Pro and con of dvdisaster

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· | dvdisaster complements quality scans
· | Pro and con of dvdisaster
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|  | ### Advantages of using dvdisaster: Protects against aging and accidental medium damage (within certain limits). Read error tests run faster than quality scans; up to full reading speed depending on the drive. Cost-effective: Media must be replaced with a new copy only when they are really defective. ### Limitations of using dvdisaster: You need a backup strategy and at least 15% of additional storage. Error correction data must be created before the medium fails, preferably at the same time the medium is written. Error correction data requires additional storage space either on the protected medium or by using additional media. Using the standard settings the additional storage space amounts to 15% of the original data size (approx. 700MB for a full 4.7GB DVD). no guaranteed protection against data loss. See also the collection of background information to learn more about the functioning of dvdisaster.

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