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<tr><td><span class="fl"><b>Augmenting images with error correction data</b></span></td>
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<h3 class="top">Putting error correction data directly onto the medium</h3>
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Error correction data is stored along with the user data on the same medium.
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<td>Note: This page describes how an ISO image is augmented with error
correction data prior to writing it onto a medium.
There is also a method for creating and placing error correction data into
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<a href="howtos21.html">Would you like help on deciding between these two methods?</a></td>
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<li>an authoring ("burning") software capable of creating ISO images</li>
<li>the medium which is to be augmented with error correction data
has not yet been written <a href="howtos30.html#footnote"><sup>*)</sup></a></li>
<li>at least 20% of free space on the medium which is to be created</li>
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1. <a href="howtos32.html">Configure basic settings</a><p>
2a. <a href="howtos33.html#a">Create an ISO image,</a><br>
2b. <a href="howtos33.html#b">augment it with error correction data,</a><br>
2c. <a href="howtos33.html#c">and write it to a medium.</a>
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<a name="footnote"><sup>*)</sup>An already written medium can not be augmented with error correction data.</a>
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