Or try CDParanoia for Linux or OSX. I think it installs from Fink or
DarwinPorts on OSX:
http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/
And it will give you as much or as little paranoia about the data
copying process as you like. Also audio CDs only.
If the media itself is screwed up, there isn't much you can do except
look for drives with better error correction. No software in the world
can unscratch your discs, and no software in the world can make cheap
hardware work like higher quality hardware.
Some data recovery software will return data in blocks rather than as
complete files, so you might look into that.
Lastly,. I'd suggest trying to open up your WAV files as RAW instead.
That way any header information (including the anticipated length of the
file) will be ignored and you can see exactly what's left of your WAV
file. Then resave to your HD as your format of choice. Audacity supports
opening RAW files, as does CoolEdit IIRC.
d.
Neil Tungate wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:39:20 -0300, Jeremy Minns wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend software - preferably free - for recovering files from
>> defective CDs? My computer was stolen last year. I had most of the stuff
>> backed up but am now trying to recover a few cuts from analogue tapes which
>> I digitalized and saved as WAV files on CD. In some cases Windows or Cool
>> Edit 2000 reads most of the file but then stops and I lose even what it has
>> already read.
>
> If you mean you saved the files as audio CDs, then try Exact Audio Copy
> from http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
>
> It's very good at extracting wav files from bad CDRs.
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