CDR Formatted - Overwrote Data?

Hi,

I was given a CDR with 10 MBs of AVI's on it. The person left the CD
"open" ( I think that is what the feature is) so they could add more
AVI's in the future. When I inserted the CD into Vista Business, it
wanted to (Format and Label) the CDR, I said Yes. I think it overwrote
the AVI's. Is there anyway to get this data?

Thanks,
Dan

"danf" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I was given a CDR with 10 MBs of AVI's on it. The person left the CD
> "open" ( I think that is what the feature is) so they could add more
> AVI's in the future. When I inserted the CD into Vista Business, it
> wanted to (Format and Label) the CDR, I said Yes. I think it overwrote
> the AVI's. Is there anyway to get this data?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>


It didn't actually overwrite them as that is impossible on a cdr. The files
are there but they have just been marked as not there so won't show up using
it's file system. I used to have a utility that would read cdr's in their
RAW state and could retrieve the files off it but can't remember the name of
it now and don't know if it is free anymore or even exists still. You should
be able to find a similar utility on the web if you search in Google for cdr
raw reader or something like that. I have it somewhere backed up to cdr but
it would take me forever to find it again.

danf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was given a CDR with 10 MBs of AVI's on it. The person left the CD
> "open" ( I think that is what the feature is) so they could add more
> AVI's in the future. When I inserted the CD into Vista Business, it
> wanted to (Format and Label) the CDR, I said Yes. I think it overwrote
> the AVI's. Is there anyway to get this data?

You might try this program:

BadCopy Pro (CD recovery) - http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/

Caveat - I've never used it but someone once recommended it highly so I
kept the url in my data recovery notes.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

On Aug 20, 3:17 pm, Malke <notrea...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> danf wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I was given a CDR with 10 MBs of AVI's on it. The person left the CD
> > "open" ( I think that is what the feature is) so they could add more
> > AVI's in the future. When I inserted the CD into Vista Business, it
> > wanted to (Format and Label) the CDR, I said Yes. I think it overwrote
> > the AVI's. Is there anyway to get this data?
>
> You might try this program:
>
> BadCopy Pro (CD recovery) -http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/
>
> Caveat - I've never used it but someone once recommended it highly so I
> kept the url in my data recovery notes.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

YUP. The data is there. I downloaded a trial version of BadCopy Pro.
They want me to pay for it, so I'll look for a free utility before I
pay $40 for BadCopy Pro. Thanks for the heads up.

And VISTA was not intuitive to let me FORMAT the disc when there was
data on there.

Thanks,
Dan

Look for ISOBUSTER Older versions of it were just plain free. I have an
older version and it works just fine. Now it costs about $20, U.S. if you
want an "unlimited" version. There is a legitimate free version that
doesn't have all the bells and whistles unlocked. You can get it, use it,
and keep it, all legal. It works very well and is freeware.

Google it or look directly at this site:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/867

Chet

"danf" <> wrote in message
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> On Aug 20, 3:17 pm, Malke <notrea...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> danf wrote:
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > I was given a CDR with 10 MBs of AVI's on it. The person left the CD
>> > "open" ( I think that is what the feature is) so they could add more
>> > AVI's in the future. When I inserted the CD into Vista Business, it
>> > wanted to (Format and Label) the CDR, I said Yes. I think it overwrote
>> > the AVI's. Is there anyway to get this data?
>>
>> You might try this program:
>>
>> BadCopy Pro (CD recovery) -http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/
>>
>> Caveat - I've never used it but someone once recommended it highly so I
>> kept the url in my data recovery notes.
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com
>> "Don't Panic!"
>> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
> YUP. The data is there. I downloaded a trial version of BadCopy Pro.
> They want me to pay for it, so I'll look for a free utility before I
> pay $40 for BadCopy Pro. Thanks for the heads up.
>
> And VISTA was not intuitive to let me FORMAT the disc when there was
> data on there.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>

On Aug 20, 5:48 pm, "Chet" <nos...@nospam.net> wrote:
> Look for ISOBUSTER Older versions of it were just plain free. I have an
> older version and it works just fine. Now it costs about $20, U.S. if you
> want an "unlimited" version. There is a legitimate free version that
> doesn't have all the bells and whistles unlocked. You can get it, use it,
> and keep it, all legal. It works very well and is freeware.
>
> Google it or look directly at this site:http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/867
>
> Chet
>
> "danf" <danfox...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news: ups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Aug 20, 3:17 pm, Malke <notrea...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >> danf wrote:
> >> > Hi,
>
> >> > I was given a CDR with 10 MBs of AVI's on it. The person left the CD
> >> > "open" ( I think that is what the feature is) so they could add more
> >> > AVI's in the future. When I inserted the CD into Vista Business, it
> >> > wanted to (Format and Label) the CDR, I said Yes. I think it overwrote
> >> > the AVI's. Is there anyway to get this data?
>
> >> You might try this program:
>
> >> BadCopy Pro (CD recovery) -http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/
>
> >> Caveat - I've never used it but someone once recommended it highly so I
> >> kept the url in my data recovery notes.
>
> >> Malke
> >> --
> >> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com
> >> "Don't Panic!"
> >> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
> > YUP. The data is there. I downloaded a trial version of BadCopy Pro.
> > They want me to pay for it, so I'll look for a free utility before I
> > pay $40 for BadCopy Pro. Thanks for the heads up.
>
> > And VISTA was not intuitive to let me FORMAT the disc when there was
> > data on there.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Dan- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Worked like a charm. Thanks Dan. I downloaded ISO Buster 1.9 and it
worked great.

Chet wrote:
> Look for ISOBUSTER Older versions of it were just plain free. I have
> an older version and it works just fine. Now it costs about $20, U.S.
> if you want an "unlimited" version. There is a legitimate free version
> that doesn't have all the bells and whistles unlocked. You can get it,
> use it, and keep it, all legal. It works very well and is freeware.
>
> Google it or look directly at this site:
> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/867

Thanks, Chet. IsoBuster looks like an awesome program and I was
impressed that it solved the OP's problem. I've added it to my toolchest.

Very cool.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User