User's Manual

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CDRoller - User's Manual

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Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction. 1. Installing CDRoller. 2. Uninstalling CDRoller. 3. Opening and Closing CDRoller. 4. How to register the program. 5. How to upgrade CDRoller. 6. Recovering CD/DVD/BD Data.

Overview.

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6.1. Disk recognition..... 13 6.2. Using Session Selector..... 15 6.3. Searching the lost UDF files on CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R disks..... 16 6.4. Applying Scan UDF Disc..... 17 6.5. Recovering files..... 18 6.6. Recovering DVD video and photos..... 19 6.7. Recovering files from UDF discs in ISO mode..... 24 6.8. Retrieving the photos from mini discs created by Sony Mavica CD cameras..... 25 6.9. Identifying Raw ISO Data..... 26 6.10. Burning recovered data..... 27

7. Additional features.

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7.1. Testing disc..... 31 7.2. Extracting Audio Tracks..... 32 7.3. Extracting ISO Image File..... 34 7.4. Creating..... 35 Short CD/DVD Image. 7.5. Examining disc sectors at low level..... 36 7.6. Recovering flash data..... 40 7.7. Use image file to manage disc sectors..... 42
8. Contacting Technical Support.
Annex A Controls and dialog boxes.
A.1. Main Window..... 45 A.2. Main Menu Commands..... 47 A.3. The Toolbars..... 48 A.4. Preferences..... 49
A.4.1. A.4.2. A.4.3. A.4.4. A.4.5. A.4.6. Browser.... UDF Reader.... ISO Reader.... CD/DVD.... Library Audio Extraction.... Disc Test.... 57 59
Annex B License Agreement

Introduction.

CDRoller is a powerful, easy-to-use and low-cost toolset for for CD/DVD/BD/HD-DVD/Flash data recovery. Powerful: CDRoller finds, retrieves and copies the lost data from CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs (BD, HD-DVD) that seem to be inaccessible for Windows standard tools. While this does not include the disks that are physically damaged, the program will: Effectively retrieve the data off the discs created by "drag and drop" CD/DVD/BD writing software, such as well-known Sonic (Roxio, Adaptec) and Ahead Nero software packages, CeQuadrat's PacketCD, DLA, B's CLiP and others. Read unfinalized ("open", "left as-is") CDs and DVDs, including the discs with Microsoft's Live File system. Find, identify and retrieve the lost video off non-finalized DVDs created by a wide set of standalone devices that record directly onto discs: Hitachi, Canon, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony DVD camcorders as well as standalone video recorders. Split the recovered VOB or VRO video files into a several clips (scenes), automatically converting a "raw" DVD-video into generic MPEG files without loss of quality. Specially tested on the discs, created by Hitachi DVD camcorders. Make a new DVD-Video disc that can be played back in the most DVD players. Recover CD data written by Sony Mavica CD digital cameras. Retrieve the lost pictures, video and other types of files from flash memory cards, such as SmartMedia, Memory Stick, CompactFlash, xD Picture Card and other flash memory drives. Burn the recovered data to CDs, DVDs and BDs. The "Burn" option is integrated into a common shell. Just write a new disc with recovered data within a couple of minutes, without leaving CDRoller! Erase CD, DVD and BD re-writable media. Support of quick and full erase methods. Retrieve back up files from the discs recorded in the several stages (multisession discs). Include a built-in UDF Reader. There is no need to install a third-party software, for example Roxio (Adaptec) UDF Reader driver. Find and retrieve the lost files on UDF discs, including: accidently deleted files, files on quickformatted disc, files on incorrectly closed disc, etc. Examine disc sectors at low level and display the sector content in text, binary, hexadecimal or unicode mode. Support of external hex editor for detailed analysis of disc contents. Recommended for engineering purposes and also for law enforcement and forensic investigators. Provide direct access to the hardware, bypassing the Windows File System. Search for the lost tracks (sessions) every time when you insert a new disc into the drive. Support of SCSI Pass Through Direct (SPTD) layer under Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7. Identify the lost files on ISO/Joliet discs with the damaged file system (volume descriptors, path tables and directories), using the raw data only. Create and use an own image file to manage disc sectors. Extract ISO Image file and burn it to a new disc. Rescue the data from scratched, damaged or defective discs. Extract tracks from audio CDs Test disc readability Easy-to-use: All features are integrated into a common and easy-to-use intuitive shell. Low-cost: A Personal License costs only 39 USD. This license does not restrict use to a single user on a single computer. For example, you can use the program freely on 3 computers: at work, home and laptop. Toolset: The program offers a set of instruments to work with a different formats of CDs (DVDs, BDs, HD-DVDs) and file systems.

