Performing the test

dvdisaster Version 0.72.6 / 0.79 (devel-3) | To the Internet version

Contents
News
Overview
Howtos
· | The big picture
· | Scanning media for errors
| - | Basic settings
| - | Performing the test
| - | Interpreting the results
| - | Advanced settings
· | Putting error correction data on a separate file
· | Putting error correction data on the medium
· | Recovering media images
· | Getting information about images and error correction data
· | Testing image compatibility
· | Dialogs and buttons
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Bug reporting
Scanning media for errors |
Walkthrough
Please make sure that dvdisaster has been configured as described in the basic settings section as some settings might negatively affect the scanning results. Then perform the following steps:
|  | Insert the medium you want to scan into a drive which is directly connected to your computer. You can not use network drives, software drives and drives inside virtual machines.
|  | Close any windows which may be opened by your operating system for viewing or performing the medium contents. Wait until the drive has recognized the medium and the medium has spun down.
|  | Select the drive containing the medium in dvdisasters drop down menu.
|  | Select the error correction file for this medium if you have one available. Ecc data from RS02 augmented media is used automatically.
|  | Start the scan by clicking the "Scan" button.
Watch the scanning progress. Do not perform any other actions on your computer while the scan is running. Opening or working with other programs as well as moving other windows around might affect the scanning results.
Screen shot: Scanning the medium.
Interpreting the results...

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