Dead Disc Doctor

CD and DVD discs are highly unreliable when it comes to scratches. That's because even the smallest scratch can ruin a disc and can make the data stored on it impossible to access and corrupted. The same goes for hard disks, which are the most unreliable components of a computer. Besides the fact that they are slower than the CPU or RAM memory, hard disks can sometimes fail, making all the data stored on them impossible to read. In case the data stored on an optical disc or hard disk it's important, then this can be a really big problem. Fortunately, there are programs that can help you recover all your data from a corrupted media or hard disk. One such program is Dead Disc Doctor.

This intuitively named application allows you to recover every single file and folder from a scratched disc or corrupted hard disk, using a simple wizard-like interface. After installing the program, the user just needs to select the drive which contains the corrupted files or folders. This information can be stored on hard disks, optical discs or even floppy discs. After completing this step, one should select the destination folder. At this point, the program begins the recovery process, displaying in real time all the files and folders which are rescued from the corrupted media.

At the end of the recovery process, the number of files and folders will be displayed, together with their total space occupied. Besides that, files that can't be recovered will also be displayed. Having this information displayed, the user can find out if all the data was saved or only a part of it and he can retry to recover those files and folders, hoping that he will have more luck next time.