CD / DVD / BD / HD-DVD Data Recovery: Unfortunately, there is a lot of factors that can cause you to lose access to the data on your disks. System or power failures, hardware problems, media and CD/DVD/BD mastering software problems. Often, when a disc becomes inaccessible more than a single factor has contributed to the problem. Fortunately, many of such problems that prevent "normal" access to the data can be bypassed when using CDRoller.

1. Installing CDRoller.

To install CDRoller v.9, you need at least: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 operating system Intel Pentium or compatible CPU 256 MB of RAM 12 MB free hard disk space CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive(s). Note. You must have administrator rights to install the program under Windows 2000 or Windows XP. There are no special considerations for installing CDRoller. It uses no.INI files, and only uses the registry for holding installation options. It will initially use default options that will be changed further via the user preferences. To install CDRoller: 1. Run the installation file. The installation program displays a Welcome page similar to the one shown here.

Click the Next button.

2. The installation program displays a License Agreement page similar to the one shown here.
Read the license agreement displayed and if you agree to its terms click the I accept the agreement. You must agree to terms of the license agreement to install CDRoller. 3. The installation program displays a Destination Location page similar to the one shown here.
CDRoller consists of a number of files containing the program and help information. It is recommended that you accept the default folder structure provided in the installation program. When you're satisfied with the installation folder specification, click the Next button.
4. The installation program displays a Select Start Menu Folder page similar to the one shown here.
By default, the installation program creates an CDRoller folder on your start menu. This is what you'll see when you choose Start | Programs on the Windows taskbar. If you want to use an existing folder, choose it from the list shown; if you want to use a different name, type it in the text field. When you're satisfied with your start menu folder selection, click the Next button. 5. The installation program displays a Select Additional Tasks page similar to the one shown here.

If you work with CDRoller the first time, we recommend you to read the Quick References before start of the program.
6. The installation program displays a Ready To Install page similar to the one shown here.
You've made all the choices necessary to begin installation. Click the Install button to begin installing CDRoller. 7. After the copying of files to your computer has been completed, the installation program displays a Finish page similar to the one shown here.
Click the Finish button. Installation of CDRoller is complete.
2. Uninstalling CDRoller.
To uninstall CDRoller you can either: Use the menu selection created for this purpose. Select the Add/Remove Programs applet from the Windows Control Panel. CDRoller does not install any system DLLs and does not modify Windows in any manner. Uninstalling this program will not affect other applications. To uninstall CDRoller, click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, then choose Programs | CDRoller | Uninstall CDRoller.
3. Opening and Closing CDRoller.
Opening CDRoller. To open the program, click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, then choose Programs | CDRoller | CDRoller. Closing CDRoller. Close CDRoller as you would any other Windows application by using the File | Exit menu item or Alt+F4 keyboard shortcut.
4. How to register the program.
Unregistered version of CDRoller analyzes the inserted disc, finds the lost files and tests their readability, but it cannot save the found data to the destination drive (folder). To enable the full functionality, you are required to license and pay the license fee. Once your order has been approved, a personal license key will be sent to you via e-mail to register your trial copy of CDRoller. You can always order CDRoller using credit cards or another methods of payments if you visit web page at http://www.cdroller.com/htm/purchase.html. To register the program: 1. Run CDRoller (trial version). 2. Select Help | Register option in the Main Menu. 3. Enter your personal license key. 4. Click Accept button. Note. You don't need to restart the program. Your registration takes effect immediately.
5. How to upgrade CDRoller.
To upgrade CDRoller: 1. Uninstall an old version of the program. 2. Download a trial copy of CDRoller at http://www.cdroller.com/htm/download.html and install it. 3. Register a trial copy with the help of your licence key. Note. To upgrade your previous version of CDRoller (4, 5, 6, 7 or 8) to CDRoller 9, you should contact our Sales Dept at sales@cdroller.com. Please send us your personal license key, or the name and and e-mail address that you used when purchasing the software, or any other info (your order ID, post address, etc.) that may help us to identify your purchase status. Your request will be responded shortly, usually within 2 to 12 hours.

