Data recovery on optical

oxygene · 22 Jan 2006 at 11:30

Ok I have a small problem that an old cdrw I dug up has an error on it. A load of files are intact, like 6 folders and contents and 2 files in root, all usable just fine. But one folder, the one I really want access to, cant be opened. Says the dir is corrupt and unreadable. All the files that are readable are 186mb, and the disk says 540mb used, so I know there is something there.

The basic question is obvious. how do I get this bvery important data back? I looked around the forums and there was a suggestion for BadCopy, but that didnt work. I swear I used a program before for this kind of problem but cant remember it.

any help would be much appreciated

oxygene · 22 Jan 2006 at 12:42

Lol, so far all the assumptions are that the cd is scratched. its not that kind of problem. The cd is in a fit state, but its something to do with a bad multisession I think

oxygene · 22 Jan 2006 at 14:32

It doesnt allow rescue method 1, and on method 2 it says "file and dir is corrupt and unreadable"

oxygene · 22 Jan 2006 at 18:43

Ok isobuster and cdroller both discover the file just fine. but they need registering and I cant affor dthat lol. Thanks for all the help, it was isobuster I used before.