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HELP!!!!!!

I have a cd-rw and I created a disk with tonnes of needed information on it.
It worked fine for months but today I inserted the disk and the folders are
gone. The is a single file on the CD called "Non-Allocatable Space" which is
0kb. The cd does however have 525mb of space used.

Am I totally screwed or can that info be recovered.

Thanks a bunch,

Adam

"Chrosis" <> wrote in message
news:QcLFb.4552$d%. ..
> HELP!!!!!!
>
> I have a cd-rw and I created a disk with tonnes of needed information on
it.
> It worked fine for months but today I inserted the disk and the folders
are
> gone. The is a single file on the CD called "Non-Allocatable Space" which
is
> 0kb. The cd does however have 525mb of space used.
>
> Am I totally screwed or can that info be recovered.
>
> Thanks a bunch,
>
> Adam
>
>

Try this maybe:

http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/

Chrosis wrote:
|| HELP!!!!!!
||
|| I have a cd-rw and I created a disk with tonnes of needed
|| information on it. It worked fine for months but today I inserted
|| the disk and the folders are gone. The is a single file on the CD
|| called "Non-Allocatable Space" which is 0kb. The cd does however
|| have 525mb of space used.
||
|| Am I totally screwed or can that info be recovered.
||
|| Thanks a bunch,
||
|| Adam

Are you using the same CD drive? Some drives can't read cd-rw's! I have one


CB
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Hi,

as this was "needed" information you obviously created back-ups on a
regular basis didn't you?!!!

CJ


"Chrosis" <> wrote in message
news:QcLFb.4552$d%. ..
> HELP!!!!!!
>
> I have a cd-rw and I created a disk with tonnes of needed information
on it.
> It worked fine for months but today I inserted the disk and the
folders are
> gone. The is a single file on the CD called "Non-Allocatable Space"
which is
> 0kb. The cd does however have 525mb of space used.
>
> Am I totally screwed or can that info be recovered.
>
> Thanks a bunch,
>
> Adam
>
>

Chrosis wrote:
> HELP!!!!!!
>
> I have a cd-rw and I created a disk with tonnes of needed information
> on it. It worked fine for months but today I inserted the disk and
> the folders are gone. The is a single file on the CD called
> "Non-Allocatable Space" which is 0kb. The cd does however have 525mb
> of space used.
>
> Am I totally screwed or can that info be recovered.
>
> Thanks a bunch,
>
> Adam

http://www.elpros.si/CDCheck/ might help.

Chrosis wrote:
> HELP!!!!!!
>
> I have a cd-rw and I created a disk with tonnes of needed information
> on it. It worked fine for months but today I inserted the disk and
> the folders are gone. The is a single file on the CD called
> "Non-Allocatable Space" which is 0kb. The cd does however have 525mb
> of space used.

IMHO it's much better to to your long-term important backups to CDR rather
than CDRW, and always use decent branded CDRs e.g. TDK, Sony, Maxell etc.
rather than no-name el-cheapo ones. I've had a few CDRWs go duff for no
apparent reasons and have become unusable.

> Am I totally screwed or can that info be recovered.

Do as Philo says and try ISO Buster.

Sounds like you have somehow gone into a different session.
Check your writing s/w and see if you can switch sessions.

"CJ" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> as this was "needed" information you obviously created back-ups on a
> regular basis didn't you?!!!
>
> CJ
>
>
> "Chrosis" <> wrote in message
> news:QcLFb.4552$d%. ..
> > HELP!!!!!!
> >
> > I have a cd-rw and I created a disk with tonnes of needed information
> on it.
> > It worked fine for months but today I inserted the disk and the
> folders are
> > gone. The is a single file on the CD called "Non-Allocatable Space"
> which is
> > 0kb. The cd does however have 525mb of space used.
> >
> > Am I totally screwed or can that info be recovered.
> >
> > Thanks a bunch,
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
>
>