6. Recovering CD/DVD/BD Data.
The process of CD/DVD/BD data recovery is not easy and, unfortunately, it's very hard to create a "magic" tool can retrieve all data in all cases on all discs. In this section, we will try to give you a base recommendations how to achieve a positive result quickly and with a high reliability. Also, you can always receive a technical support at support@cdroller.com , all your questions regarding the problems with CD/DVD/BD data recovery will be responded within 2 to 24 hours. We consider the following steps can be high-lighted: 1. Disk recognition. 2. Using Session Selector to access to all sessions on multisession disk. 3. Searching the lost UDF files on CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R disks 4. Applying Scan UDF Disc to search for the lost objects on all types of UDF disks. 5. Recovering CD/DVD files. Note. The 2nd.4th steps may be skipped. This depends on the disk type determined at the 1st step. Separately, we high-light the following problems: Recovering DVD video and photos Recovering files from UDF discs in ISO mode Retrieving the photos from mini discs created by Sony Mavica CD cameras Identifying Raw ISO Data Burning recovered data

6.1. Disk recognition.

Open CDRoller and insert the disk into the drive. The program must analyse your disc immediately after insertion. After the disk has been verified, the Main Window displayes it similar to the one shown here.
Look at the File System column. This may give us an important info about the type of the disk. In the picture shown above, this is a disk in which UDF file system has been placed onto a single session. We will name the disk has one or more such sessions as "UDF disk ". If all sessions are displayed with "ISO/Joliet" in the File System column, we will name such disk as "ISO disk", i.e the disk with ISO 9660 file system. At first, click the Recover All button in the Toolbar in order to retrieve all files and folders off the disc or selected (current) session. Also, check out a readability of the root directory (folder), just left double click on the disk name, or use the Open command from the Side Bar. Please answer to the following questions: Is the root folder readable or not? Can i browse the disk contents? The answers may be applicable at the next stages of cd/dvd data recovery. Troubleshootings. 1. If the program can not recognize your disk automatically, click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar, or insert the disk first and then open CDRoller. Also, to read the unclosed disks, i.e the disks left "as-is" by CD/DVD/BD mastering program we recommend you to use the following method: Uncheck Detect disc insertion by Windows under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog and wait for the end of disk reading processed by another CD related program. Select the Refresh command from the File menu, or click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. 2. To read UDF disks we recommend you to use CD-RW (DVD-) drives - the disks are recorded with so-called packet-written technology and old CD-ROM / DVD-ROM drives may not access to their data. 3. Some drives may not support our special methods. These devices may hang the program when analyzing the disk. In this case, uncheck Always use a drive capabilities under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog, insert the disk and try to recognize it again. 4. If you get 'Unknown file system.' message and you're sure the files data were placed on the disc, please try to scan your disc without using the file system structures: - If your DVD has been created by DVD camcorder or standalone recorder, please use the Recover DVD Video option. - If you know ISO/Joliet file system was actually placed on the disc, try the Identify Raw ISO Data command. - In case of UDF disc, if you know a name of CD/DVD/BD mastering program (or standalone device),

