dvdisaster Version 0.70 | To the Internet version

Contents

Overview
Examples and screen shots
· | Scanning media for errors
· | Creating error correction data
| - | as a file
| - | within the image
· | Reading defective media
· | Recovering media images
· | Getting information about images and error correction data
· | Configuration
· | Command syntax
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Questions and Answers
Background information

### Creating the error correction data

The error correction data has an important role in dvdisaster:
It is required to recover unreadable medium sectors.

Error correction data can be either kept in a separate error correction file or be incorporated into the image, with respective advantages and disadvantages.

As a short decision help:

Do you need error correction data for an existing medium?

Yes: Create an error correction file.

No: see next question.

Does the medium which is to be created contain at least 20% free space?

Yes: Augment the image with error correction data.

No: Create an error correction file.

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