# cd recovery

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-recovery/339348>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 10, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-recovery/339348 "2006-01-10T18:53:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mattc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattc)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-recovery/339348/1 "2006-01-10T18:53:20Z")

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is there a way to recover lost data on a cd without buying a cd recovery product?

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-recovery/339348/2 "2006-01-10T18:59:08Z")

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Exactly how is it lost?

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**Author:** ![mattc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mattc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattc)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-recovery/339348/3 "2006-01-10T19:11:52Z")

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> [@Revtim](#):
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> Exactly how is it lost?

it is cd rewrite I must not have saved previous data. I downloaded software to recover data and it is there, but the free version doesn’t allow viewing