Based on my own experience and numerous software try out, I’ve compiled a short list of CD DVD data recovery software available for free to recover data from your damaged disk. These software are probably outdated, nobody uses a CD anymore, let alone DVD, but for those with unforgettable memories such as their wedding or children’s photos saved in a CD, these software are here to retrieve the data.
01 – IsoPuzzle | Free
IsoPuzzle is by far the best software to recover data from damaged DVDs. I tried the software on my old scratched CD and it worked. According to sources, it does not guarantee 100% recovery success rate, no harm trying. IsoPuzzle is CD/DVD recovery software.
The goal of this program is to recover as much data as possible of damaged, badly burned or scratched CDs or DVDs. This version is experimental and supports only data CDs and DVDs with sector size of 2048 byte – Audio CD, VCD and SVCD are not supported. Requires ASPI.dll.
↓ 02 – CD Recovery Toolbox | Free
CD Recovery Toolbox was developed for recovering damaged files from different disk types: CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu-Ray, etc. Use it to restore and recover information lost as a consequence of some mechanical damage of the disk such as surface scratches, chips, different spots on the surface or as a result of incorrect recording on the boot sector. Thus, the program can recover data from CD and DVD that was considered lost or unreadable by the DVD drive. This is another good damaged DVD data recovery tool. Depending on the level of damage, the recovery progression may consume a slightly long time, in certain cases; the files might not be recoverable.
CD Recovery Toolbox Free tool scans any CD and DVD disks and finds files and folders located there. We should mention that there can be some information on the disk that cannot be recovered. Not all of the files and folders can be found – that depends on the degree and location of the damage.
Therefore, the CD Recovery Toolbox Free tool finds the possible maximum amount of information. After that, it shows a list of all files and folders available for recovery. Now the user can select the files and folders to be recovered. Those specific objects will be recovered while the others will be ignored. The program recovers the maximum amount of information in the damaged file. This reduces the risk of data loss considerably. Program features:
- Recovering information from any CD and DVD disks
- Recovering files larger than 4 Gb
- Detecting possible lack of free space on the hard disk for storing the recovered files
03 – CD Check | Free
Yet another DVD data recovery, CDCheck is a utility for the prevention, detection and recovery of damaged files on CD-ROMs with an emphasis on error detection. With CDCheck you can check your CDs and discover which files are corrupted that might affect the readability of the disk. Prevention is better than cure.
CDCheck is a utility for prevention, detection and recovery of damaged files with emphasis on error detection. It can check each of your CD/DVDs (or any other media) and indicate which files are corrupted. CDCheck reporting features tell you exactly where the problems are. Files on CDs, zip drives, USB keys etc. can get damaged in a number of ways, so the program helps you determine whether your data is safe before it’s too late.
The program also provides extremely fast binary comparison for effectively checking that file transfers (burning, copying…) were accomplished successfully and alerts you of differences. Besides that CDCheck supports creation and checking of MD5, CRC-32, SHA… hashes in SFV, MD5 and CRC file formats. This provides means to check backups for possible loss of information or verify file transfers where comparison is not possible (transfer over mail etc.).
The program can be used with all local or removable media (CDs, DVDs, disk drives, floppy disks, ZIP drives, USB keys…) visible by the operating system (Windows Explorer) and also with audio CDs. In addition CDCheck also gives detailed information (manufacturer, type, capacity…) about inserted CD or DVD media. Key features (details):
- hash creation and checking
- file/directory checking
- binary file/directory compare
- file/directory recovery
- audio CD support
- data DVD support
- CD/DVD information with media ratings
04 – Roadkil’s Unstoppable Copier | Free
Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made usable even if some parts of the file were not recoverable in the end.
The program can be used as a daily backup system using its batch mode functions. A list of transfers can be saved to a file and then run from the command line to perform the same batch of transfers on a regular basis without having to use the GUI interface. The program supports command line parameters which allow the application to be run from schedulers or scripts so it can be fully integrated into daily server tasks.
↓ 05 – Puran Data Recovery | Free
Data Recovery is a free utility that can help you recover maximum data from damaged media like scratched CDs, DVDs, Blu Rays and damaged pen drives, memory cards etc. If you are able to see a list of files in any media, data recovery can recover those files. Data Recovery working is simple, it ignores any bad sector that comes in while copying data from a file and continues copying until the end of that file. Hence, recovering maximum undamaged data.
06 – IsoBuster
Need to rescue files from CD, DVD, HD DVD or Blu Ray disc? Looking to recover data from Hard Drive, Floppy, USB, Flash Drive, Media Card, SD, SSD, MMC and many more…? ISOBuster is the Ultimate CD/DVD/Blu-ray data recovery tool. Extract data from your unreadable CDR/Ws/DVDR/BD/Ws and BD/CD/DVD image formats(.iso, .bin/cue, .nrg…).
It can also extract mpg video files from VCD and SVCD. ISOBuster is part freeware and shareware. Register/Donate $30 to get all functions. Find lost data on CDs, DVDs, BDs or HD DVDs, created with integrated drag and drop applications, otherwise also known as packet writing software. Optimized, but not exclusive, for:
- Roxio Direct CD, Roxio Drag-to-Disc
- Ahead / Nero InCD
- Prassi / Veritas / Sonic DLA
- VOB / Pinnacle Instant-Write
- CeQuadrat Packet CD
- NTI FileCD
- BHA B’s CLiP
- Microsoft Windows XP, VISTA, 7, 8
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