6.5. Recovering files.

To recover the found files and folders, you can use Recover All and Recover Selected options, or simply drag and drop selected items to the destination you have chosen on your HDD. When selecting Recover All / Recover Selected options, the program displays a Data Recovery dialog similar to the one shown here.
Key Features. Saves recovered data into intermediate file. Further, a recovery of the selected file can be continued with the help of Resume Recovery option in the program window. Displays the current results (recovery details). Saves recovery results (report) into HTML file. Changes a recovery settings, without leaving the process. Skips file during the recovery process, if you decide a file isn't so important.
6.6. Recovering DVD video and photos.
6.6.1. Hardware requirements. We strongly recommend to use DVD-RW drives ("dvd writers"). DVD-ROM drives ("dvd readers") often can not access to the "troubled" or non-finalized DVD discs. To read DVD-RAM discs, you should use the computer DVD-RAM drive instead of DVD-RW or DVD-ROM device. Or, you can use so-called multi-read DVD-RW drive with capabilities to read DVD-RAMs. If you need our advice regarding a vendor or/and model of a new computer DVD drive, just contact us at support@cdroller.com. 6.6.2. Searching and recovering the lost data. CDRoller Wizard interface is designed for novice users and allows to recover DVD videos and photos off the discs, created by standalone devices (camcorders, personal DVD recorders), using the simple "step by step" procedure. To display the Wizard dialog, just select the Recover DVD Video option from the File Menu. Every Wizard dialog contains a brief instructions, describing a possible user actions in order to achieve the best results in DVD data recovery. At the 1st step, please select your computer DVD drive.
At the 2nd step, just insert your DVD and click the Next button.
At the 3rd step, please select DVD video recorder (camcorder or standalone dvd recorder) that placed a video or/and photos on your disc. You can use Any recorder setting and try to scan each of displayed tracks, starting on the track with the highest length.
At the 4th step, just click the Next button if you scan the selected area for the first time.
At the next step, you should see a dialog similar to the one shown here.
Finally, just recover the found video (VOB files). You can also try to scan another track, shown at the 3rd step.
6.6.3 Using UDF Reader. Can be recommended in addition to the "Recover DVD Video" option. For example, in order to find.m2ts files (UDF files) on the non-finalized discs created by AVCHD camcorders. Select the Preferences option from the View menu. Uncheck the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog before you will insert the troubled disc into the drive. Insert the "troubled" disc into the drive. Click the Preferences option from the View menu again. Select an appropriate option (that depends on model of your device and type of the "troubled" disc) in the Forced Scan list under the UDF Reader tab and click the OK button.

Now, please select your burner (computer drive) and click the Next button. The displayed drive features can help you to determine whether the selected device supports the type of CD or DVD media you want to burn. For example, do not try to burn DVD discs, using CD-RW drive.
Just insert a new (blank) disc and click the Next button. For multisession disc, you can select a prior session to be included into a current compilation.
Now, please add files or/and folders into your current compilation and click the Next button. You can use Add button, or just drag files and folders from the Windows Explorer. To edit a current compilation, please use Delete and Rename options for the selected item(s).
At this step, you can edit disc (session) name, assign writing speed and choose - whether you will add a new files on the same disc later or not. To start a burn process, just click the Burn! button.
Finally, you should see "Burning disc." dialog similar to the one shown here.
Notes. 1. We do not recommend to try to place a new files onto your "troubled" discs. Also, please do not try to close these discs, hoping to make them readable for Windows. The most safe way is to recover your files from the "troubled" disc to Hard Disk Drive (HDD) first, and then place (write) them onto a new (blank) disc. 2. To erase your re-writable disc, just click the Erase button in the Main ToolBar or use the same option from File Menu.
In addition to CD/DVD/BD data recovery the program offers set of features for: Testing Disc Extracting Audio Tracks Extracting ISO Image File Creating Short CD/DVD Image Examining disc sectors at low level Recovering flash data Use image file to manage disc sectors
All mentioned features are integrated into a common intuitive shell of CDRoller.

7.1. Testing disc.

With the help of Disc Test, you can check if a disc contains errors. It can be useful to: - Check the quality of the CD/DVD/BD media. - If you have a CD/DVD/BD recorder, you can check whether the data (files and folders) on the disc are written correctly. - Get advanced information from the Disc Volume. The test can be used for both data and audio dscs. It also examines Multisession and Mixed mode discs. The list of tests includes ISO 9660 File System test, Disc Surface test and Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) Quality test. Since the program automatically determines the disc type, it always knows what the test from the list can be applied to the CD/DVD/BD inserted into the drive. With the help of Disc Test options, you can manually include (exclude) an appropriate test to (from) the list, set scan ratio while testing the disc surface and also select tests of all sessions or only current session on multisession disc. We recommend you to run the disc test periodically on the discs with ISO/Joliet file systems, in order to make sure a valuable files were really ("physically") placed on the disc, particularly in the following situations: - if your DVD was created by Nero Burning ROM. - if your CD with photos was burnt from memory cards. To start the disc test, please select the Test Disc option in the Tools menu. The program displays a progress dialog similar to the one shown here.

