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Version 12.0 - March 25, 2024

Batch Convert Video released. If you have a lot of VOB, MPG or M2TS recovered video files, you can now convert them to MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 formats without manually loading each one and then renaming them.
DVD-Video playability test released. If you have a large collection of dvd-video discs with videos, created by DVD camcorders and standalone recorders, you can now test whether these discs will be still played back on DVD players or not.
Scan UDF Disc updated. Added an ability to resume scan where you left (canceled) it before.
Lock CD/DVD drive can be now applied to the selected drive in the program window. Use this option if Windows seems to eject the troubled disc, interrupting a disc analysis, initiated by CDRoller. Usually, the Windows Explorer window opens to your CD/DVD drive, the disc is ejected and Windows dialog that says "Insert disc" appears as well.
NTFS reader significantly updated. Removed a limit of 65536 folders per the drive partition.
ReFS reader updated.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.95 - October 09, 2023

Added support of Resilient File System (ReFS), the newest Microsoft file system. The new Scan ReFS Data option allows to find the lost (deleted) files and folders on the drives (partitions) formatted with ReFS.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.91 - January 09, 2023

Facial recognition updated. Added ability to sort the found photos by taken date, assigned under Date tab.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.90 - December 02, 2022

Added facial recognition to Find option. This can be useful if you have a lot of photos on the older compact discs, and you want to sort them by facial recognition and then arrange into albums.
Simple video editor updated. Added Merge Video option. It allows to combine and convert the saved fragments into the new MPEG-4 video file, without leaving the program.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.82 - January 20, 2022

Simple Video Editor released. You can now view the recovered video file (MPEG-2 or AVCHD) frame-by-frame and save the selected fragment of video as a new file, without leaving the program.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.81 - January 05, 2022

Simple Video Converter released. Converts the recovered MPEG-2 (*.mpg) and AVCHD (.m2ts) video files into MP4 files with support of H.264, H.265/HEVC, Libvpx-VP8, Xvid and native MPEG-4 video codecs. Integrated into the program shell. No need to use an external converter, you can now get MP4 video files without leaving CDRoller.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.80 - November 02, 2021

Split Video updated. Added an opportunity to merge the resulted MPEG-2 video fragments into one file.
Added a capability to read DVD-video disc that has been finalized with incorrect TOC parameters (Track Start Address and Track Length).
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.70 - February 23, 2021

This version introduces new features to find and sort your photos by facial recognition and taken date in the old collections of optical discs (CD, DVD, Blu-ray), flash memory cards and other Windows drives as well.
Extended Data Recovery updated. Added ability to skip the files that were already on the recovery destination. After you have checked the Skip already recovered files box under FAT/NTFS/Ext tab in the Preferences, the program will ignore all the files already recovered from this drive. This can be useful if you recover a lot of files from the large drive.
ISO/Joliet reader updated. Now, if a file name contains an invalid symbol for Windows, it will be automatically replaced by underline symbol (_). This looks like an useful if your optical disc (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray) was originally recorded under non-Windows operating system.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.61 - February 13, 2020

This version introduces new updates to the data recovery from optical discs (CD/DVD/Blu-ray):
Added an ability to lock CD/DVD drive after CDRoller begins to analyse the inserted disc. A new check box with the same name is placed onto CDRoller - Start Window. This looks like an useful option when Windows 10 just ejects the damaged disc, interrupting a normal work of CDRoller. Usually, the Windows Explorer window opens to the CD/DVD drive, the disc is ejected and Windows dialog that says 'Insert disc' appears as well.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.60 - January 20, 2020

This version introduces new features to keep your valuable files safe on optical discs (CD, DVD or Blu-Ray):
- Added support of the Short CD/DVD Images for high capacity blu-ray discs : BD-R DL and BD-RE DL (Dual Layer), BD-R TL and BD-RE TL (Triple Layer), BD-R QL and BD-RE QL (Quadruple Layer), Ultra HD Blu-ray (UHD) discs as well.
- Short CD/DVD Images catalog your optical discs into the library and protect the directories on each disc from reading errors. Now, these images allow to create and use so-called spare files to protect valuable files data. Built on Reed-Solomon error-correction algorithm, spare files verify your protected files have not been damaged and fix them if necessary.
NTFS reader updated. Fixed a rare bug when the MFT scan stalls or even freezes.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.50 - November 04, 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.


Version 11.40 - January 09, 2019

This version introduces the new options of CDRoller: Create spare files and Repair file. These options are now located in the File menu of program window. Spare files contain error-correction data based on Reed-Solomon algorithm that can be used to verify your valuable files have not been damaged and fix them if necessary. For example, if you have a valuable file on the expensive high-capacity Blu-ray disc (BD-R Quadruple Layer or Ultra HD Blu-ray), even a small damaged area can make a large backup file non-functional. A possible solution is to create spare files while your backup is still readable, keep them in the safe place or write onto new CD or DVD using Burn option of CDRoller. Further, you can recover files with the help of Recover... and Repair file options, using spare files created before.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.30 - September 20, 2018

This version introduces new features and updates to Extended Data Recovery, including an ability to use backup copies of GPT partition if the main records are unreadable, and new methods in reading the drives and cards with the damaged (corrupted) FAT32 file system.
Examine sectors updated for the optical discs. The Copy sectors now allows to extract RAW (2352 bytes) sectors from CD media (CD-R, CD-RW and CD-ROM).
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.20 - May 08, 2018

This version introduces new updates to data recovery from optical discs (CD/DVD/Blu-ray):
Released CD/DVD/Blu-ray bitmap for Recover All and Recover Selected options. It allows to skip files already processed on the inserted disc.
Added an ability to display the digital numbers of the Retries and Force as hints under the data recovery window.
In addition to HTML report, the recovery results can be now saved into the text file as well.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.1 - April 09, 2018

