Scanning media for errors

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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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Scanning media for errors |
Overview
Task | The medium is scanned for unreadable sectors.
Required:
| A medium in any state (good or containing read errors).
| If error correction data is available additional tests are carried out. However scanning will also work without error correction data.
What to do: | 1. Configure basic settings 2. Scan the medium 3. Interpret the results
Related functions: | Reading of damaged media and Recovering images.
Configuring basic settings...

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