Further, using a simple "step by step" procedure, you can select CD/DVD/BD burner (computer drive), add the recovered ISO Image File into your compilation and, finally, burn a new disc.
7.4. Creating Short CD/DVD Image.
The Short CD/DVD Image is a file that contains ALL DIRECTORY STRUCTURE (directory tree) of the disk, including complete folders and files names with attributes. This enables you to browse through the folders, search for the files or/and folders which you need (with the help of Tools | Find option), detect the prorerties of them, using the Properties command, but in order to retrieve any file, you should insert a "real" CD or DVD. When you insert a disc that has the image that has been created before, CDRoller determines this image as a "mirror" of the real CD(DVD), displays it with an appropriate icon in the Main window and further, utilizes image to access to any folder quickly without reading of inserted CD(DVD). This is an extremely useful if your "real" CD (DVD) has become a disc with unreadable folder(s) and, therefore you can not access to its files.
To create Short CD/DVD Image: 1. Insert CD or DVD into the drive. 2. Select Tools | Short CD/DVD Image option. You can create the image with CD (DVD) name (label) or manually assign a new name for each inserted disk. In case of multisession disc, you can create CD/DVD image for each session. All CD/DVD images automatically are placed into a separate directory assigned under the CD/DVD Library tab in the Preferences dialog.
7.5. Examining disc sectors at low level.
Key features. Intensive disc scan for particular data. For example, it searches for an email address on a disc regardless of what file the mail may be in. To activate the search window, just click the Examine Sectors button in Other Tools section of Side Bar, or select the same command in the Tools menu.
You can stop a search in any time, view intermediate results and continue the process where you left it before. Sector View allows you to display the disc sectors in the Text, Binary, Hexadecimal/Text or Unicode mode. There is no requirement that the sectors belong to a file - any sector on the disc can be displayed. Just click View button in the Examine Disc Sectors dialog shown above. There is no limitation to view the sector data only in a single window - multiple Sector View dialogs can be open at the same time.

displayed with

associates with Mixed CD (data plus audio) and empty drive. Short CD/DVD image has appropriate icon as , and
(drive without any disc) has the icon as the icon as
is assigned to the image that is the "mirror" of inserted disc. Flash memory card icon and USB card reader has the icon as.
(drive) is displayed with
To select an item in the List Window, click on its icon or name. If you want to work with multiple items in a folder, you can select (mark) each of them, using the check box near an each item. The total size of selected files is diplayed by the status bar. To select all items in the current folder, or return to the prior level in the directory structure, you may also use an options from the secondary Tool Bar. Side Bar similar to Microsoft Outlook offers an intuitive list of commands depending on your situation (disc type, file system, data recovery problems, etc.).
To adjust a column's width, you may move the mouse pointer to the right border of the column heading box. The mouse pointer changes to a double-headed horizontal arrow with a vertical bar in the middle. That means you move the border. Hold down the mouse bottom and drag the border left or right as needed. When the border is in its preferred location, release the mouse button. Every item displayed in the List Window has its own Pop-up menu - if you right-click on it, a menu will show up by it, displaying all the options available over the selected item. All buttons on the Toolbar and Side Bar have a hint - if you don't know what the button does, just place the mouse over it and wait for a second, and a short description will appear. CDRoller supports drag-and-drop - meaning that any file and/or folder can be copied to desired location on HDD, or any audio track can be extracted to the output file by drag-and-drop.

A.2. Main Menu Commands.