This version expands CDRoller's capabilities as File Manager for optical discs (CD/DVD/Blu-ray). Due to built-in ZIP viewer, you can now look into the table of contents of ZIP archive on CD without copying a large ZIP file to your computer. ZIP64 format extensions are also supported. Just select ZIP file in the program window, click the Properties option and look at the ZIP archive tab under the file properties dialog. This option can be applied to another files, created in the ZIP format, such as .ZIPX, .DOCX, .XLXS, .PPTX, .ODT, .ODS, .ODP, .JAR and .WAR files.
Added Append button onto UDF Records tab of the file properties. If your UDF file is fragmented, this option allows to combine the recovered fragments (extents), without applying any third-party tool.
Fixed a small bug when displaying the file properties via pop-up (context) menu.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 11.0 - January 08, 2018

Added support of high capacity blu-ray discs : BD-R DL and BD-RE DL (Dual Layer, 50 GB), BD-R TL and BD-RE TL (Triple Layer, 100 GB), BD-R QL and BD-RE QL (Quadruple Layer, 128 GB), Ultra HD Blu-ray (UHD) discs as well.
The following list of features upgraded to accomodate to the new high capacity optical discs (mentioned above): Recover All / Recover Selected, Drag-and-Drop and File Execution, Save / Resume Recovery, Scan UDF Disc, Examine Sectors / Examine File, Search of disc content, Extract To ISO Image File, View Image, File Properties.
UDF forced scan updated. Added support of discs created by Windows 10 internal burner. Advanced users and data recovery experts can find useful an opportunity to change (simulate) UDF partition parameters after Unknown CD option has been selected in the forced scan list. For example, if you do not know an exact name of CD/DVD mastering program that created your bad disc, but you have the good one created by the same software, you can apply Test Disc option to the good disc and get the partition parameters first. Then, you run the forced scan on the bad disc (with the Unknown CD option), type the values under UDF Scan parameters dialog and find the lost files, simulating the good disc partition.
Main program window with empty CD/DVD drives now appears before analysis of inserted disc, with further messages in the status bar. This looks like a proof of normal work of the program if you've inserted a disc before CDRoller and analysis of bad disc requires an additional time.
Extended Data Recovery updated. Examine Sectors option is now available in the pop-up (context menu) under the Start Window, for the entire disk, logical drive, or selected partition. This allows to search for particular data (content) immediately, without analysis of file system.
Installation procedure slightly changed. After installation, the version number will not be displayed in the Start Menu folder name. For example, you will see a simple CDRoller name instead of CDRoller 11.0. This looks like an useful for future upgrades. Also, the setup program now allows to change CDRoller's location if it's required for saving the older version.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 10.61 - August 14, 2017

Reset Settings added to the View menu of program window. Allows to set all the settings by default.
Extended Data Recovery updated. Fixed an old bug when ISO CD image file was incorrectly mounted and user received the error message about unknown file system.
Scan files updated for searching the particular file data (content). Fixed a bug with displaying incorrect offsets after the same data (content) have been detected in the different places inside the same file.


Version 10.60 - May 02, 2017

This version of CDRoller introduces new features and updates to Extended Data Recovery:
Added an ability to create disk image files for entire drive, logical disk or selected partition. Image file is a byte-to-byte copy (clone) of entire disk or selected partition and can be used by data recovery specialists for many purposes.
Added support of 4Kn disks, formatted with UDF file system.
Fixed a bug when a logical drive with unknown file system mistakenly matches a physical drive partition.


Version 10.51 - January 30, 2017

Examine sectors updated. You can now define your own signatures (in the text or hexadecimal form) for finding the files data based on their signature only. For example, if you have a special file type, you can copy a group of consecutive bytes from the file header and try to look for all files of the same type based on this pattern (file header). This can be considered as an addition to Identify Raw ISO Data and Scan FAT Data options. And, of course, can be used for engineering purposes as well.
Scan FAT Data updated. Removed the old 32GB limit of scan area. This option can be used for deep scan on the drive / disc with the damaged (undefined) file system.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 10.50 - November 01, 2016

Added support of Microsoft Virtual Disk Images in VHD and VHDX formats (*.vhd, *.vhdx files). Fixed, Dynamic and Differencing types.
Examine sectors updated. Added support of 2TB+ drives (4Kn and 512e drives).
NTFS reader updated for compatibility with new 4Kn and 512e drives.
Fixed an old bug when some dialogs did not appear in the Windows taskbar.
UDF reader updated. Added the ability to recover so-called named streams into separate files with the help of Recover All and Recover Selected options. You can now choose to receive a single file with Alternate Data Streams on NTFS formatted drive, or extract each stream into separate file.
Scan files updated. Now, it allows to seach of file content in the created Short CD/DVD Image as well.


Version 10.40 - May 02, 2016

This version of CDRoller introduces new features to all users who examine disk data at low level. For example, forensic investigators can find useful:
Support of disk image files: files recorded in Expert Witness Compression Format (*.E01, *.L01, *.S01), Linux / Unix "Disk Dump" (*.dd) files and ISO image files (*.iso) as well.
Displaying Evidence Item Information in the Properties dialog for EWF image file.
Files scanning for particular data (content), regardless of the file names and/or extensions. With support of Perl-like regular expressions facility (PCRE library) for creating match patterns.
Updated Examine Sectors option with a new Copy Sectors capability.


