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<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs"><a href="howtos60.html">The big picture</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs">Scanning media for errors</span></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td style="vertical-align:top; font-size:small;">-</td><td><span class="fs"><a href="howtos11.html">Basic settings</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td style="vertical-align:top; font-size:small;">-</td><td><span class="fs"><a href="howtos12.html">Performing the test</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs"><a href="howtos20.html">Putting error correction data on a separate file</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs"><a href="howtos30.html">Putting error correction data on the medium</a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td style="width:1%; vertical-align:top;">·</td><td colspan=2><span class="fs"><a href="howtos40.html">Recovering media images</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><i>Overview</i></td></tr>
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<td><b>Task</b></td>
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The medium is scanned for unreadable sectors.
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<td colspan="2"><b>Required:</b></td>
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<td class="w150x"><img src="../images/good-cd.png" alt="Icon: Good medium (without read errors)" class="valignt">
<img src="../images/bad-cd.png" alt="Icon: Damaged medium (partially unreadable)" class="valignt"></td>
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A medium in any state (good or containing read errors).
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<td><img src="../images/ecc.png" alt="Icon: Separate file with error correction data"></td>
<td>If error correction data is available additional tests are carried out.
However scanning will also work without error correction data.</td>
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<td><b>What to do:</b></td>
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1. <a href="howtos11.html">Configure basic settings</a><br>
2. <a href="howtos12.html">Scan the medium</a><br>
3. <a href="howtos13.html">Interpret the results</a><br>
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<tr><td> <pre> </pre> </td></tr>
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<td><b>Related functions:</b></td>
<td><a href="howtos42.html#a">Reading of damaged media</a> and<br>
<a href="howtos40.html">Recovering images</a>.</td>
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<pre> </pre>
<a href="howtos11.html">Configuring basic settings...</a>
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