A.2.1. File Menu (shortcut Alt + F) Command Open Recover All Recover DVD Video Split Video Refresh Properties Burn Erase Exit Shortcut Ctrl + O F9 F7 Ctrl + S F5 Ctrl + B F11 Alt + F4 Description Opens current (selected) disc, session, folder or file. Recovers all available objects. Runs video data recovery using the wizard interface. Converts a recovered video into MPEG files. Causes all discs in all drives to be examined. Displays properties of the selected object(s). Runs burning process. Erases re-writable disc. Ends your CDRoller session.
A.2.2. View Menu (shortcut : Alt + V) Command Side Bar Status Bar Tool Bar Icons Size Vertical Lines Horizontal Lines Highlight Full Row Shortcut Description Shows/Hides Side Bar. Shows/Hides Status Bar. Selects a size of icons in the Tool Bar (Small or Large). Shows/Hides the vertical lines. Shows/Hides the horizontal line below every item in the window. If Checked, the whole line will have the selection or the focus rectangle around it. If Unchecked, only item's main text will be highlighted. Controls the sequence or order of the folder contents by Name, Type, Size, Date or in Reverse Order. Sets up program options. Allows to switch the program into flash data recovery mode

before these items will be sent to hard disk. Search of the lost data track (default value Checked) If Checked , the program searches the lost data track when a new disc is inserted or after Refresh command, and, if found, displays its contents in the List Window. Detect disc insertion by Windows (default value Checked) If Checked the program detects an arrival or removal of the disc using Windows "standard" tools (messages). This starts disc recognition automatically, without requirement of the refresh. If the program can not recognize your disc automatically, try to uncheck this option and repeat examination of a new disc by clicking the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. Read damaged sectors "as is" (default value Unchecked) If Checked , when reading system area and folders, unreadable sectors will be accepted "as-is". This may be useful in some circumstances, but it should be understood that the content of these "accepted" sectors could be all zero or partially correct data there is no way to tell. You should use this mode only if the program can not "recognize" your damaged disc or you vitally need an access to the unreadable folder. Please keep in mind that your computer drive may not support reading of disk sector "as is" or the content of that sector may be denied by the further checks in compliance with ISO 9660 and UDF requirements. Read only ISO 9660 data tracks (default value Unchecked) If Checked, the program searches and verifies only ISO system area on data tracks after insertion of new disc. Discs with another file system, such as UDF, require additional recovery procedures that may take a some time, especially while reading multisession ones. If you are sure that your disc is actually recorded in ISO 9660 format, you should check on this option in order to accelerate the disc recognition. Obviously, to read the discs with UDF file system, this option has to be unchecked Always use a drive capabilities (default value Checked) If Checked, when reading the damaged sectors, the program will apply some low-level methods and algorithms based on the capabilities of your computer drive. In some circumstances the drive can slow the process when meeting a bad zones (unreadable sectors). In this case we recommend you to uncheck this option. Display deleted files and folders (default value Checked) If Checked, the program displays files and folders having deleted characteristics on UDF disks. The objects are shown with special Inaccessible file icon in the List Window. You can try to recover them with the help of Scan UDF Disc command from Tools Menu. Apply MRW reader (default value Checked) If Checked, the program automatically recognizes CD-RW disk formatted in the "Mt.Rainier" CD-RW format (CD-MRW) placed into non-Mt.Rainier drive, and presents the data portion of the disk as a "read only" UDF format disk. We also recommend you use this to read the disk inserted into CD-MRW drive if your MRW disk was not ejected (closed by cd mastering program). For example, if the writing process was interrupted by a system or power failure. Hint. To check the drive capabilities, use Properties command applied to the "empty" drive in the List window and select Features tab in the Properties dialog. Display adviser window (default value Checked) If Checked, a separate panel ("adviser") with some recommendations and results of disc analysis will appear inside the program window. Apply FAT32 reader (default value Unchecked) If Checked, the program automatically recognizes the disc, formatted with FAT32 file system.

