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extreme P
4th Nov 2008, 20:24
I'm using ISO Buster which I thought would do the trick. No luck yet. Any other good programs suggestions for the same purpose?
green granite
4th Nov 2008, 20:36
When you say damaged, do you mean physically, ie badly scratched, or data wise?
extreme P
4th Nov 2008, 21:11
Data damaged. Shows up as a blank cd.
amanoffewwords
5th Nov 2008, 00:47
File Scavenger (Data recovery tool for Windows XP, Windows 2000/2003 and Windows NT (http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm)) has worked for me in the past - you can download a demo version to try it out - it will tell you what, if anything, can be recovered before shelling out the $$$s.
Or try Recuva - it's free (Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File Recovery - Home (http://www.recuva.com))
green granite
5th Nov 2008, 06:49
What amanoffewwords says, if you google 'cd data recovery' you will find dozens of programs out there.
Background Noise
5th Nov 2008, 06:59
Similar here - the one I used was Diskinternals' CD-DVD-Recovery program. I think it had the same 'try it' free version which showed that there were files recoverable and then I paid for the full version. Turned out I didn't want the old files in the end but hey-ho, it did what it said on the tin.