Version 10.30 - January 04, 2016

Extended Data Recovery significantly updated. Added support of popular Linux Ext2 and Ext3 file systems.
Examine Sectors updated. Now, you can extract the found data into an external (.dat) file not only for optical discs (CD, DVD, Blu-ray), but also for another Windows drives (hard disks, flash drives and cards), etc.), selected for Extended Data Recovery. Added an ability to generate a report as well.
Added expected support of disks (drives) with GPT partitions. The Start Window for Extended Data Recovery updated. The detected physical drives are now displayed by default.
Fault-tolerant FAT reader improved. Fixed an old bug while reading the disks (drives, cards) with incorrect FAT file system.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 10.21 - September 22, 2015

Examine Sectors significantly updated. Added the ability to extract the found data into an external (.dat) file. This is a new option of CDRoller for recovering the lost data when using the files signatures only.
Tests under Windows 10 successfully completed.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 10.2 - May 12, 2015

This new version of CDRoller expands the program opportunities as file manager, adding a new features to work with images. View Image significantly updated for all data recovery options, including Extended Data Recovery. Here is a list only of main new features:
Support of all major graphic formats (BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, PSD, EPS, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA) and popular digital camera RAW formats: Canon (*.cr2, *.crw), Kodak (*.dcr), Minolta (*.mrw), Nikon (*.nef), Olympus (*.orf), Pentax (*.pef), Fuji (*.raf), Leica (*.raw), Sony (*.srf) and Sigma (*.x3f).
Display of thumbnail previews.
Support of image EXIF metadata, including GPS fields. Displays the location on geo map with GPS latitude and longitude coordinates, where selected picture was taken.
Histogram display (RGB and Gray Scale).
Batch processing to convert large or small collections of images. Support of image resizing with 11 quality filters, including Triangle, Hermite, Bell, BSpline, Lanczos3, Mitchell, FastLinear, Bilinear and Bicubic.
View with support of "to-fit", "100% size" or "full screen".
Batch convert of selected images into Adobe PDF or PostScript (PS) file.
Prints selected images, including print preview support.
"Save As" with a convert into a wide set of graphic formats.


Version 10.1 - February 02, 2015

This is a new important version of CDRoller with a lot of improvements and new functionality. Here is a list only of main changes and improvements:
Examine Sectors significantly updated. Added an opportunity to examine the sectors data on hard disks, flash drives and other types of Windows disks/drives, selected for Extended Data Recovery.
Added expected support of UDF file system for Extended Data Recovery. Now, you can recover UDF files not only from optical discs (CD, DVD, Blu-ray) but also from another Windows drives, formatted with UDF file system.
NTFS reader updated. Added an opportunity to recover the compressed NTFS files. Released a deep scan of unused clusters. That can help to locate the files based only on file signatures, ignoring NTFS records.
Scan FAT Data updated. Added a new option to recognize MP3 files. This can be useful if you're looking for the lost audio files in the data storage, built in your voice recorder.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.
Version 10.0 - May 12, 2014
- Released direct access to raw disk data using a special (kernel-mode) driver. This enables you to bypass the restrictions, imposed by Windows 7, 8 and Vista operating systems under standard user account. Unlike some data recovery programs, CDRoller 10 does not request administrator privileges for work with Windows drives (hard disks, flash and floppy drives, etc.) under restricted (non-administrative) account. That means you never get User Account Control (UAC) popup when you start CDRoller after installation.
- UDF data recovery updated. Added the ability to separately recover each fragment (extent) of UDF file, displayed under UDF Records tab in the file Properties dialog. This can be useful, for instance, if a large UDF video file is fragmented and some damaged extents slow the recovery process.
- Recover All / Recover Selected updated. Now, data recovery report lists all bad (unreadable) sectors detected for each file.
- Extract To ISO Image File significantly updated. You can now create ISO image (*.iso) file not only from the entire disc (session, drive, partition) but also from the separate (selected) files and folders. As always, this option is available for optical discs (CD, DVD, Blu-ray) and another types of Windows drives (flash drives, Hard Disk Drives, etc.).
- Added an opportunity to access to the list of physical drives and their partitions. This may be useful if Windows does not display a drive as a logical one (volume) with a separate letter, but you still need to access to the lost data.
- ExFAT reader significantly updated. In addition to the recovery of files data, CDRoller now restores the lost (deleted or quick re-formatted) sub-folders on the disks (drives) with exFAT file system.
- Program Preferences updated. Added a new FAT and NTFS tab with optional settings for Extended Data Recovery.
- Removed the 24-bit limit of cluster address.
- Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 10.0 - May 12, 2014

Released a direct access to raw disk data using a special (kernel-mode) driver. This enables you to bypass the restrictions, imposed by Windows 7, 8 and Vista operating systems under standard user account. Unlike some data recovery programs, CDRoller 10 does not request administrator privileges for work with Windows drives (hard disks, flash and floppy drives, etc.) under restricted (non-administrative) account. That means you never get User Account Control (UAC) popup when you start CDRoller after installation.
UDF data recovery updated. Added the ability to separately recover each fragment (extent) of UDF file, displayed under UDF Records tab in the file Properties dialog. This can be useful, for instance, if a large UDF video file is fragmented and some damaged extents slow the recovery process.
Recover All / Recover Selected updated. Now, data recovery report lists all bad (unreadable) sectors detected for each file.
Extract To ISO Image File significantly updated. You can now create ISO image (*.iso) file not only from the entire disc (session, drive, partition) but also from the separate (selected) files and folders. As always, this option is available for optical discs (CD, DVD, Blu-ray) and another types of Windows drives (flash drives, Hard Disk Drives, etc.).
Extended Data Recovery improved:
- Added an opportunity to access to the list of physical drives and their partitions. This may be useful if Windows does not display a drive as a logical one (volume) with a separate letter, but you still need to access to the lost data.
- ExFAT reader significantly updated. In addition to the recovery of files data, CDRoller now restores the lost (deleted or quick re-formatted) sub-folders on the disks (drives) with exFAT file system.
- Program Preferences updated. Added a new FAT and NTFS tab with optional settings for Extended Data Recovery.
- Removed the 24-bit limit of cluster address.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 9.70 - September 23, 2013