A.4.2. UDF Reader

Lost objects (default value Files and folders) Determines what objects (files and/or folders ) will be looked for by Scan UDF Disc. Forced scan (default value Don't apply) If the selected setting is different from the default value, the program will force the drive to scan your disc in order to find the lost files without using the data of system area. We highly recommend you to use this only if the inserted disk has not been recognized by CDRoller before, and you are also sure the disk contains the files. This may be useful if the disk was incorrectly finalized and system area was not written properly. For example, this problem often occures on Sony Mavica CD when the finalization step failed on the camera. If you actually know the name of CD/DVD/BD mastering program (or device) that formatted your disk, try to select an appropriate value from the list of the following profiles:
Value Sony Mavica CD Sony Mavica (O) DirectCD CD-R DirectCD-RW74 DirectCD-RW80 InCD3 InCD3 -RW74 -RW80
Description The disk was mastered by Sony Mavica CD digital camera The disk is still open (non-finalized) by Sony Mavica CD digital camera CD-R was formatted by Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD/Drag-To-Disc v.6 CD-RW 74 min was formatted by Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD CD-RW 80 min was formatted by Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD CD-RW 74 min was formatted by Nero InCD v.3 CD-RW 80 min was formatted by Nero InCD v.3 CD-R was formatted by CEQUADRAT PacketCD CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by DirectCD CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Nero InCD v.3 CD-RW was formatted by CEQUADRAT PacketCD CD-RW was formatted by VOB InstantWrite CD-RW 80 min was formatted by Nero InCD v.4 DVD-RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4 DVD+RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4 CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Nero InCD v.4 CD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.6 CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Roxio Drag-ToDVD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.6 DVD+RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.6 DVD-R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.6 DVD+R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.6 DVD+R was mastering by LiteOn DVD recorder DVD+R is still open (non-finalized) by LiteOn DVD recorder DVD-R was created and finalized by Hitachi DVD camcorder DVD-R is still open (non-finalized) by Hitachi DVD camcorder DVD-RAM was mastering by Hitachi DVD camcorder DVD+RW was created and finalized by standalone DVD Recorder (Thomson RCA, Philips, etc.) DVD+RW is still open (non-finalized) by standalone DVD Recorder (Thomson RCA, Philips, etc.) DVD-RAM disc was mastering by standalone DVD recorder DVD-RAM disc was quick-erased by standalone recorder (e.g Panasonic DVD-RAM recorder)
PacketCD-R DirectCD-MRW InCD3 -MRW
PacketCD-RW InstWrite CD-RW InCD4 -RW80
InCD4 -DVD-RW InCD4 -DVD+RW InCD4 -MRW DragTo CD-RW DragTo CD-MRW DragTo DVD-RW DragTo DVD+RW DragTo DVD-R DragTo DVD+R LiteOn DVD+R LiteOn DVD+R (O) Hitachi DVD-R (F) Hitachi DVD-R (O) Hitachi DVD-RAM Rec DVD+RW (F) Rec DVD+RW (O) Rec DVD-RAM Rec DVD-RAM (E)

