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From: Laurence on 25 Jul 2010 11:07 "Yrrah" <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> wrote in message news:o8io46h1c9ml7um1ro7mf48ece76gafl4q(a)net.com... > John <invalid(a)invalid.com>: > >> Looking for software that can undelete files and folders from CD/DVD. > > Just out of curiosity, how did you delete files and folders on a CD or > DVD? We may even learn something new here. ;-) > Yrrah A re-writable cd? Laurence > Some of the best of the best in Freeware > http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ > >
From: John on 25 Jul 2010 13:55 On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:59:59 GMT, Gerard Bok wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:51:07 +1200, John <invalid(a)invalid.com> > wrote: > >>Looking for software that can undelete files and folders from CD/DVD. > > Take a look at Isobuster. > www.isobuster.com > > (It used to be payware if you really want to extract files, but > from the table on http://www.isobuster.com/license-models.php it > seems that even the freeware version no retreives some files. > And if it doesn't, it's well worth the $ 30.) Thanks, I'll give it a try.
From: John on 25 Jul 2010 14:00 On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:39:21 GMT, rich wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:51:07 +1200, John wrote: > >> Looking for software that can undelete files and folders from CD/DVD. > > Might be possible for a CD *but* depends. > > If it is a CD-RW and you have erased, even a quick erase, AFAIK gone > forever. Table of Contents (TOC) will be trashed. > > If it is a multi-session CDR where one session has deleted or overwritten > a file then it might be possible to go back to that earlier session. > Something like > http://www.imageno.com/4la39ny1j2ydpic.html > > I think some payware like nero or roxio have a session manager. > > If you can get to a linux installation then the command (as root) > mount -o session=<n> /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom -tiso9660 > will mount a earlier session where first session=0 and you can then copy > the files elsewhere. > > DVD's - from experience when they are gone they are gone Okay, thanks. Looks like I'm out of luck with this one:-)
From: Martin Jay on 26 Jul 2010 18:09
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:25:46 +0200, Yrrah <Yrrah-acf(a)acf.invalid> wrote: >John <invalid(a)invalid.com>: >Just out of curiosity, how did you delete files and folders on a CD or >DVD? We may even learn something new here. ;-) AFAIK you can write more than one 'session' to a CD or DVD. It's not a very good use of a disc, though, because the previous 'session(s)' remain on it. ISO Buster does what the OP wants; not sure if it'll do it without him parting with cash. :( -- Martin Jay |