Extended Data Recovery significantly updated. Added support of exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table), a new Microsoft 64-bit file system optimized for flash drives.
Numerous improvements, bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 9.60 - June 27, 2013

This is a new important version of CDRoller with a lot of improvements and new functionality. Since we released a support of Hard Disk Drives (HDD), Solid-State Drives (SSD), floppy disks, etc., Flash Data Recovery was renamed to Extended Data Recovery. Now, while installing CDRoller, you have a choice: use the program for data recovery from optical (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray) discs only, or besides that, also recover the lost files from another types of Windows drives/disks.
NTFS and FAT readers significantly updated. Added numerous bugfixes and important improvements into the search of deleted files (NTFS and FAT Undelete).


Version 9.51 - April 08, 2013

Tests under Windows 8 Professional successfully completed.
Russian version of CDRoller 9 issued.
Numerous bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 9.50 - November 12, 2012

Flash Data Recovery significantly updated. Added expected support of NTFS file system. It's also useful if you intend to find the deleted files on external hard disk drives.
Examine Sectors updated. If you use CDRoller for engineering purposes, you will find useful to add hexadecimal (HEX) strings for search of the required data.
Forced scan updated. Added support of DVD-RWs created by Panasonic AVCHD camcorders.
Minor bugs fixed.


Version 9.40 - May 07, 2012

Scan UDF Disc updated. Now, CDRoller tries to restore an original file tree from each foundfolder on UDF disc. The plain list of found objects (files and folders) can be also displayed for detailed analysis.
Fixed the bug when reading UDF blu-ray discs created by Windows 7. If you use the Windows 7 built-in burner to backup a valuable data, this is definitely a good reason to upgrade CDRoller to the latest version right now.
Forced scan updated. Added support of DVDs and Blu-ray discs created by Windows 7 UDF burner.
Recover DVD Video updated. Fixed bug while identifying the large video data (4 GB+).


Version 9.30 - January 16, 2012

Flash Data Recovery significantly updated. Added expected support of FAT 12 file system. This can be extremely useful if you still need to recover the lost pictures from old flash cards. Fixed a small bug when searching the deleted files.
UDF Reader updated. Now, the program automatically searches for all available Virtual Allocation Tables (VATs) on write-once disc (CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD+R DL/BD-R) with a single UDF session if the last VAT is not found or looks like corrupted. This issue sometimes occures on UDF discs with so-called "Live File system", created under Windows 7 or Vista.
Extract To ISO Image File updated. Added several bugfixes and improvements.


Version 9.20 - October 17, 2011

Extract To ISO Image File significantly updated. Now, you can extract data into ISO Image File (*.iso file) from CD/DVD/Blu-ray discs with the different file systems (UDF, ISO/Joliet, FAT 32), multisession discs and flash memory cards.
Fixed a bug when reading Blu-ray discs with LG BH10 drives.
"My Documents" is now a default folder for images created by CDRoller. Including an own files to manage disc sectors (.tbl and .dat files) and also Short CD/DVD Images (.cdi files).
Numerous bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 9.10 - May 10, 2011

Examine Sectors is significantly updated. Added an ability to apply External Hex Editor for detailed analysis of sectors data on CD, DVD or Blu-ray discs. If you're constantly using a professional hex editor (WinHex, Hex Workshop, HxD, etc.) for engineering purposes, you can now connect it to CDRoller and review the sectors data in the most suitable manner.
Moreover, if you've created CDRoller Image before, all changes in the sectors data saved by external editor will modify the image file. Further, you can recover files/folders, or extract a whole track(s), or create ISO Image File, and then burn a new disc with modified data. In other words, you have now an opportunity to edit as disc files as separate sectors without leaving CDRoller!
Fixed the bug prevented a normal start of CDRoller under Windows Vista SP2 in some circumstances.
Numerous bugfixes and workarounds added.


Version 9.00 - February 01, 2011

* * Added an ability to create and manage an own image file. Key features:
- allows to use many different drives on the different computers to read the bad disc (CD, DVD or Blu-ray one), adding the data that each new drive can read.
- skips the sectors that have been successfully read before.
- extremely increases a reading speed if you manage your disc many times.
- works with audio and mixed (data + audio) CDs too.
* Added an ability to get a few copies of Recover DVD Video option, running CDRoller from the Command Line with "/rdv" and "/drive letter" parameters. For example, CDRoller.exe /rdv /d . That allows to work with a several drives simultaneously and speed up the data recovery if you have a lot of problem DVD-video discs.
* The old Test Disc option updated. Added expected support of UDF discs.
* Disc properties dialog updated:
- Added DVD Media tab with an additional info for advanced users.
- fixed a bug for write-once UDF disc (CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, BD-R) when a track was marked as UDF under TOC Tracks tab but UDF file system was not placed on this track.
* File properties dialog updated. Added UDF Records tab with an additional info for advanced users.
* File Open and File Save dialogs support new "Vista style" under Windows Vista or 7. You can find these dialogs in the different options of CDRoller. For example in Split Video, Test Disc, Resume, Append and many others.
* Fixed an old bug when some dialogs accidently hid their components under Windows Vista/7.
* Support of Windows 95/98/ME/NT4 is officially canceled. If you're registered user and still need a version of CDRoller that supports an old Windows, please contact our Support Dept.


