Scratched or Damaged CD & DVD Data Recovery

Zero Alpha offers professional data recovery for Scratched and Damaged CD/DVD discs. These optical media are often used for storing important photos, videos, and backups, but can become unreadable due to surface damage, cracks, or age-related degradation. Our expert team can recover data from discs that computers and standard software can no longer read. We also accept mail in jobs from any location worldwide.

cd and dvd not reading data recovery

CD DVD Common Problems

  • Deep surface scratches causing read errors
  • Cracked or chipped discs
  • Unreadable due to oxidation or disc rot
  • Failed burns or incomplete sessions
  • Corrupted ISO or VOB files
  • Water or heat damage to reflective layer

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. 


How to read a cracked DVD Data Recovery

DVDs can get cracked from all types of forces. Depending on how bad the damage is there may be some hope to get your video or files back. Watch our youtube video demonstration