DVD Data Rescue

DVD Data Rescue is a software tool that whose purpose is to help people retrieve important information from scratched or damaged CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

The seamless installation process brings you to a not so appealing GUI. Moreover, at first glance it may seem a bit cluttered, yet it is quite well-structured. It encompasses several buttons, a few tabs and a pane to view all the files that can be recovered.

In addition to that, comprehensive Help contents are provided thus ensuring that all user categories can find their way around it, regardless of their experience level with computers.

This program can automatically detect any disc you have inserted in your computer, and even displays a few details about your device. Moreover, you can follow the steps of a wizard, so as to be sure you know everything there is to know.

There are three modes of retrieval, so that you can process items faster or better, depending on the time you have at your disposal, as it may actually take quite a long time, depending on the severity of the damage.

All detected items are going to be listed in a pane, along with name and size, and you can save it to the hard drive. Stats such as sessions, files found and selected, total size and folders selected can be viewed, and all settings can be reset.

To sum up, DVD Data Rescue is a pretty efficient piece of software when it comes to data recovery from DVDs, CDs and BDs. Although the interface lacks to be desired when it comes to looks, it proves to be pretty intuitive. The response time is quite good, our tests did not pick up on any errors or crashes, yet the amount of resources required might be on the high end, and the program failed on multiple occasions.