Version 8.90 - October 01, 2010

* * Flash Data Recovery updated. Added support of m2ts files for Scan FAT Data option. This is definitely useful feature if you've lost AVCHD video files on the flash memory card or hard disk built in your camcorder. For example, if you re-formatted the hard disk drive due to HDD Format Error generated by Sony camcorder.
* Added some code to ignore so-called modem drives installed by phone software: "HUAWEI Mass Storage" and "Magic Jack". The both drives return CD-ROM types for Windows but can prevent a normal work of CDRoller.
* Minor bugs fixed.


Version 8.81-May 17, 2010

* * Recover DVD Video updated. Added an ability to select and scan multiple tracks at a time, if you intend to find all footages on the unfinalized DVD-R disc. This can be useful if you've got a lot of unfinalized DVD-Rs, created by your home DVD video recorder or DVD camcorder.
* Minor bugs fixed.


Version 8.80-April 09, 2010

* * UDF Reader updated. Support of UDF Named Streams released. This can be useful if your UDF disc was created by Windows 7 (or Vista) built-in burner that took the files from NTFS partition together with Alternate Data Streams and then converted the NTFS Alternate Data streams to so-called UDF Named streams. Now, CDRoller displays UDF Named streams as separate files in the program window and automatically converts named streams to NTFS Alternate Data streams when you apply the Recover All or Recover Selected command.
* Recover DVD Video updated. Added an ability to read raw DVD sectors, ignoring the current disc state, even if the inserted DVD looks like a blank for Windows. However, this depends on the drive capabilities to read a raw data.
* Search of All VATs improved. Highly recommended if your write-once UDF disc (CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, BD-R) was incorrectly closed or left as-is by CD/DVD/BD mastering software.
* Added new workarounds for correct analysis of CD/DVD media on some new computer drives.
* Forced scan updated. Added support of CD-R, CD-RW, CD-MRW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM and BD-R discs created by Roxio Drag-to-Disc v.9.
* Fixed a bug when reading UDF CD-Rs created by Sonic DLA.


Version 8.70-January 04, 2010

* * Improved code for search of the lost audio data on unfinalized CD. For example, if the recording process was accidently interrupted due to a failure of your standalone CD recorder, or power was cut off.
* Disc analysis updated. Added some basic guidelines how to find the lost data when your disc looks like an empty one under Windows OS.
* Fixed a bug when reading the directory tree on write-once discs (-R/+R discs) created by Roxio Drag-to-Disc v.9.
* Added a new Extract track data option into the Disc Properties dialog. This can be useful to create ISO Image file (*.iso file) from the UDF disc.
* Recover DVD Video updated with more intuitive user interface.


Version 8.61-November 11, 2009

* * Tests under Windows 7 successfully completed.
* Recover DVD Video updated with some improvements of user interface.
* Flash Data Recovery improved. Numerous bugfixes & workarounds added.
* Minor bugs fixed.


Version 8.60 - September 28, 2009

1. This is the 2. Flash data recovery improved. Numerous bugfixes & workarounds added.
3. Added support of Rock Ridge long file names. This can be useful if you initially recorded your disc under UNIX OS.
4. Recover DVD Video updated. Added an intuitive selection of DVD camcorder based on the results of disc analysis. Improved algorithms for search of video data on the re-formatted DVD+RW discs.


Version 8.50-May 11, 2009

* * Introduces a new major feature, Flash Data Recovery. In addition to the data recovery from optical storage media (CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs), CDRoller now supports flash memory cards and drives, such as SmartMedia, Memory Stick, CompactFlash and other flash memory devices, connected via USB port. Key features:
- Retrieves the lost pictures, video and other types of files, created by software and standalone devices (e.g. digital cameras),
- Restores accidently deleted files, including the photos deleted by digital cameras,
- Finds and retrieves files on the quick-formatted flash media,
- Allows to see the found pictures with the help of View Image option (even in the free trial version),
- Integrated into the same program shell. You can simply apply the same options (Recover All, Recover Selected, Resume Recovery, Find and others) to files and folders found on the flash media.


Version 8.00 - January 06, 2009

* * Added support of Blu-ray discs (BDs) and HD DVD. A new media formats are now supported by all program features, including:
- UDF Reader,
- Disc Analysis tools,
- Scan UDF Disc,
- Data Recovery options,
- Raw ISO Data Identifier,
- Data Burner and Eraser,
- Drive Capabilities Inspector,
- ISO Image File Extractor
* A list of supported file systems expanded. Added support of FAT32 for BD-RE and DVD-RAM discs. Includes a recovery of accidently deleted files. This can be useful if you selected FAT32 file system when formatting BD-RE or DVD-RAM discs under Windows XP or Vista.
* Added support of SPTD (SCSI Pass Through Direct) layer as alternative method for hardware access under Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. The key feature of SPTD is an ability to avoid a conflict with 'malicious' filter drivers that can be installed by 3-rd party software.
* Recover DVD Video option is significantly updated. Added support of mini DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL, created by ACVHD camcorders.
* Forced scan updated. Added quick identification of M2TS files, recorded by ACVHD camcorders.
* DVD authoring engine updated. Better DVD-Video compatibility.
* CD/DVD/BD burner and eraser updated. Serious improvements and fixes in the data burning engine.
* A new Select Destination Folder dialog released. Now, it offers a different ways to choose the destination folder, where your recovered data will be saved. In addition to a simple navigation through the folders tree, it allows you to:
- paste the selected path from the Address bar of your Windows Explorer,
- select the destination path from the Recently Used List,
- type a new path manually.
* Fixed a bug while getting vendor info for SATA and USB computer drives.


