Lost files on CD Rom

[Carley1015]

I uploaded pictures from my camera into Vista and saved them to my cd rom
drive. I have since deleted the pictures from my camera. I checked the disc
to make sure the pictures copied correctly,which they did. Now I am unable to
find the files. The disc shows disc space used but still shows as blank. I
tried to retrieve the files on my old comptuter with XP but still no files. I
then tried ISOBUSTER and was able to retrieve the files but really dont want
to pay $29.99 for my own pictures. Why am I unable to open files that I know
are stored on the cd.

 

[FrobozzCo]

I uploaded pictures from my camera into Vista and saved them to my cd
rom drive. I have since deleted the pictures from my camera. I
checked the disc to make sure the pictures copied correctly,which
they did. Now I am unable to find the files. The disc shows disc
space used but still shows as blank. I tried to retrieve the files on
my old comptuter with XP but still no files. I then tried ISOBUSTER
and was able to retrieve the files but really dont want to pay $29.99
for my own pictures. Why am I unable to open files that I know are
stored on the cd.

You probably used the Live File System format on the CD when you burned
it. Microsoft offers you the choice between the Mastered format and
the Live File System format when burning a CD.

The Live File System format is a UDF style format. The Vista version
of the Live File System format is not readable by earlier versions of
Windows.

Your CD is likely readable by only Vista. Put the CD in a Vista
system, recover the files, and burn them to a new CD using the Mastered
format.

Some info on Mastered and Live File System:
<http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/2af64e60-60aa-4d79-ab6c-3a5db5806cbe1033.mspx>

Burning a CD using the Mastered format:
<http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=539>

Burning a CD using the Live File System format:
<http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=536>

IsoBuster is a great program. It can read most (all?) of the various
UDF style formats. I have a paid for version because my DVR burns DVDs
that have a UDF format. The easiest way of dealing with that was to
use IsoBuster to read and extract the recorded DVD video. If you find
yourself needing the UDF reading capabilities then IsoBuster is worth
it.