Windows only: Freeware application CD Recovery Toolbox finds and retrieves files on scratched or otherwise damaged CDs and DVDs. Under normal circumstances, a badly scratched disc might show up as ...

IsoBuster is a highly specialized, easy-to-use optical media data recovery tool. The high-end program has the capability to use its ‘Retry’ mechanisms to aid you in getting the data back, even if ...

I have a MacBook Pro and I have an external SuperDrive. I'm trying to get some data off of old DVD-Rs that I burned in college almost 2 decades ago. Well, they've deteriorated a bit. The data in the ...

Reader William has a problem: I have a lot of home videos that I've meticulously edited and made into DVDs, but I also stored the raw MPEG videos on data DVDs. Unfortunately, the DVDs are beginning to ...

It’s important to note that the methods outlined below will not work with Blu-rays. Those discs use a harder coating that’s more difficult to scratch and damage, which is good, but the downside to ...