Is Data Recovery Possible from a Broken CD or DVD?

Image by Rick Heath via FlickrIt is nearly impossible to fix a broken CD or DVD. If the CD or DVD has broken down in to pieces there is nothing that you can do about it. But Yes, there is a ray of hope if in case you have small cracks on the CD or DVD the damaged area can be repaired to an extent that the data can be copied to another CD or DVD. Here also you won't find a way to restore the CD to the original condition.




Lets Take a Look At the Steps to Follow To Recover Data From Cracked CD:

• Cleaning CD is the most important step, to clean the Cd you need to spray some warm water on the surface of the CD and then wipe of gently with the cloth from center of the disk outward. Wiping the CD in circular motion can damage the CD further and can result in to permanent data loss. The cleaning of the CD is performed to remove the smaller scratches and the dirt from the surface.
  

• Now take a CD scratch-repair liquid this liquid should be applied on the deep scratches on the disc. Work the liquid on the crack, with a soft cloth. Before you try any sort of the additional repair methods read the instructions and allow the CD to dry. Usually CD takes around 10 minutes to dry up.

• Now apply a CD adhesive at the top portion of the CD. Now align the edge of the CD properly with the edge. Now you might see some wrinkles on the label of the CD try to minimize those. The adhesive label will get hold of the edges properly and will let you to play the CD and copy the information on another disk.

• If you have the access to the CD drive, the first thing you need to do is to copy the data to hard drive. If in case you are able to access the CD or DVD and not the data on the disk then install a CD DVD Recovery Software and access the CD or DVD from the software. It will show all the damaged files you then recover those files and save them to the user defined location.

• This process has to be really fast if in case you have any doubt the the data might be corrupt in the CD then in that case you need to be well prepared with the DVD Recovery software. I am talking about doing it all fast as the CD may break in to pieces and the pieces may fly open, injuring people nearby.

• Another way can be to apply a clear packing tape over the top of the CD. The extra edges should be trimmed in such a way that the CD can turn freely inside the CD or DVD drive. But it is a bit complicated way. This sort of repair has more chances of breaking the CD and loosing the data for ever. I would recommend to use the above technique. What do you say?