lost pictures

[gucciman]

i recently tried to add some more pictures to a cd which i use to back up my picture library. unfortunately i got an error message saying that the cd could not be completed and the disc may no longer be useable. trouble is the pictures that were already on there have disappeared as well.
is there any way of recovering them or have they been erased for good?
many thanks

[bekka]

There's a free app called Recuver...i used it recently...it does a great job.

http://www.recuva.com/

[bekka]

woops...just re-read...CD...i recovered files from HD with it not CD.

There are apps that will recover files from corrupted discs but they are usually paid for ones.

[ACtheTROLL]

adding to a CD?????
not a good idea

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,25430,00. asp

Statistically HDDs are far less likely to go faulty than CD/DVDs so in reality it's probably safer to hold on to your pikkies until you have a good few Mb and then burn them to a new CD disc

If you look around you should find good quality BRANDED discs for 25p each (worth every penny if the data is important)

that way if a CD becomes unreadable ... you only loose a few ... not the whole lot

then from time to time copy your CDs to your HDD and burn a complete CD - then you are pretty bomb proof

[bekka]

Good link AC...explains a lot and easy to understand.

Very useful :)