Version 7.70-October 10, 2008

* * Improved data recovery on the discs, created by AVCHD camcorders. Quick identification of M2TS files added.
* DVD authoring engine updated. Better DVD-Video compatibility.
* Built-in CD/DVD burner improved. Numerous bugfixes & hardware workarounds added.


Version 7.61-July 14, 2008

* * Scan UDF Disc updated. Now, you can use TOC's data to speed up the scan process on write-once discs (CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R and DVD+R DL).
* Minor bugs fixed.


Version 7.60 - June 02, 2008

* Current version of CDRoller.
* Recover DVD Video updated. Added support of DVD+R DL discs created by Sony DVD camcorders.
* Split Video updated. Now, you can assign a new name and path for each new video clip (output MPEG file) in the process. This can be useful if you split a several VOB/VRO files at the same time.


Version 7.51-April 21, 2008

* * Forced scan updated. Added support of DVD-R, DVD+R DL, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs, created by AVCHD camcorders.
* UDF reader updated. Improved data recovery on the discs with UDF 2.50 file system.
* German, Spanish and Italian versions of CDRoller 7.5 issued.


Version 7.50-March 17, 2008

* * New DVD-Video authoring option is released. Now, CDRoller not only includes an options for search and recovery of the lost clips and photos on the "troubled" DVDs, but it also makes a new discs that can be played back in the most DVD players. Just burn a new DVD-video disc within a couple of minutes and watch the video that seemed to be lost forever!
* Burn option is significantly updated. Added support of ISO Image file. Start Window is added into Wizard interface. Now, you have a choice: make a new DVD with recovered video, write (backup) the recovered files and folders or burn ISO Image file to a new disc.
* Small improvements in User's interface
* Minor bugs fixed.


Version 7.21-February 11, 2008

* * Improved data recovery on write-once discs (CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R and DVD+R DL) written by built-in Vista CD/DVD burner.
* Minor bugs fixed.


Version 7.20-January 02, 2008

* * New Examine Sectors option released. It examines disc sectors at low level and displays the sector content in text, binary, hexadecimal or unicode mode. This option also scans all sectors of a disc (selected track or file) for particular data. Recommended for engineering purposes and also for law enforcement and forensic investigators.
* Forced scan option updated. Added support of CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs created by Sonic DLA.
* Minor bugs fixed.
* Price has been slightly changed. The new cost of a single-user license is 39 USD.


Version 7.11-November 20, 2007

* * Added Delete option for the files found by Scan UDF Disc, Recover DVD Video and Identify Raw ISO Data options. Now, you can simply edit a large list of found files, deleting the items that have been already recovered or are not so important now.
* Fixed a small bug with data recovery on VCD discs.


Version 7.10-October 19, 2007

* * Improved Digital Audio Extraction for CDs created by audio standalone recorders.
* New Delete option is added for Short CD/DVD Images. Now, you can simply remove non-used Short CD/DVD Image from the program window.
* Spanish and Italian versions of CDRoller 7 issued.
* Minor bugs fixed.


Version 7.00-June 01, 2007

* * New CD/DVD Burn option released. It burns your data onto CDs and DVDs with the most compatible ISO/Joliet file system. There is no need to run 3-rd party CD/DVD writing sofware if you wish to backup your files and folders immediately after recovery. 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!
* New Erase option released. It blanks CD and DVD re-writable media. Support of quick and full erase methods.
* Recover DVD Video is significantly updated. The disc scan became more flexible. Now, you can start a new scan of the selected area, or resume scan where you left it before, or just show a list of files found at the prior stages. Added support of discs created by the newest Hitachi DZ-BX and Samsung DVD camcorders.
* Forced scan option updated for the discs created by Sony Mavica digital cameras.
* Split Video updated. Now, there is no need to have DVD inside the computer drive in order to extract MPEG fragment(s) from the recovered VOB or VRO file.
* Minor bugs fixed.
* Price has been slightly changed. The new cost of a single-user license is 34 USD.


Version 6.60-May 07, 2007

* * Added a new "View Image" option to show JPEG images, created by Sony Mavica CD digital cameras and DVD camcorders.
* Minor bugs fixed.

Version 6.50 - February 09, 2007
- This is the first version that works under Windows Vista OS. Program code has been changed to become Vista compatible.
- UDF Reader updated. Improved DVD data recovery on the discs, created by Sonic DLA technology and Windows Vista DVD burner.
- Added support of UDF v.2.50 and 2.60.
- User's interface improved. Fixed a small bug with black background for files icons under Windows XP.

Version 6.40 - November 14, 2006
- Spanish and Italian versions issued.
- Improved data recovery for UDF discs.
- Minor bugs fixed.

Version 6.31 - September 25, 2006
- Updated Split Video.
- Added support of CD-RW, CD-MRW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW created Nero InCD v.5.
- Minor bugs fixed.

Version 6.30 - May 22, 2006
Added a new "Split Video" option. It splits the recovered VOB or VRO files into a several clips (scenes), automatically converting a "raw" DVD-video data into MPEG files without loss of quality. Specially tested on the discs, created by Hitachi camcorders. Now, there is no need to install another programs (so-called "splitters" or "encoders"). Just load MPEG files into your DVD mastering software and create a new DVD with recovered video.

Version 6.20 - May 02, 2006
- Improved DVD recovery on the discs created by standalone devices (DVD camcorders, personal DVD recorders). Added Recover DVD Video option based on Wizard Interface for the beginners.
- Added new "Append" option for recovery of backup (.bkf) files. This can be useful if a large .bkf file (Windows Backup file) was split and recorded across multiple discs.
- Minor bugs fixed.

