Get Files back from a Scratched CD or DVD

CD compact discs or DVD discs that are scratched can cause a computer to fail to read them. Discs get scratched all the time from general use which causes the laser to fail to read it. Scratches can be removed to get data back.

Zero Alpha data recovery has special polishing equipment for customers who need to get files back from a scratch damaged disc.

As long as the top layer is not severely damaged we have been able to recover files from the most damaged CDs and DVDs.

How to repair data from a starched or corrupted optical (CD/DVD/Blu-ray) disk. Step-by-step description:

Insert corrupted optical disk into drive on PC
If the disc failes to read the table of contents due to scratches then:
Use polishing tools to clear the disc of damages.
Re-read the disc

Zero Alpha has a prorietory disc reader that can ignore damaged TOC - table of contents file system for CDs and DVD.

recover files from scratched CD and DVD

In the image above you can see a CD with scratches being restored to a point where data can be recovered. Its almost impossible to tell that the original disc came to our lab with scratches at all. The disc had certain points with deep scratches that took a lot of work to fix.