ROM. Its prime feature is the error detection mechanism. Apart from that it provides the following features as well,viz. readability verification, binary comparison, CRC file creation and file recovery.

So, listed above are data recovery  softwares which will prove helpful for recovering your data from damaged and scratched discs. If there are any further add-on to the above mentioned list of softwares then the gesture is most welcomed!