Comments on: Free CD/DVD File Recovery Tool – CD Recovery Toolbox

By: JacPat

JacPat — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:42:04 +0000

well, it’s the first time i’ve ever tried to recover part of a dvd. I’m not sure if it’s something i did, or the program. But it spend 5 hours to recover 6 images. I clicked recover the entire dvd, though i thought it would be faster than that.

By: Email Subscriber

Email Subscriber — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:33:01 +0000

Excellent software! Used it to recover some MP3 voice recordings of my late grandfather. Worked very quickly (approx 5 mins for each 3MB MP3 file). It succeeded where CDCheck and unstoppable copier failed.

Cant rate it highly enough – thanks for the review makeuseof

By: Nikil

Nikil — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:49:06 +0000

Read the article in Techworld for detailed information on how to maintain your CD/DVD. It would enable you to prevent damages upto an extent.For damaged one,this is the best solution available..nice post…I used the tips from Techworld and yours to keep my records alive !

By: Harry Potterfan

Harry Potterfan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:29:14 +0000

Thanks a ton for this wonderful app! You have no idea what a lifesaver this article is for me now!! So many ‘corrupt’ CDs and DVDs have suddenly become recoverable now!!

THAT’S A REAL LIFESAVER!!!! IT IS!!!

I firmly recommend this freeware who has even a single ‘unreadable’ CD/DVD…

By: Kitty M16

Kitty M16 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:58:19 +0000

One technique to use is to create a ISO image of the software CD/DVD when you obtain it; then use a virtual CD drive to mount it as required. Similar when burning CDs, also burn a ISO image.

By: M

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:21:42 +0000

Isobuster is good too. It recovered files from a damaged DVD for me once while CD Recovery Toolbox didn’t even recognize it!
The only drawback is that it is not free.

By: Rich Hill

Rich Hill — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:03:51 +0000

This just saved me a ton of moolah!

I have not been kind to my original Office for Win xp and my original Photoshop 6.0.
The both had gouges and edge rot and just would not work at all.

I was trying to decide if I should upgrade all of my systems to VISTA (yuckies) or buy some used software to keep working in XP, which I am comfortable with.

I had tried those disks on three different machines and for some reason had not tossed them out yet.

I can’t believe it but this program recovered them and I am back in business!

Thanks so much!

Rich Hill
LinkMoney.org

By: USBman

USBman — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:18:25 +0000

I’m a fan of ISO Puzzle
It creates an ISO of your damaged media, and flags any bad sectors. This then allows you to try reading that same damaged media of another drive (or even another computer altogether), with the aim that perhaps a different drive may (for various reasons, including better error handling) be able to access those flagged sectors. It then adds any additional successfully read sectors to the previously built ISO, leaving you with a more complete recovery of your precious data. Yah!!

By: Disconnect

Disconnect — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:13:28 +0000

Brainiac, as per your recommendation I just tested Badcopy with the same 3 files I mentioned in my other post. I have tried about 4-5 different apps in total now and so far, CD Recovery Toolbox was one of the quickest and did a better job at recovering files.

By: Bill Mullins

Bill Mullins — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:40:05 +0000

Hey Disconnect,

Glad this app worked for you. When I was testing it, I was pretty surprised at how efficient it was given that it’s a free app.

Bill Mullins

By: Bill Mullins

Bill Mullins — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:36:01 +0000

Hey Becci,

It’s always very cool to hear of a success like yours! Good one.

Bill Mullins

By: Disconnect

Disconnect — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:50:42 +0000

I tested this out just now and it worked out quite well compared to a few others I tested. I ran it on a few files on a CD that other programs could not fully recover. The end result was that it copied the files but when viewing the 2 video’s plus 1 pic, it show some (but little) frame / pixel loss. It would be nice if the app showed a percentage of file loss and the area the area of loss or corruption.. but I used the default settings.. i’ll see if this is possible after looking at some of the options.

Thanks for posting this!

By: Aibek

Aibek — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:29:32 +0000

Hey Brainiac, I tried it as well. It’s pretty good, though it did fail for me a couple times.

By: Brainiac

Brainiac — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:57:23 +0000

I am fan of Badcopy, it can handle damaged discs pretty well. The only problem i’s not free, though if you look hard enough there is always a cracked version lying around. You just need to know where to look ;-)

By: Becci

Becci — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:02:14 +0000

Oh thank God! This is a life saver. I have a CD of pictures from one of my brothers’ weddings. I made the CD 2 years ago & not long after making it I couldn’t access the pictures. My brother & his wife were nearly as upset as I was. Now I’ve recovered all the pictures & even some short video clips from that special day :D