CDRoller is intended to recover data from defective optical media. It supports practically every type of disc, including CD, DVD, and Blu-ray. Luckily, it can even access data from discs that were not properly finalized. Its recovery method is based on attempting to read the raw data on the media, which explains its high rate of success.
The tool has a quite intuitive interface. After you insert the disc, it guides you through the whole process. Once it identifies the original folder structure, the program lets you navigate through it and select the desired files and folders. Unfortunately, although its trial version lets you view the results of the scan and classifies them according to their possibilities of being rescued, it does not allow saving the data.
Besides its basic recovery feature, CDRoller can also do some other things. For example, it lets you burn the recovered info onto a new disc or save it as an ISO image file. Moreover, it can convert recovered VOB files into MPG video and rip audio tracks from discs. Finally, the tool also supports erasing rewritable discs.
All in all, CDRoller is definitely a great solution when it comes to rescuing the data on damaged discs. Unluckily, some benchmarking results available online report this tool as slightly less competent than the leading product in this field. However, from my personal experience, I must admit that it worked perfectly.
v11.5 [Nov 27, 2019]
- That is an important version for everyone who uses CDRoller for data recovery from the video cameras with internal flash memories.
- Extended Data Recovery updated. Added support of Flip Video Pocket Cameras with internal flash memories.
- Fixed a bug when searching for the lost video files on the flash cards with FAT file system.
- Added Check Update into the Help menu. Using this option, you can check if your current version of CDRoller is up-to-date or a recent update is now available.
- Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.
