CDCheck Alternatives

CDCheck is described as 'Can check each of your CDs and DVDs and indicate which files are corrupted. It also provides a comparison option that lets you select a reference directory and compare the files on disk (or other media) with files on the CD or vice versa' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to CDCheck for Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac and Python. The best CDCheck alternative is Isobuster, which is free. Other great apps like CDCheck are Hash-o-matic, QuickSFV, checksum and File Read Test.

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  1. Isobuster icon
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    Low cost utility to recover data from damaged, scratched, or otherwise defective discs. Highly specialized but still easy to use to read damaged CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD media. Free version has some limited functionality but is worth it to attempt data recovery.

    10 Isobuster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Isobuster is the most popular Windows alternative to CDCheck.

    • Isobuster is the most popular free alternative to CDCheck.

    • Isobuster is Freemium and ProprietaryCDCheck is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Isobuster is LightweightCDCheck is not according to our users
  2. Hash-o-matic icon
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    Simple hash validator allowing to compare two files, generate the checksum of a file and verify if a hash matches a file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Hash-o-matic is the most popular Linux alternative to CDCheck.

    • Hash-o-matic is the most popular Open Source alternative to CDCheck.

    • Hash-o-matic is Free and Open SourceCDCheck is Free Personal and Proprietary
  3. QuickSFV icon
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    QuickSFV integrates into the Windows Explorer shell and makes it very easy to verify files. Just double-click on the SFV file and QuickSFV does the rest. QuickSFV also understands several other file verification formats including CRC, CSV, and CKZ.

    26 QuickSFV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. checksum icon
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    checksum is an easy-to-use, no-nonsense BLAKE2, SHA1 & MD5 hashing program for Windows, capable of creating & verifying hashes of files and folders, even whole drives, with just one or two clicks. It is robust, lightning fast, intuitive, and completely customizable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Reads disk files or directories and stops on the first read error.

    There are two versions: a command-line perl script and a Java GUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • File Read Test is the most popular Mac alternative to CDCheck.

    • File Read Test is Free and Open SourceCDCheck is Free Personal and Proprietary
  6. VSO Inspector icon
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    VSO-Inspector is a free add-on to report various information about your hardware configuration. Using this freeware, you can check the listed cd and dvd readers and writers connected to your computer, check the firmware used.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. RapidCRC icon
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    RapidCRC is a tool for Windows for checking and creating CRC32 and MD5 checksums; this comprises:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. IsoPuzzle icon
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    The goal of this program is to recover as much data as possible from damaged, poorly burned or scratched CDs or DVDs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    This software allows to generate MD (Message Digest) and SHA hashes from a file or files or files in a directory. Checksum is an value calculated from a content of file by special algorithm. You can also verify the file integrity of the downloaded document or program.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Suite of tools for file fixity (data protection for long term storage) using redundant error correcting codes, hash auditing and duplications with majority vote, all in pure Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
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