Oct

Wasted Media, Goodbye Data?

Rai

Random

Digital media is now the epitome of Information Technology since it is possible to store millions of data into a compact digital media. And people like me who consistently gather information from the Internet, storage space has become somewhat difficult to maintain. There is no (disk) space too large for me. That is why making data backups to a separate media like CD’s and DVD’s are next to cleanliness, which is next to godliness. Well, you get the point.

But digital media are not meant to stay forever. We all know that. Despite consistent manufacturer claims that their DVD’s are meant to last a lifetime, they are probably talking about the physical media, not the data that it carries. I have a lot of discs that looks like it is in good working condition, but is totally unreadable by the optical drive. God knows what data is inside since I have a bad habit of not labeling the discs properly.

So what if you have an important data to recover from a defective CD or DVD? I would have probably cried myself to sleep and pray that I still have my job the next morning. But some people find ways and information about data recovery but having your data extracted by someone else for you is expensive, not to mention unsafe especially if the data is confidential.

The safest and most convenient way is still having a data recovery software to get you through. One software that helps people recover their data from a damaged or defective DVD’s and CD’s is Recover Disc, which runs under Microsoft Windows. It supports CD and DVD media with ISO or UDF file systems, even discs with data from digital camcorders.

The software is available for download from the official website and evaluation period is 30 days.