recovering files from writable CD folder

[Adam Cook]

A few months ago I burned serveral CDs worth of files using
the writable CD folder program only i didint funalize the
disks. So the about a month ago i reformatted (without
finalizing the CDs). Well now my computer does not
recognize the CDs and thinks of them as blank CDs (but i
cant burn to them)

So is there a way to recover the files burned to these
unfinalized CDs

 

[Rock]

A few months ago I burned serveral CDs worth of files using
the writable CD folder program only i didint funalize the
disks. So the about a month ago i reformatted (without
finalizing the CDs). Well now my computer does not
recognize the CDs and thinks of them as blank CDs (but i
cant burn to them)

So is there a way to recover the files burned to these
unfinalized CDs

Try isobuster, http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/

 

[Alex Nichol]

A few months ago I burned serveral CDs worth of files using
the writable CD folder program only i didint funalize the
disks. So the about a month ago i reformatted (without
finalizing the CDs). Well now my computer does not
recognize the CDs and thinks of them as blank CDs (but i
cant burn to them)

If you burn a CD as ISO sessions using the inbuilt software, or with a
package like Nero or EasyCD Creator, there is no 'finalising' process
involved, not is it necessary to 'close' the CD against further burning;
it will just open in Explorer to View files and folders.

If you dragged the files to the CD icon and did not then 'Write files to
CD' from My Computer, you merely copied them to a different part of Hard
disk and they never got on CD at all. Reformatting the hard disk will
have deleted them, along with all other files on it

Finalising arises if you have installed one of the third party 'packet
writing' programs to do true drag and drop - Direct CD, InCD or DLA

 

[Guest]

Try isobuster, http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/

Thanks. that worked wonders

 

[Rock]

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Thanks. that worked wonders

Glad to hear that. I have never used it for recovery but everyone I
have referred it to has had success.