Download IsoBuster 2.5

Friday Smart Projects released version 2.5 of IsoBuster. This program specializes in reading bad or damaged CDs and DVDs and in many cases can recover files that are no longer recognized by Windows. Another strong point of IsoBuster is that it can read almost any CD or DVD image format imaginable, such as .iso, .bin, .img, .ccd, and .nrg. The program is largely free, only some advanced features are only accessible to paying users. Exactly what those are is on this page to find. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

Changes:

• Support for UDF Named streams in the core engine
• Ability to extract UDF Named Streams to NTFS Alternate Data streams (default ON)
• Ability to show UDF Named streams as separate files, for analysis, a [Business] feature
• Support for UDF System streams (shown in a separate UDF file system)
• Ability to extract Mac Resource forks (from UDF / HFS or ISO9960) to NTFS Alternate Data streams (default ON)
• Ability to extract Mac Properties (from UDF / HFS or ISO9960) to NTFS Alternate Data streams (combined with resource forks)
• Ability to include folder information when creating a File List (Need to enable in Options)
• Implemented Command Line Parameter “/ep:” to avoid poppups during automated extraction
• Support for VMWare Hard Drive *.vmdk image files containing FAT

Improvements:

• Improvements to detect and find more FAT partitions
• Recognition of Dynamic Partitions
• Improved support for *.gi multi-file image files
• Removed “This is a packet written disc. Errors are not abnormal on this disc” warning for all type discs other than CD
• “UD.DAT”, a typical BD mastering file, is now part of the files that are automatically recognized when opening an image file.
• Ability to open and support for VMWare Floppy *.flp image files
• Do NOT prompt and ask if a file should be over-written when going through the temp folder (eg drag and drop)
• Display 8 characters in a File List (eg 00000001) instead of 7, because for BD Dual Layer (which can contain up to 50 GB) 8 characters are required
• Various GUI improvements and changes

Fixes:

• The Toolbar does not change the homepage anymore
• Fixed extremely rare exception error, seen only on one data set, during the “Find missing files and folders” scan
• Fixed issue that prevented BD drive write-ability to be detected properly when no BD disc was mounted
• Fixed negative % progress when verifying files on DL BD discs with over 40 GB of data

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IsoBuster screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.