IsoBuster
Encyclopedia
IsoBuster is a utility for CD and DVD
data recovery.
All CD and DVD formats are supported, including HD DVD
and Blu-ray
. It has the ability to access "deleted" data on multi-session CD-R
and DVD-R
discs, and allows users to access disc "images" in many formats (including ISO
, BIN and NRG) and to extract files in the same way that they would from a ZIP archive
. IsoBuster is also well known and often used by law enforcement and data forensics experts.
IsoBuster is produced by Smart Projects (founded in 1995 by Peter Van Hove) in Belgium. A functionality-restricted version is available freely. Extra functionality may be unlocked through purchasing a license key.
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
data recovery.
All CD and DVD formats are supported, including HD DVD
HD DVD
HD DVD is a discontinued high-density optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video.Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format...
and Blu-ray
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
. It has the ability to access "deleted" data on multi-session CD-R
CD-R
A CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
and DVD-R
DVD-R
DVD-R is a DVD recordable format. A DVD-R typically has a storage capacity of 4.71 GB. Pioneer has also developed an 8.5 GB dual layer version, DVD-R DL, which appeared on the market in 2005....
discs, and allows users to access disc "images" in many formats (including ISO
ISO image
An ISO image is an archive file of an optical disc, composed of the data contents of every written sector of an optical disc, including the optical disc file system...
, BIN and NRG) and to extract files in the same way that they would from a ZIP archive
ZIP (file format)
Zip is a file format used for data compression and archiving. A zip file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce file size, or stored as is...
. IsoBuster is also well known and often used by law enforcement and data forensics experts.
IsoBuster is produced by Smart Projects (founded in 1995 by Peter Van Hove) in Belgium. A functionality-restricted version is available freely. Extra functionality may be unlocked through purchasing a license key.