pc not recognising cd's

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randm wrote: »

i then tried another recovery program and it did a general scan - nothing, did a full scan and it found all my photos on all 3 discs which i hadn't saved a copy of, i have now saved these onto my external h.d.
just wanted to say don't give up but try different programs, one could work.

Thanks for posting an update, but it'd be more helpful if you mentioned what recovery programme worked for you.

randm

the program that worked for me was this - https://www.powerdatarecovery.com/power-data-recovery.htm
link takes you to the windows download but click on products at the top of the page and you can opt for mac. you are allowed 1GB of free recovery. the program is called mini tool power data recovery.
i hope this helps others.