Sanyo DVD+R (F) Sanyo DVD+R (O) Sony DVD-R (O) Sony DVD-RW (O) Sony DVD201-RW DragTo DVD-RAM B's CLiP DVD-RW B's CLiP DVD+RW Sony abCD CD-RW Pan Rec DVD-R (O) InCD4.3 CD-RW InCD4.3 CD-MRW InCD4.3 DVD-RAM InCD4.3 DVD-RW InCD4.3 DVD+RW DragTo7 CD-R DragTo7 CD-RW DragTo7 CD-MRW DragTo7 DVD-RW DragTo7 DVD+RW DragTo7 DVD+-R DragTo7 DVD-RAM DLA CD-RW DLA DVD-RW DLA DVD+RW AVCHD DVD-R AVCHD DVD+R DL AVCHD DVD-RW AVCHD DVD+RW
DVD+R was created and finalized by Sanyo DVD+R/RW standalone recorder DVD+R is still open (non-finalized) by Sanyo DVD+R/RW standalone recorder DVD-R is still open (non-finalized) by SONY DVD Camcorder DVD-RW is still open (non-finalized) by SONY DVD Camcorder DVD-RW disc was created by Sony DCR-DVD201 camcorder DVD-RAM disc (4.7GB) was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc DVD-RW disc was formatted by BHA B's CLip Software DVD+RW disc was formatted by BHA B's CLip Software CD-RW disc was formatted by Sony Vaio abCD software DVD-R disc is still open (non-finalized) by Panasonic standalone recorder CD-RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 DVD-RAM was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 DVD-RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 DVD+RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 CD-R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) CD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) CD-MRW ("Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Roxio Drag-ToDisc v.7 (7.5 or 8) DVD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) DVD+RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) DVD+R/-R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5, 8 or 9) DVD-RAM disc (4.7GB) was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) CD-RW was formatted by Sonic DLA DVD-RW (4.7 GB) was formatted by Sonic DLA DVD+RW (4.7 GB) was formatted by Sonic DLA Mini DVD-R was created by Sony AVCHD camcorder Mini DVD+R DL was created by Sony AVCHD camcorder Mini DVD-RW was created by Sony AVCHD camcorder Mini DVD+RW was created by Sony AVCHD camcorder
InCD6 CD-RW InCD6 CD-MRW InCD6 DVD-RAM InCD6 DVD-RW InCD6 DVD+RW InCD6 BD-R D2D CD-R D2D CD-RW D2D CD-MRW D2D DVD-RW D2D DVD+RW D2D DVD-RAM D2D BD-R
CD-RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.6 CD-MRW ("Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Nero InCD v.6 DVD-RAM was formatted by Nero InCD v.6 DVD-RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.6 DVD+RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.6 BD-R was formatted by Nero InCD v.6 CD-R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.9 CD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.9 CD-MRW ("Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Roxio Drag-ToDisc v.9 DVD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.9 DVD+RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.9 DVD-RAM was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.9 BD-R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.9

A.4.3. ISO Reader

Read Path Table (default value Big Endian (Motorola) By default, the program does use the Path Table because this is the most fast method to access the directories on your ISO 9660 disc. CDRoller uses the Big Endian addresses by default, because Windows doesn't use them, so CDRoller offers an alternative method at once, if your disc is not visible by Windows. However, for a particular disc, if the default settings doesn't work properly, you can try another settings. For example, if the Path Table seems to be invalid, you can select Don't use path table. This will force CDRoller to start from the Root directory and scan all directories on the "troubled" disc. Apply forced scan if Path Table is invalid (default value Checked) If Checked, the program will automatically scan the directories in case of inaccessible Path Table. Ignore Joliet file system (use only ISO 9660) (default value Unchecked) If Checked, any Joliet directory information on the disc will be ignored and only the ISO-9660 directory will be displayed. This may be useful if the Joliet directory information is corrupted and files seem to be inaccessible on the disc. With the help of ISO-9660 directories you can try to access the files data, bypassing the Joliet file system.

A.4.4. CD/DVD Library

Apply To CD/DVD Images, group of options : - "Open" (default value Checked); - "Send" (default value Checked); When Checked the program tries to apply an appropriate command to the created CD(DVD) image. File Name (default value by Volume Name) The File Name can be created either by choosing the Disk Volume Name (by Volume Name mode) or summarizing the word 'CDIM' with four random digits (Random mode) or typing CD(DVD) Image name manually (Manual mode). When a new disc is inserted (default value Unhecked) When Checked the program creates CD/DVD Image for a newly inserted disc. Use image file to manage disc sectors (default value Unhecked) If Checked, the program will create and then use an own image file to manage the disc data. Here, image file means a combination of.tbl and.dat files having the same name before file extension. There are 2 big advantages of image file. First, some CD and DVDs can be "poor-written". Often, one CD/DVD drive can read only a part of such disc. If another CD/DVD drive can access to the bad sectors, CDRoller simply adds a new data to the image file created before. In other words, you get the best out of each and every drive you use. Second, if you intend to read the disc twice, you get much greater speed, having the image on your hard drive. Especially, when there are bad sectors on CD or DVD. When you insert the disc, you are prompted to type image file name that will be associated with this disc. We recommend to use friendly and unique name that simply tells about content of inserted disc. For example, 'My photo album 2010' or 'My trip to Canada in 2010'. Further, the program will create.tbl and.dat files and use them to manage disc data.