Ian,

If the files are not partially written over or othwerwise trashed and you
want a pro software program try Ontrack's "Easy Recovery" data recovery
utility ($199 - a bit pricy).  Or you can use a service like Dr. Byte at
http://www.doctorbyte.us/.   Also ZAR "Zero Assumption Recovery is targeted
at recovering from CD's and is about $100 at
http://www.z-a-recovery.com/.  Sorry but good solutions are expensive.

I hope this helps

John Dent


At 09:01 AM 8/7/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I have some archived files(zip and pdf) backed up on a Nero-burned cd (pny
>media; cheap stuff).  Can read CD; that is see directory
>contents.  Recently found I was unable to extract (or even copy) from said
>cd two files I need.  Other files on cd fine.  Tried a recovery application
>called badcopy ($40).  App ran for 3 days on just one file, then reported
>that it was unrecoverable.  Anyone have any suggestions.  TIA
>
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