Can´t read my CD-R anymore.... HELP!!!!

[Johny1800]

I have a CD-R and there is no way I can read it anymore. Windows tells me that it can´t read the CD or it is a format not reconized by Windows.
I tried with ISoBuster 1.4, but no result. The CD was the whole time in the case of my portable without a jewelbox, so it has a lot of scratches.
I tried to read it on another burner, but no result.

Is there a guide to help me repair the CD (if that is possible )

Thx,

Johny

[Tommyknocker]

Try to get a CD repair kit to repair the scratches, then try to get the files from it.

[Johny1800]

Where can you buy that?
Or what should it contains?
I never heard of it here in Spain.

Can I use any househeld stuff or wax of my car? Or should that hurt the CD-R?

Thx,

Johny

[Tommyknocker]

Do a search under CD repair and see what hits come up.

[garryheather]

ISObuster may help you recover the disc too.

[Johny1800]

I have just added to the CD "GS27 SCRATCH REMOVER" of my car, and now at least ISOBUSTER can read something, but it tells only that it has 500K of data, so I tried to start to copy the object (as the program tellls). It is already 2 hours working and I have recoverd so far 20 MB, is this normal that it goes so slow?

Thx all of you

Johny

[garryheather]

Quite possibly - I had to let one of my discs run over night, once...



Cracking program, though - no complaints since it salvaged all my photos !

[Johny1800]

ISOBUSTER is working and extracting "TRACK01" to a TAO file.
Can anybody tell me if that file can later be read/copied back to a CD?
As I don´t want to stop ISOBUSTER (it goes so slow!!!!!)

Thx

Johny