Version 6.11 - April 03, 2006
- Added support of CDs and DVDs created by Roxio Easy Media Creator 8.
- Improved DVD recovery on the discs created by standalone devices (DVD camcorders, personal DVD recorders).
- Minor bugs fixed.

Version 6.10 - January 16, 2006
- "Test Disc" option is updated. Now, you can save the test results into HTML file. Also, a quick test of the recorded files added. We recommend to use this option in order to make sure a valuable files were actually ("physically") placed on the disc, particularly in the following situations:
if your DVD was created by Nero Burning ROM (Nero Express).
if your CD with photos was burnt from memory cards.
- DVD data recovery is improved for DVD+RW, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM discs, created by Nero Burning ROM (Nero Express).
- Minor bugs fixed.

Version 6.03 - November 29, 2005
- German version of CDRoller is released.
- Fixed a bug that prevented start of CDRoller in the newest computers with DEP feature under Windows XP, SP2.
- Added support of double layer DVD+R discs (DVD+R DLs).

Version 6.02 - September 19, 2005
- "Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added support of CD-R, CD-RW, CD-MRW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R and DVD-RAM discs created by Roxio Drag-to-Disc v.7.
- CD/DVD data recovery is improved on the UDF discs, created by Roxio Creator Classic v.7 and Nero Burning ROM v.6.6. Fixed a small bug when reading a multisession discs with both UDF 1.02 and ISO partitions (UDF Bridge format).
- Minor bugs fixed.

Version 6.01 - May 31, 2005
- File Identifier is significantly updated Added recognition of more than 1000 files types on the discs with the damaged system area (UDF/ISO/Joliet file system).
- Raw ISO Data Identifier is updated. Added an ability to identify the lost files inside the selected block of sectors. This can be useful when searching the lost photos on the damaged discs, created by DVD camcorders, when a pictures seem to be located "inside" the found VOB (video) files.
- Fixed a small bug with copying VOB files on the non-finalized DVDs, created by DVD camcorders.
- Minor bugs fixed.

Version 6.00 - March 21, 2005
New friendly and extremely easy-to-use User Interface:
- Support of Windows XP Themes is released.
- New Side Bar similar to Microsoft Outlook offers an intuitive list of commands depending on the current situation (disc type, file system, data recovery problems, etc.).
- Session Selector became more easy-to-use. All available sessions are visible in the main program window. Just tick a new item in the list of available sessions to select a new one.
- Now the program window has a built-in adviser with a basic recommendations for the beginners.
Data Recovery is significantly updated. Added Recover All, Recover Selected and Resume Recovery options. 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.
- Views the current results (details).
- Saves results (report) into HTML file.
- Changes a recovery settings, without leaving the process.
- Skips a file during the recovery process - if you decide a file isn't so important.
Raw ISO Data Identifier is released. It gives you a good chance to find and retrieve the lost files from the discs with extremely damaged ISO 9660 file system, created by Ahead Nero Burning ROM, Adaptec (Roxio) Easy CD/DVD Creator, Sonic and other ISO/Joliet mastering software, including:
- CD and DVD discs with currently unreadable system area (so-called Primary and Secondary ISO Volume Descriptors, path tables and directories records). When trying to recognize these discs the first time, CDRoller generates 'Unknown file system...' error message.
- discs with the damaged and corrupted folders.
- UDF discs having ISO-alike files locations.
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added support of CD-RW, CD-MRW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM discs created by Nero InCD v.4.3.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.34 - January 03, 2005
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added support of:
- CD-RW discs created by Sony Vaio abCD software.
- non-finalized DVD-R discs recorded by Panasonic standalone recorder.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.33 - November 15, 2004
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added support of:
- DVD-RAM discs created by Roxio Drag-To-Disc.
- non-finalized mini DVD-RW discs recorded by Sony Handycam DCR-DVD201 camcorder.
- DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs created by B's CLiP software.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.32 - September 13, 2004
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added support of non-finalized DVD-R/RW discs created by SONY DVD Camcorders (DCR-DVD201, DCR-DVD300, DCR-DVD101 and DCR-DVD91).
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.31 - August 09, 2004
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added options for data recovery off the DVD+R discs created by Sanyo DVD+R/RW recorder (standalone device).
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.30 - June 14, 2004
Scan UDF Disc is updated. A quick (preliminary) identification of the lost files at the scanning stage is released. Now, the built-in File Identifier can recognize the file type "on-the-fly", and assign the proper extension to the file so that Windows application can open the file.
File Identifier is updated. Added support of the Quicken database files, TIFF files and Adobe PSD files.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.21 - May 03, 2004
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added options for data recovery off the DVD-RAMs created by Panasonic DVD-RAM recorder (standalone device), including quick-erased discs.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.20 - February 23, 2004
Added a new feature to search all backups created on write-once disk (CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R) with the UDF file system. This may give you a chance to recover accidently deleted files, and/or the files that were lost on the CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R due to the failure of drag & drop software, such as Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD and Drag-To-Disc.
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added support of the DVDs created by LiteOn, Thomson RCA, Philips DVD recorders (standalone devices) and Hitachi DVD Camcorders.
Fixed the problem with displaying the disk size for 4GB+ DVDs.

Version 5.10 - January 05, 2004
Built-in File Identifier is updated. Added support of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint files.
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added support of the DVD-RW, DVD+RW, CD-RW, CD-MRW, DVD-R and DVD+R disks created by Roxio Drag-To-Disc.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.00 - November 17, 2003
DVD reader is released. In addition to CD data recovery, you can now retrieve the lost files from DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW disks.
File Identifier is released. Now you can simply identify the lost files found by Scan UDF Disc. Built-in File Identifier recognizes the found files by their content and assigns the proper extension to the file so that Windows application can open the file.
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added support of the CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and CD-MRW disks created by Nero InCD v.4.
Released support of external CD/DVD drives with USB interface under Windows 2000/XP.
Fixed the problem with recovering 2 GB+ files.
Regular price has been slightly changed. The new cost of a single-user license is 29.50 USD.

