A new product to recover data from unreadable CDs and DVDs is available from ArrowKey. Titled CD/DVD Diagnostic, it is used to retrieve damaged files corrupted by a defective drive, bad software or from user error.
The software maker claims CD/DVD Diagnostic recovers data from unreadable, scratched, or corrupt CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW discs. CD/DVD Diagnostic bypasses Windows file system and ignores the original software that created the lost data file. Whether the bad files were created by Roxio Easy CD Creator, Ahead Nero and DLA, digital cameras that record directly onto discs, other proprietary PC or Macintosh software, or are even audio disc files, CD/DVD Diagnostic can find, retrieve and copy the files to your hard drive.
The program can perform a readability test of the entire disc, giving you an idea of how much damage you're dealing with. It's easy to balance examination speed with thoroughness by setting the level of automatic retries that are performed whenever an error is encountered. With its built-in disc memory and checkpoint features, you can interrupt your disc examination, and resume your work at a later time. After a disc has been examined, it only takes seconds to bring up all of the files that have been recovered. The program can locate files that have been dropped from the directory structure, a common occurrence for UDF format discs. To help you identify the lost data, the program displays sectors of data in hexadecimal and character format. When recovering unreadable files from audio discs, CD/DVD Diagnostic shows you the Recorder Identification (RID), the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) and its information about the recording studio and publisher, and the CD text, including the album, track, and artist names. CD/DVD Diagnostic performs comprehensive mastering problem detection by ensuring that the disc to be replicated has proper identification, volume information, file names, and matching mode-1 and mode-2 session information. The program's Readability Test is one of the tools that help to avoid future problems with a disc; it tests the ability of all CD devices in general to read the disc. CD Rx Data Retriever is a simplified version of CD/DVD Diagnostic, designed for use by home users and small business users who need easy-to-use data recovery techniques. The program supports recovery of all inaccessible files from CD-R and CD-RW discs. CD/DVD Diagnostic and CD Rx Data Retriever run under Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP, and require several hundred MB of free hard drive space to recover data from a problematic disc. There are no disc drive hardware considerations. |
In light of the revelation that some CD discs aren't as bullet proof as we thought, you may want to keep this product in mind. CD/DVD Diagnostic costs $ 69.99(US) for a single user license. CD Rx Data Retriever costs $ 39.99. Multi-user licenses are available. For more information on Arrowkey, demonstration versions of CD/DVD Diagnostic and CD Rx Data Retriever, or information about Arrowkey's family of software products, visit http://www.arrowkey.com. Please feel free to discuss this in the Media Forum.
Source: prnewswire.com
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