How to Recover a CD UFS

All is not lost on a corrupt CD.

The need to recover the data from a CD created with the Unix file system, or UFS, arises when you save your work directly to this external storage medium rather than creating a backup copy on your hard disk. If the data on the CD become corrupted or inaccessible because of a CD problem, you can recover the CD files and repair your work using UFS Explorer Standard Recovery software.

Instructions

1. Open a Web browser, and navigate to the UFS Explorer website (see Resources). Choose the UFS Explorer Standard Recovery software, 32-bit version 4.7. Click "Download" to download the software to your computer. Click "Run" and follow the instructions on the install dialog boxes to open the software without saving it. Or, click "Save" to save the software to your computer before running the recovery software.

2. Place the corrupt UFS-based CD in the CD drive. Type "ufsxci" at the command prompt to run the recovery software if you clicked "Save" rather than "Run" during the download procedure in Step 1.

3. Click "This Computer" on the panel information window. Click on the CD drive from the list. Click on the first partition in the right-hand window. Click the "Recover" button on the top tool bar.

4. Click on "Reconstruct the File System" to check the box in the dialog window that opens. Click on "Search for Deleted Files" to check the box in order to recover the CD files. Press "Enter" to run the scan.

5. Click the "Back Up" button on the tool bar once the scan results list in the panel information window. Save the files to your hard disk. Repeat the "Recover" and "Back Up" procedure for any further partitions on your CD to complete the UFS data recovery.

Tips & Warnings

• Do not save the recovered files back to the CD because this can cause overwriting problems.

References

• UFS Explorer: User Manual (PDF)

Resources

• UFS Explorer: UFS Explorer Standard Recovery