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About IsoBuster
IsoBuster recovers files from damaged or unreadable media, with particular depth for CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. It also works with hard drives, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD and other media cards, floppies and Zip and Jaz drives.
You pick the problem disc or drive and browse what IsoBuster finds. If files are missing, a full scan can locate lost files and folders, including files identified only by their signature. The site also covers forensic use and recovery from DVR and PVR recorders. The current release is version 5.8.
Strengths
- Strong support for CD, DVD and Blu-ray recovery
- Signature-based scanning finds files without folder records
- Covers a very wide range of old and current media types
Limitations
- Windows only
- Full recovery features require a paid licence
Details
- Pricing
- PaidCan be downloaded and tried first; several paid licence models are offered.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Smart Projects
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Recovering files from scratched discs and failing drives or cards on Windows
- Categories
- Disk tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Recuva
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EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard
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Stellar Data Recovery offers Windows and Mac editions with a free preview before paying, plus related photo, video and phone recovery tools.
Wondershare Recoverit
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DiskGenius
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IsoBuster as an alternative
Listings that name IsoBuster as an alternative.
GNU ddrescue
A command-line data recovery tool that copies raw blocks from failing disks while working around read errors.
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