Version 4.34 - October 27, 2003
Decompressor of Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD files is updated. Rescue option is included into the list of commands for "on-the-fly" recovery of the compressed files. In addition, you can now unpack the files found by the forced option of Scan UDF Disc.
Fixed the problems when starting CDRoller in the configuration with Yamaha CD-RW drives.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.33 - October 06, 2003
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is updated. Added support of the CD-RW disks created by well-known CeQuadrat's PacketCD and VOB InstantWrite software.
Now you can assign a new extension (type) for the lost files found by Scan UDF Disc. In case of the large list, this may help you to speed the re-naming process of the found files.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.32 - July 15, 2003
Support of PacketCD disks is released.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.31 - May 05, 2003
Algorithms of analyzing Video CDs improved.
ISO Reader updated.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.30 - March 31, 2003
MRW reader is released. This may be useful if your CD/DVD-R/RW drive does not support reading of "Mt. Rainier" CD-RWs (CD-MRWs).
"Forced scan" option of Scan UDF Disc is significantly updated.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.20 - February 17, 2003
Scan UDF Disc is updated. Now, both files and folders can be detected when looking for the lost objects. This gives you a good chance to retrieve the files with original names located in the found folders.
Added an ability to unpack the files compressed by Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD with support of third-party decoder (DLL). AIDEX RunTime decoder © 2003 AIDEX Team is tested and highly recommended.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.12 - January 13, 2003
Algorithms of analyzing Nero InCD disks are updated.
Drive's features page is added to the Properties for the advanced users.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.11 - December 09, 2002
Added the program setting to switch off usage of the drive capabilities when reading a problem sectors.
Algorithms of analyzing UDF disks are improved.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.10 - November 04, 2002
CD Data Rescue is added to the methods for recovery of the lost UDF files.
List of lost UDF files can be saved to HDD.
Algorithms of analyzing UDF disks are improved.

Version 4.02 - September 23, 2002
CD Data Rescue updated.
Improvements of user's interface.
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.01 - August 19, 2002
The first release of CDRoller 4.
User Interface is improved.
CD Data Rescue is updated.
Minor bugfixes.

Version 4.00 beta - July 29, 2002
UDF Reader with extended capabilities to search and recover the lost files released.

Version 3.13 - July 08, 2002
Cosmetic improvements of user interface and minor bugfixes.

Version 3.02 - April 02, 2002
Fixed a bug while running CDRoller in the configuration with some DVD-ROM drives.

Version 3.01 - March 20, 2002
Support of Windows 2000/XP released.
Support of Adaptec's ASPI for Win 32 added.
Improvements in the algorithms of reading damaged CDs and searching for the lost tracks.
The changes in the distribution policy.

Version 2.53 - March 7, 2002
Fixed a problem with Virtual CD Drive software.
Regular price reduced.

Version 2.50 - January 02, 2002
Search of the lost data tracks (sessions) released.
Cosmetic improvements of user interface and minor bugfixes.

Version 2.40 - November 30, 2001
Added the capability to create ISO 9660 image files.

Version 2.30 - November 01, 2001.
CD media analysis tool and tester updated.
Cosmetic improvements of user interface and minor bugfixes.
Christmas season started. Deep discount prices!
Evaluation period reduced to 14 days.

Version 2.20 - July 20, 2001.
Added CD Data Rescue to recover CD data while reading the damaged discs.
Cosmetic improvements and minor bugfixes.

Version 2.10 Lite - May 28, 2001.
Added support of Ogg Vorbis, a new high-quality and patent-free audio encoder. Vorb_enc.dll is tested and recommended.
Added support of Windows audio compression manager (ACM).
Cosmetic improvements of user interface and minor bugfixes.

Version 2.05 Lite - April 05, 2001.
The first public release of CDRoller.
Cosmetic improvements and minor bugfixes.

Version 2.00 - January 31, 2001.
The first program version based on our own driver (roller.vxd) released.
For Data CDs:
ISO 9660 standard and also Microsoft's Joliet extension to ISO 9660 requirements are considered.
Accelerated files copying and files execution operations occur in Direct Media Access (DMA) mode.
Data CD images are also created in DMA mode. Data compression engine is improved significantly.
Universal and fast search engine released. There is no difference between seaching contents on real CDs and CD images.
Reading damaged CDs algorithms are improved significantly.
Added support of Mixed CDs and Multisession CDs.
Test CD Media released.
For Audio CDs:
Advanced methods of Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) are implemented.
MP3 on-the-fly encoding is released with external encoder (DLL).
Blade and Lame MP3 encoders are supported.
The program is tested successfully under various versions and builds of Windows 95 and Windows 98.

January 25, 2000.
Request for ASPI license was denied by Adaptec. CDRoller development team came to the hard decision to delay the first public release and to re-develop the program in order to make it independent on ASPI entirely. For this purpose the development of the proprietary driver started.

December 11, 1999.
Request for an ASPI layer redistribution license sent to Adaptec.

Version 1.00 - December 10, 1999.
The first program version planned to be a public release:
Explorer-like CD media navigation interface.
Folders and Files management is provided.
Data CD images creation and using.
Extraction and playing audio CD tracks.
The program operated with pure Data CDs / pure audio CDs only. All operations are implemented assuming ASPI from Adaptec support.




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