Thread: IsoBuster

A very powerful utility, IsoBuster is an optical media data recovery software used by many forensic laboratories. The utility can rescue data from CDs, DVDs, HD-DVDs and Blu-Ray media too. Data from optical media that are partially scratched, rewritable media that are erased or regular media with lost data due to multisession errors can be easily retrieved. If the optical disc is scratched beyond a particular point, the software tried to retrieve the data as far as possible, but can damage the optical drive due to overheating. IsoBuster is available in three versions-Free and Professional versions for personal and business uses. The difference between the free and professional versions are basically the ability of the utility to read UDF file system formats and HD and Blu-ray discs. The Pro version also can read from HFS file systems and retrieve IFO and VOB files from DVD video discs. The utility is very easy to use-just pop-in an optical disc you need to retrieve data from and software will list the table of contents on the first screen. Select the data you need and save it to the hard drive in the form if an ISO or directly save files from the disc. With this utility, one can extract files, tracks and sessions from optical media discs. Additional features allow you to extract boot images from bootable discs and also check if the media is physically readable.